Police oppose pub's new licence after gun incident

Police have opposed an application by a Sheffield pub to have its licence reinstated following an incident that allegedly involved a gun.

Concerns about violent crime, grooming and drug dealing have all been cited ahead of the licensing hearing for the Grennel Mower on Lowedges Road.

The Admiral Taverns-owned pub had its licence revoked in August after a man with a gun threatened security staff. He was arrested but never charged.

South Yorkshire Police said their concerns about crime related to the pub remained, and Sheffield City Council will consider the application next week.

Officers sought a review of the licence following the incident.

The owner's new application said that the premises would be covered by CCTV, there would be an incident log and that there would be a written zero tolerance drugs policy, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

In their objections, the police said the site had "a very long history of serious violence involving guns, knives, hammers, other offensive weapons, drug taking, drug dealing, anti-social behaviour, serious safeguarding concerns, incidents of grooming, noise complaints and breaches of licence conditions."

They added that the current application for the pub sought the same style of operation by licence holders, during the same hours, with conditions already discounted by the Licensing Authority.

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