Noise concerns have been raised as JD Wetherspoon prepares to open its latest pub in a former lap-dancing club near Euston.
The company was given planning permission in March to transform the former SophistiCats venue in Eversholt Street into a pub to be called The Captain Flinders.
The pub wants to open from 6.30am to midnight on Mondays to Thursdays and until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays, with Sunday opening hours from 7.30am to 11.30pm.
Alcohol sales would run from 8am to 11.30pm on Mondays to Thursdays, to 12.30pm on Fridays and Saturdays and to 10.30pm on Sundays.
Ward councillors have urged Camden Council's licensing committee to limit the opening hours until 11pm when it considers its licensing application next week.
St Pancras and Somers Town councillor Edmund Frondigoun wrote: “I am concerned about the cumulative impact of another licensed establishment when there are eight within 300m all ringed around a residential area.”
Sophisticats in Eversholt Street. Photo: Julia Gregory/LDRS
He said other nearby pubs had to close at 11pm because they are near homes.
Residents whose homes are behind the pub have also raised concerns about noise.
JD Wetherspoon said it builds noise reduction measures into its pubs and has effective staff supervision and “efficient procedures for dealing with any complaints quickly and effectively”, along with CCTV and signage to encourage patrons to be considerate of neighbours.
The sign for Sophisticats in Eversholt Street. Photo: Julia Gregory/LDRS
The pub will be named after Matthew Flinders, who named Australia.
His remains were found near Euston as part of the excavations for the HS2 railway and are due to be reburied near his Lincolnshire home.
He is also commemorated with a statue outside the main entrance to Euston Station.
Wetherspoon recently applied to put up a new doubled-sided pictorial sign topped with a carved ship above the pub in Eversholt Street.
SophistiCats was granted its last licence to wind up the lap-dancing venue last summer after police argued the area would be unsuitable because of the changes the HS2 station was expected to bring.
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