The owners of a pub in Reading that had a troubled past with fights and drug use have won permission to keep it open later at night.
The Pheasant pub stands at the meeting point of Southampton Street and Whitley Street in Katesgrove.
It previously had a negative reputation, with 17 incidents being recorded by Reading Borough Council licensing officers from January 2018 to September 2020.
These reports included a fight involving 20 people, assaults with weapons and glass, and the “open use” of drugs such as cocaine and cannabis.
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The council imposed a series of tough licensing conditions on the pub following a meeting in December 2020.
These included a Challenge 25 age verification policy for alcohol sales, staff training before being allowed to sell drinks, retention of CCTV recording for 31 days and more.
The pub was then sold in 2021.
The current owners applied to stay open from 10am to 11.30pm Sunday to Thursday, and 10am to 12.30am on Fridays and Saturdays.
A council licensing officer confirmed that the application has been approved as applied for after no one objected during a statutory consultation that concluded on Thursday, May 28.
The licence allows them to sell alcohol, host films and indoor sports, play recorded music and anything of a similar description to recorded music during the hours listed above.
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