Licensing hearing for Hastings bar postponed

On Wednesday (April 28), a Hastings Borough Council licensing panel had been due to consider an application from Sussex Police to cut back operating hours at Crowleys in Havelock Road.

Police had also called for the bar’s licence to be suspended and for a say in appointing a new Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS). The bar denies any mismanagement and says the measures proposed are “disproportionate.”

On Tuesday (April 27), however, the meeting was listed as postponed on the council’s website.

According to Hastings Borough Council,  the postponement was agreed by all parties in light of a request for further information on reports provided in the Sussex Police application.

No new date has been confirmed at time of publication.