A SOUTHAMPTON pub boss has been hit been with a £5,000 court bill after a year long noise row.

City environment bosses slapped The Dolphin Pub with a warning notice after complaints from neighbouring residents about live music at the St Denys-based venue.

But pub bosses breached the council’s warning during live music events on their outdoor stage – prompting more complaints from neighbours.

Now the pub’s licensee, Corrine Yendle, has been hit with a £3,200 fine after admitting four counts of breaching a noise abatement notice.

The 50-year-old’s case was heard at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

The court heard how Southampton City Council’s environmental health service started to receive complaints about noise from live bands performing on a stage in the garden of The Dolphin in June 2018.

Advice was given to the licensee, however the noise complaints continued to be received through the summer of 2018 and into April 2019.

In response to an all-day event featuring DJs performing on the stage in the garden on June 2019, the licensee was then served with a noise abatement notice.

However, the council continued to receive complaints about noise.

Council environment officers found on four occasions in July and August 2019 the licensee had failed to comply with the requirements of the abatement notice by arranging for live bands to perform on the stage in the garden.

Yendle, of Osborne Road South, Southampton, was ordered to pay an £800 fine for each of the four noise abatement breaches.

She was also ordered to pay court costs of £2,000 and a victim surcharge of £80.

Councillor Jacqui Rayment, Cabinet Member for Place and Transport and Deputy Leader at Southampton City Council, said: “The successful prosecution against The Dolphin pub demonstrates our commitment to ensuring our licensed premises do not cause unreasonable disturbances to neighbouring residents.

“We will continue to do all we can to protect residents from noise nuisances.”

“Southampton City Council’s environmental health service works with businesses to ensure that noise from events at licensed premises is adequately controlled.

“If noise continues to disturb residents, the council can take enforcement action.”

The Echo contacted The Dolphin Pub for a comment but did not receive a response.