There’s been an explosion in noise nuisance and anti-social behaviour at the top end of Brixton Hill.  Local people put the blame squarely on two late-night venues – the Telegraph Pub and Iroko Bar and Restaurant.  Residents in the area, including those living in Courtenay House overlooking the Telegraph, are fed up with music blaring out until the early hours night after night, as well as people fighting, shouting, urinating, having sex and taking drugs right outside their windows.  This behaviour shouldn’t be tolerated anywhere, let alone in a quiet residential area away from the busier town centre.

Labour councillors have joined forces with angry residents to put an end to this blight on people’s lives.  We are campaigning together to ban the two premises from operating late at night.  There are allegations against both that they fail to follow the terms of their existing licences, and residents are recording every instance of this so the evidence can be used to bring the two venues to heel. 

Iroko’s new licence is under consideration now and they have been told they cannot hold any further special events that go on into the early hours of the morning until after the new year.  The Telegraph is also the subject of close resident monitoring, with evidence being compiled to oppose their application to open their doors even later in future.

Residents joined Cllr Steve Reed and Cllr Florence Nosegbe at a recent meeting of the local police team.  The meeting backed Steve’s call to make anti-social behaviour associated with licensed premises a priority for local police, and that has now been agreed.  There’s hope that will mean more police intervention, and police support for efforts to curb the venues’ licensing hours and stop them from holding frequent late-night events that disturb so many local people

Please add your comments below, or send us your details, if you back our campaign to keep Brixton Hill free from late-night disturbance from these venues.