Pub stripped of licence applies for new one

A pub that was forced to close by a council after "persistently" breaching the conditions of its licence has applied for a new one.

The Rocket Pools Inn in Bradley lost its licence last month after allowing alcohol to be served without a nominated supervisor and for failing to keep CCTV records.

City council officers also found the pub, in Rocket Pool Drive, did not have a fire risk assessment which is a condition of its licence.

The pub remains closed but is currently being refurbished and has applied for a new alcohol licence.

The licence hearing in March heard how Juggi Sunar, who ran the pub for 20 years, had died suddenly on 7 January, with the ownership handed to Kiran Sunar and son Shaun.

Both asked the council for a "clean slate" having been left "appalled" by how the pub had been run but despite their pleas, the pub's licence was revoked by the authority.

Footage of a 04:00 lock-in last November was found when the council finally got hold of the pub's CCTV, only for the owner to tell the council just two days later, after a copy of the video had been requested, that it had been stolen in a break-in.

The licence application by Simon Pailing asks for permission to sell alcohol as well as play live and recorded music between 10:00 BST and midnight every day.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.

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