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Gallery objections stop late extension for bar

Objectors claim ‘lives are made miserable’ by drunken revellers

A MAYFAIR bar has failed in its attempt to extend its hours until 2am at the weekends following the complaints of a leading art gallery.
The Hogshead Pub had wanted to extend its hours until 2am on Friday and Saturday nights, 1am on Thursday and midnight the rest of the week under the controversial new Licensing Act.
But the Anthony D’Offay Gallery, which has been displaying contemporary art since 1975, wrote a letter of objection to Westminster Council complaining about behaviour they claimed was caused by the pub.
Marie-Louise Laband, the director of the gallery, wrote: “Our daily lives are made miserable by the actions of the people who patronise this pub.”
And she claimed: “We have on several occasions experienced the effects of drunken behaviour – including a fight which took place directly outside our shop a few months ago, in which a man was pushed through our windows and was so badly injured that he needed 70 stitches.
“On this occasion, which was late in the evening, the police had to arrange for our shop windows to be boarded up and clearly we were lucky not to have our stock looted.”
She went onto claim that crowds of people gathered outside the gallery which was “off-putting for our clients”.
She went to argue that when confronted with the problems the Hogshead denied any involvement.
She wrote: “When asked about damage to our building the attitude of the management has been to blame other pubs or restaurants in the vicinity.”
The gallery was opened by Anthony D’Offay in 1975 and from 1980 dealt exclusively in contemporary art. The gallery has been closed to the public since 2001.
The application from the Hogshead was also opposed by the police.
At Westminster’s licensing committee meeting on Tuesday morning, City Hall’s licensing supremos granted the pub an extension allowing it to stay open until midnight every night – selling alcohol until 11.40pm.
But they rejected the later hours extensions.



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