Historic Sheffield city centre pub wins bid to open until 2.30am
A historic Sheffield city centre pub has won its bid to stay open until 2.30am.
Jim Butterell, who has co-run the grade II-listed Three Tuns on Silver Street Head near Paradise Square with his husband for 14 months, said they want the flexibility to stay open late on occasion.
He told Sheffield City Council’s licensing sub-committee today (June 22): “I don’t want to work until 2am. The idea is not to have events going until 2am all the time.”
Mr Butterell said he wants to stay open later when musician friends say they they want to come after performing at the City Hall or events such as the Rock & Roll Circus.
Musicians would be able to invite family and friends to join them at the pub without being limited by normal opening hours.
Mr Butterell told the committee that he is running the pub as a traditional venue, appealing mainly to more mature customers.
They have DJs playing until 11pm some nights, plus pop-up supper clubs run by local chefs. A weekly quiz starts at 6.30pm on Tuesdays to encourage nearby office staff to come along after work.
Flexibility
His solicitor George Domilio said: “It’s not a fundamental change to the type of premises.
“It’s simply an application for greater operational flexibility.”
He said that South Yorkshire Police had not objected but had suggested conditions on issues such as staff training and CCTV rules.
Objectors the Changing Sheff city centre residents’ association did not appear to present their objections. Their written submission said: “Silver Street Head is firmly in the area of residential accommodation.
“Opening beyond midnight will inevitably cause high levels of expected noise, such as loud voices, inebriated customer dispersal into the early hours of the morning and taxi activity.
Disturbance
“This will create public nuisance for the residents living in that vicinity.”
Mr Domilio said that the objectors had not presented any firm evidence of problems such as noise and disturbance created by the pub. He said evidence required for objections to carry more weight.
“There is no identification of any specific item from these premises. It is in reality an objection in principle against later opening hours in this part of the city.”