Car Park

Licensee wins planning case against NewRiver Retail

27-Jan-2017 By Michelle Perrett

A pub in Leek was celebrating after quashing its owners’ plans to build two residential houses in the car park. 

Car park

Pub defends £100 parking charge for non-customer waiting 11 minutes

21-Oct-2015 By Oli Gross

A pub has defended a £100 charge to a customer who stopped in its car park for 11 minutes without paying.

Flood-hit pubs count the cost of UK storms

12-Feb-2014 By Helen Gilbert

Flood-stricken pubs are working around the clock to keep their doors open as the UK continues to be battered by heavy rain.

McMullens pub deters car-park abusers with number-plate recognition technology

03-Jun-2013 By Noli Dinkovski

A McMullens pub has installed a state-of-the-art vehicle number-plate recognition system to prevent non-customers from using its car park.

Having a wine In the car park...

23-Sep-2011 By Mark Daniels

“Playground Politics: I recognise the tone in my last blog came across differently to the way I had intended it to... and alcohol retailing: is it really responsible to offer free samples of wine in a car park?”

Angry licensee bans school-run parents from car park

10-Feb-2011

An irate licensee has banned school-run parents from using her pub's car park and been forced to issue parking permits to her regulars. Tracy...

Mark Daniels: Smoking shelter fumble

13-Oct-2009

I'm quite fussy about locking up the pub's car park at the end of the day. When the pub shuts I go round, check the car park for abandoned vehicles...

Mark Daniels: Nice pub - nasty tax

29-Sep-2009

I've spent most of the summer improving my beer garden. I've cleaned up areas that were full of unnecessary clutter, I've put fencing up to separate...

Do not take the risk

04-Sep-2009 By Peter Coulson

There is always a tendency within the licensed trade to consider that you are responsible only for what goes on inside your premises, not outside, says Peter Coulson.

Pick of the pubs

15-Jul-2008

Overlooking the rolling hills of the Cheshire countryside, the Ryles Arms is only three miles from Macclesfield and is a favourite among walkers....

Pick of the pubs

02-May-2008

The Red Lion near Truro, Cornwall, is a 200-year-old property on the old A30 road. It offers a large bar area, lawned trade garden and car park plus...

Pick of the pubs

15-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore

Mid-Devon freehouse the Red Lion is the only pub in the village of Shobrooke, five miles from Exeter. The pub is a large, detached, stone property...

Amanda Green: the recovery from the floods

02-Aug-2007

Last Wednesday the water had gone from the building but the electricity was still compromised. We were still living through the majority of the...

Clamp down legally on illegal parking

16-Nov-2006

Pressure on parking space in town and city centres is now immense, hence the introduction of the congestion charge, now extended in London and...

Do you allow non-customers to use your car park?

28-Jul-2005

Carol Holden The Spring Inn Rochdale Yes, we are a community pub and have a large car park so we do not mind as long as people ask first. There is a...

Property briefs

31-Aug-2004

The only pub in the Leicestershire village of Congerstone, near Nuneaton, is on the market for £130,000 leasehold. The Punch, a two-storey property...

Sex attack allegation

04-Sep-2003

The car park of Cambridge pub the Boathouse was cordoned off on Monday as police investigated an allegation of indecent assault. A man had walked...