Award-winning pub granted extended hours after £200,000 makeover and expansion during pandemic lockdowns
The Three Horseshoes, in Leamside, has been given the green light to allow sales as late as 12.30am on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
But bosses Durham County Council decided against granting the full range of changes to the existing terms of the venue’s licence requested, keeping the existing cut off at midnight Monday – Thursday.
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Hide AdConcerns about the later operating times had been raised by West Rainton Parish Council.
“We’re a public house, not an off-licence as you would imagine an off licence to be,” he said.
“We asked for an off-licence because we will sell beer to be taken away by people, such as [caravaners or campers] who may have lunch and then want to take a couple of beers home.
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Hide Ad“We’re also heavily into real ale, we’ve run the CAMRA North East Pub of the Year award, we’ve got our own microbrewery and we often get people asking if they can take our beer home.”
Frankland, who also runs the Courtyard bar at Washington Arts Centre, was speaking at a meeting of the county council’s Statutory Licensing Sub-Committee, which was held by videolink and broadcast via YouTube on March 23.
A request to allow recorded music to start on the premises from 7am was also accepted, which Frannkland said would help him ‘stay on the right side of the law’ by playing music or news broadcasts while guests have breakfast.