THE owners of a bar in Bingley face restricting the use of its garden and terrace following complaints from neighbours.

Residents at a sheltered housing complex at the back of the Potting Shed in Main Street say the noise from people using the pub's outdoor areas leaves them unable to enjoy their properties and in some cases even being unable to sleep.

The terms of the Potting Shed’s license states its outdoor turfed area should be cleared of guests by 9.30pm, its gravelled area cleared by 10.30pm, and its terrace should be monitored by staff from 9.30pm, following a previous review in November 2015.

Under the changes to the pub’s license proposed by environmental health officers, the entire beer garden would be required to be cleared by 9pm and the terrace shut by 10pm.

West Yorkshire Police has supported the proposed restrictions after recording 25 complaints regarding noise during a nine-month period from June 2016 to February 2017.

The complaints, nearly all made on Friday or Saturday evenings, relate to “excessive noise” coming from either music in the pub or large crowds in the beer garden, including when two Euro 2016 football matches were shown.

In a report to Bradford councillors, Jeanette Howarth, environmental health officer at Bradford Council, said while the Potting Shed is a “thriving business” it should “not be at the detriment of local residents”.

She said: “The beer garden is unique and a feature of the premises, but it is also encouraging customers to sit outside during the day and at night and the knock-on effect is that local residents are no longer able to enjoy and relax in their own homes.

“I am aware some residents do not go to bed until after the pub closes, as they cannot sleep due to the noise.”

PC Susanne Dawson said: “Police are of the opinion the cause of the complaints and the excessive noise is down to use of the beer garden and terraces, and as such use should be restricted.”

On a visit in June 2016, when England were playing Iceland in Euro 2016 - which was screened on a giant screen in the beer garden - licensing enforcement officer Mary McFadden said the atmosphere was so loud she “could not have a conversation outside as we could not hear each other”.

She said: “The residents have a right to a peaceful life.

“While the standard of the development is inspired and innovative, it is clearly having a detrimental effect on the lives of local residents.”

She also called for the rules on when people can be in the garden are more strictly enforced.

When the pub was last before the licensing panel in November 2015, it escaped sweeping restrictions, including closing the beer garden at 8pm daily by presenting a 650-name petition to the panel from customers.

Its representatives also explained how the renovations to the garden, which before the Potting Shed opened in summer 2015 had been unkempt and overgrown, had cost £450,000 to carry out, and that the noise in the garden was a “manageable issue”.

The review will be heard by Bradford District Licensing Panel at 10am on Thursday, April 27, at Bradford City Hall.

No-one was available to comment to the Telegraph & Argus on behalf of the Potting Shed's owners.