The Lord Stanley pub bids for an upstairs licence

Published: 26 August, 2010
by CHARLOTTE CHAMBERS

A POPULAR gastropub will learn tonight (Thursday) if its bid to hold live music and plays in an upstairs room has been successful.

The Lord Stanley in Camden Park Road, off Camden Road, has applied for a licence to hold gigs until 11pm from Monday to Sunday, and theatrical productions until 11.30pm during the week, and until 12.30am on Fridays and Saturdays.

The bid is facing strong opposition from neighbours who have described the room as “un-soundproofed”.

Brian Looney, who shares a party wall with the pub, said revellers had at times been caught “peering directly into my home” from its terrace, which he described as “an unspeakable intrusion into my privacy”. And Laura Bacharach, former beauty editor  at Cosmopolitan magazine, said: “At present it is possible to hear conversation from the pub in our bedroom and sitting room since the walls are adjoining and not soundproofed. Anything louder would be intolerable and seriously affect our quality of life.”

A spokeswoman for Punch Taverns, who own the pub, said: “We haven’t received any formal noise complaints but would like to reassure the local residents that we will listen to any concerns.”