Working men’s club will become new indoor sports venue – Plymouth Live

A former Plymouth working men’s club has been granted a licence to become a bar, restaurant and live music venue with a new beer garden, despite concerns of some nearby residents about noise and anti-social behaviour. The building on Barne Road, St Budeaux had operated as a working men’s club for over 100 years but surrendered its licence in March.

But recently, construction crews have been beavering away at the building, in Barne Barton, transforming it into one of Plymouth’s biggest leisure destinations. The pile will feature a main bar, 65-cover restaurant, function room, snooker room, eight-table pool hall, and eight-board darts centre, which will have a championship oche and matches live-streamed onto huge TV screens.

There will be bars throughout the vast building and two entrances so multiple events can take place simultaneously without impacting on each other. The building will be renamed Brunel View, with the pool, snooker and darts section dubbed Legends Lounge.

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The building was, for years, the St Budeaux Working Men’s Club, but when the lease expired its owners decided to invest a significant amount of money to transform it into a hospitality and leisure centre capable of holding about 1,000 people over three floors.

Members of Plymouth City Council’s licensing sub-committee earlier this month decided the new licence should be granted and were satisfied the applicant would take measures to reduce noise, protect children and prevent crime and disorder. But some people living close to the venue expressed concern about granting a licence allowing live music seven days a week between 10 a.m. and 11 p.m., along with permitting the sale of alcohol every day between 9 a.m. and midnight.

One objector wrote: “The premises have no customer parking. There is already a serious problem with parking in the area as it is a highly built-up residential area.”

There was also concern about noise, with another objector saying: “Noise from the beer garden at the front will cause a public nuisance. The premises are in an entirely residential area on all four sides and pedestrians have to walk within feet of the premises.”

Mangers Gavin Marshall, Mike Taylor and head chef Paul Stewart inside Brunel View
(Image: Matt Gilley/PlymouthLive)

Other residents are worried the potential opening hours could trigger problems. “There are already serious problems with anti-social behaviour in this area,” explained one resident.

“Having a bar which is licensed 15 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week is bound to cause more problems in respect of all the licensing objectives.”

But committee members agreed it was appropriate to grant the licence. They said they noted the objections of local people but added the concerns: “Were historic from the previous licensed premises and was reassured the applicant has addressed those concerns by staff training, experience management, zero tolerance to anti-social behaviour, significant investment in CCTV and acceptance of the conditions recommended by the police and Environmental Health.

A Brunel View spokesperson said: “The owners wanted to do something that has not really been done in Plymouth, let alone in this area. At a time when pubs and venues are going to the wall they have invested money to bring it back to life for the community to use.

“And this is not just a pub, it’s a family-friendly …….

Source: https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/working-mens-club-become-new-7483471

A former Plymouth working men’s club has been granted a licence to become a bar, restaurant and live music venue with a new beer garden, despite concerns of some nearby residents about noise and anti-social behaviour. The building on Barne Road, St Budeaux had operated as a working men’s club for over 100 years but surrendered its licence in March.

But recently, construction crews have been beavering away at the building, in Barne Barton, transforming it into one of Plymouth’s biggest leisure destinations. The pile will feature a main bar, 65-cover restaurant, function room, snooker room, eight-table pool hall, and eight-board darts centre, which will have a championship oche…….

A former Plymouth working men’s club has been granted a licence to become a bar, restaurant and live music venue with a new beer garden, despite concerns of some nearby residents about noise and anti-social behaviour. The building on Barne Road, St Budeaux had operated as a working men’s club for over 100 years but surrendered its licence in March.

But recently, construction crews have been beavering away at the building, in Barne Barton, transforming it into one of Plymouth’s biggest leisure destinations. The pile will feature a main bar, 65-cover restaurant, function room, snooker room, eight-table pool hall, and eight-board darts centre, which will have a championship oche…….