Bar can keep decking after 17-month planning fight
Google StreetviewA bar can keep its only outdoor space after a 17-month planning dispute with a Nottinghamshire council.
The Berliner in Chilwell launched a campaign to keep its decking after new management took over the site to be told by planners in September 2023 an outdoor smoking and dining space installed eight years ago was illegal.
An application for retrospective permission was submitted by directors Curtis Salmon and Katie Elnor, but denied by Broxtowe council.
An amended plan to retain the area with a new fence to curtail any disturbance to people nearby was then recommended for refusal but councillors overruled this at a meeting on Wednesday and will allow the decking to remain.
Addressing the committee, Ms Elnor said The Berliner maintained "strict standards" on any noise from the venue.
She said the impact of not being unable to retain an outdoor area would be "significant" for the business.
Beeston West ward councillor Greg Marshall said it was "frustrating" that the council had "dragged on" the issue for what he described as "a brilliant business".
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