A PUB in Little Lever where police took police enforcement action last year is the subject of a fresh licence hearing.

Hardy Hall on Church Street is the focus of a premises licence bid from Oscars Holdina Ltd.

The premises are described as a ‘pub and function room with an outside seating area at the front of the building’.

The application seeks to allow the sale of alcohol between 10am and 1.30am Monday to Sunday with live music and late night refreshment.

The applicant stated on documents to be put before the licensing panel that they would operate CCTV, have a refusals register, conduct door searches and toilet checks.

They said they would employ door supervisors where appropriate and no glasses would be allowed to be removed from the premises.

They would also be a member fo the local Pubwatch scheme.

A submission from Bolton’s Council’s pollution control unit asked for more information about the outdoor seating and dispersal of customers at closing time.

They said: “Previous complaints we’ve had about these premises have related to noise outside.”

The applicants responded to this by stating: “I think this is in relation to some under 18s events in the past that we no longer do.

“There are now signs in place to ask them to keep the noise down when leaving the premises.

“We also have an agreement with two taxi companies that they will pick up at the venue and people will stay inside until they arrive and we ask that they do not use their horn to attract customers.”

The panel will also consider evidence from a licensing enforcement officer from Bolton Council who has objected to the application.

They stated that on October 31 when pubs were only allowed by law to serve alcohol with a ‘substantial meal’ the police visited and found people drinking alcohol on the premises with the doors locked watching football.

Police Sgt Neil Austin said he requested CCTV and saw people ordering drinks at the bar and being served alcohol at the bar.

On November 4 a fixed penalty notice was issued to the-then licence holder on the basis of selling drink for consumption not ordered by a person seated on the premises.

Representations have also been received from two neighbours to the pub.

One cited ‘very loud music’ which can be heard from across the road and stated they had witnessed ‘drug taking at the entrance to the bar’.

Another objector said the pub ‘was a complete nuisance and we are sick of living with this’.

A licensing panel will hear the premises licence application on Tuesday.