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    Georgem wrote:
    loosehead wrote:
    Never been to the pub but if you don't like a building/company /football club etc; don't move near it.
    They should have had planning permission so if it's only a wood structure take it down apply for permission if given re-erect it
    Easy enough to say that, lh, but pubs sometimes change from being quiet, to being noisy. We lived next to a pub for quite a long time with no problems. We checked it out beforehand, and the pub was inaudible. Then it changed owners, and suddenly we had loud music vibrating our house until 1am, fights in our driveway, endless rubbish and furniture - no, really - being thrown into our garden, all sorts of problems that we hadn't seen before. So I don't think it's quite fair to simply say "don't live near a pub".
    georgem I know the Landlady of the Mountbatten in Lordshill.
    she turfed out all the yobs & underage drinkers & gets an older clientele in there now but it still has people blaming them for trouble or the kids hanging around with cans.
    she has proven they buy them from Sainsbury & she doesn't sell that type of beer but still she gets the blame.
    A retired Police officer moved opposite the Shield & Dagger in Shirley then tried getting it shut.
    This pub serves food attracts a lot of older clientele & families so I can't believe it's that noisy
    The only reason to moan should be the building work without planning"
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The Testwood pub in Totton is ordered to axe new facilities

The Testwood The Testwood

PUB bosses are battling to save a six-figure improvement scheme that has transformed a Hampshire watering hole.

Managers at Greene King are fighting an enforcement notice instructing them to demolish new facilities at The Testwood pub in Salisbury Road, Totton.

Major alterations were made without planning permission, including the provision of a timber-framed shelter housing an outdoor dining area.

Members of New Forest District Council rejected a retrospective application after people living near the pub complained about noise, extra traffic and light pollution.

Speaking at the time, Councillor Pat Wyeth said: “I’m absolutely horrified to see that The Testwood has done all this without permission.

“Pub chains can’t just walk roughshod over people who live near their premises.”

Councillor George Dart added: “The applicant has treated this authority – and the local residents – with complete contempt.”

Planning officers recommended that the committee approve the work, claiming the council could resolve any problems caused by The Testwood. But councillors ignored their advice and rejected the application.

Greene King, which owns the pub, was subsequently served with an enforcement notice instructing it to remove all the unauthorised new facilities.

The notice said people living nearby would be forced to endure unacceptable levels of noise unless the alterations were reversed.

Now Greene King has lodged an appeal, saying the new-look pub is not causing harm.

It also claims that the enforcement notice is invalid because it was not signed by the council’s head of legal services, Grainne O’Rourke.

A Greene King spokesman said: “An appeal has been lodged because we believe our customers have greatly benefited from the improvements to this popular pub.”

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