Stone pub at centre of Covid-19 outbreak to have licence reviewed
A licence review is to take place of a pub in Stone which temporarily closed following a Covid-19 outbreak.
The Crown and Anchor shut its doors during the summer after video footage appeared on social media of customers packed into its beer garden - with numerous complaints that no social distancing was in place. A number of visitors to the bar were subsequently found to have tested positive for coronavirus.
An application for a review of the pub’s licence was made earlier this month and a hearing will now take place in November.
The town’s Station Road pub was ordered to put a stringent risk assessment in place and carry out an effective deep clean throughout the premises before it reopened.
Councillor Jonathan Price, cabinet member for environment at Stafford Borough Council, said: “The licensees and the owners were left in no doubt what their responsibilities are to their staff and patrons – and checks have been carried out to make sure they are taking all reasonable precautions to protect the health and wellbeing of anyone on their premises.”
The borough council made spot visits to the premises following the reopening in August to ensure all the necessary safety measures were being complied with.
The borough council’s licensing sub-committee will be reviewing the pub’s licence at a meeting held virtually via Zoom on November 30. An agenda for the meeting will be available closer to that date.
The committee has powers to impose further conditions on the premises licence, remove a designated premises supervisor or pub manager from the licence, or could consider revoking the premises licence
