City pub's licence reviewed over noise management

A Sheffield city centre pub could see its licence revoked over claims it is not managing noise from the venue.

Perch faces a review after the city council's Environmental Protection Service raised issues over the bar's "continued and persistent failure to agree a suitable noise management plan".

The venue on Garden Street will face a licensing sub-committee on 4 March.

A document uploaded to the council's website said the review aimed to "resolve matters relating to the prevention of public nuisance".

The report said there had been issues with Perch not complying with the conditions of its licence, including:

• No amplified music on the premises (except through an in-house amplified sound system fitted with a sound limiter)
• No amplified sound outside after 22:00
• The outside area should be in accordance with the council's and venue's noise management plan

Although the premises licence was granted in 2020, a noise management plan was still not in place, the report said.

This means the licence holder was in breach of two conditions at the same time, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

The report said the authorities had tried to resolve issues with the pub's owners over nine months, and the application was a "last resort".

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