TRB Property Holdings Limited has applied to Bromley Council to update the premises licence where the Royal Bell pub is, located at 175 High Street.
The application was submitted on February 12, with a public consultation starting on February 13.
According to The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) website, the Royal Bell initially closed on January 1, 2008, and became “long term” closed on March 1, 2019.
The website states the location was granted planning in March 2019 to convert and extend to include a 50-bed hotel with a gym, swimming pool and a retail unit.
If the recently applied premises license is approved, the changes would allow for extended hours for the sale of alcohol for consumption both on and off the premises, as well as longer hours for recorded music.
There will be no extra hours for live music.
The changes would apply to all internal areas of the premises.
The updated licence would also include the second and third floors, in addition to recent internal and external changes to the basement, ground, and first floors.
The wording of the existing licence condition number 20 would be amended.
The application also seeks to add late-night refreshment and the performance of dance, as well as anything similar, to its list of licensable activities.
If the application is successful, alcohol sales would be allowed 24 hours a day for guests in accommodation and from noon to 1am on Saturday and Sunday mornings for others.
Recorded music could be played until 12.30am on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Late-night refreshment could be served from 11pm to 5am.
The performance of dance would be permitted from noon to 12.30am, and noon to 6pm on Sundays.
The same hours would apply to anything similar.
The deadline for representations on this matter is March 12.
Originally the Royal Bell Hotel, this historic Grade II listed building has had several transformations, serving as a Berni Inn, then a nightclub named “Bromleys,” and later a late-night bar called “Sky Bar” until its closure in 2008, according to the CAMRA website.
The building, rebuilt in 1898 in “Queen Anne” style by architect Ernest Newton, replaced the original Bell Hotel, which had been in operation since the 16th century.
The premises licence register can be inspected at the Licensing Department, Public Protection, Bromley Council, Bromley Civic Centre, Churchill Court, 2 Westmoreland Road.
Representations should be made in writing to the Licensing Officer at the above address.
Further information is available on the Bromley Council website.
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