Bogus Chatham barman ordered to pull down boozer
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Time has been called on an
amateur barman's back-garden pub.
Dean Goodearl, 23, has been ordered to
pull down a shed he had converted into a bar behind his Chatham
home.
The makeshift pub - in the style
of a Swiss chalet - had Fosters and John Smiths beer pumps
connected to barrels outside.
It had a dartboard, pool table, plasma
TV, one-armed bandit and even a disco ball hanging from the
ceiling.
The pub was divided from Mr Goodearl's
terraced house, in Pimpernel Way, by a fence so people could access
it from its own gate and pathway.
There was even a smokers' bin on the
verandah so drinkers wanting to light up could do so outside.
It came to the attention of Medway
council, which described it as an "anti-social blight", on a raid
last year.
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Working closely with Medway Police, officers served an
enforcement notice on Mr Goodearl in January.
It ordered him to take down the
building and stop operating a pub in his garden.
Mr Goodearl appealed, claiming the
chalet was only ever used by himself and his close family after
they went banger racing.
But he lost his appeal, with the
planning inspector giving him six weeks to remove the building and
the fence.
Now he must take both down by
Wednesday, September 29 or face further legal action.
Cllr Mike O'Brien, the cabinet member
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safety and enforcement, said: "We are very pleased that the
planning inspector agrees that this building must come down.
"This bogus pub was an anti-social
blight for residents living nearby and as it was not a licensed
premises it could put people who use it at risk.
"Mr Goodearl now needs to take down
this building and give up the idea of being a pretend publican
before the six week period is up or he will face further legal
action."
Wednesday, September 08 2010
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