Falmouth restaurant wins approval to serve alcohol outdoors

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 15:38 · Archive

Mediterranean restaurant Glas in Falmouth has been granted permission to serve alcohol on a green space in front of the premises.

Mediterranean restaurant and bar Glas, which opened earlier this year in a converted Victorian public toilet, has been granted permission to serve alcohol to diners on a green space in front of the establishment. The green is located in the wall beneath Dunstanville Terrace, near the Greenbank Hotel in Falmouth, and overlooks the harbour and the Carrick Roads estuary.

The owners—Joe Pizey, his partner Ellie Penna and her father Simon Penna—had previously obtained a premises licence in May despite opposition from some residents. They returned before a licensing committee on 21 October seeking approval for the outdoor service area.

The application received three public objections and one representation in favour. The council's environmental protection officer Miranda Flannigan raised concerns that the expanded external area and extended hours would cause noise disturbance to residents, contrary to licensing objectives. However, a resident's complaint stated that since Glas opened, the green had become a 'beer garden' creating evening noise nuisance.

The owners argued that permitting their use of the space would prevent a return to previous anti-social conditions, with Falmouth Packet reporting they claimed restrictions could see a return of tents, drug paraphernalia and anti-social behaviour that had previously characterised the area.

How it is being reported

• Restaurant owners say restrict us and see the return of antisocial drug campGlas has won permission to serve alcohol on a harbour-view green in Falmouth after owners argued their presence transformed a former anti-social behaviour hotspot.Falmouth Packet · 21 Oct, 14:51
• Falmouth restaurant owners say restrict us and see the return of antisocial drug campThere have been complaints about their use of public space, which has been in breach of their licence, apparently unknowingly, and they hit out at a 'vexatious' objector to their businessCornwallLive · 21 Oct, 14:24

In this story: Joe Pizey · Ellie Penna · Simon Penna · Glas · Falmouth · Cornwall Council · Miranda Flannigan

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