I want to sort a problem - HELP!

40something

Hi, apologies if this is in the wrong place but I couldn't work out where best to place it.

I'm after some help for what might appear unimportant to some but is a real issue for my family.

We live in a small village which until recently was 1.5 miles away from the nearest pub. A pub has recently opened about 300 yards from our front door (I did not object during planning as I thought it would be good for the village), and since then our lives have become difficult coping with the people who stagger into our fence on their way home. One of the uprights has already been broken and on a separate occasion someone was pushed into the fence panel and that is now damaged. I'm waiting for the whole lot to be knocked down and the pub's only been open 2 weeks!

Perhaps I should be pleased that the children are asleep during these episodes but unfortunately yesterday lunchtime we encountered similar behaviour and had to bring the children in from the garden as they were frightened.

I appreciate there is little I can do about the language but I wondered whether I could get any financial help to build a brick wall to make our house and children more secure.

I never thought I would appear to be such a killjoy but I would be grateful
for any suggestions on how to best deal with this situation or who to approach for a grant.

Thanks in advance.

Sooler

Use defensive planting and plant some prickly bushes.

justevi

I personally would check if any other neighbours felt the same then have a quiet word with the licensee. He/she will not want complaints from neighbours when his licence comes up for renewal! As its a small village maybe you know who is causing the problems in which case maybe you or licensee could have a word with them when they are sober? I am also sure it is a criminal offence to use offensive language in public.

Enterprise_1701C

I agree with the above poster, the licensee might even be insured against this sort of thing. Might also be worth mentioning that you are asking them before going to the council to see if you can get a grant - any sniff of trouble for a new pub could be very bad news.

I also agree with the idea of defensive planting, a nice thorny hedge would soon sort them out.

Good luck.

shopaholic.lady

I agree with the above... the licensee certianly doesnt want any complaints especially with in the first month of opening...I think they are checked on quite abit in their first few weeks anyway so they want to keep as many people happy as they can.... you may find its the young lads/girls getting over excited about the pub being close...they may wareoff soon hopefully any way....take photos of whats happend to your garden just to show whats happend if has to go further then talking to the licensee yourll need proof that your garden has now been damaged....im sure the lanlord will be nice enough!! good luck

40something

Thanks to all of you. Approaching the licensee is the obvious first approach, I just don't know why I didn't think of that. Let's hope it is a settling in period as I can't afford the time or cost of growing an 80 foot long hedge (adjacent to the path they walk along).