A SALTAIRE pub will be able to stay open after a planning application for the business was approved.

But Councillors warned the owner that if they did not listen to concerns from neighbouring residents, then they could have their licence reviewed.

Al's Star Bar opened on Bingley Road last summer, but did so without the proper planning permission in place.

When plans to convert the unit, a vacant beauty salon, into a bar and bistro were approved last February, Bradford Council attached a number of conditions to it that had to be met before full planning permission was granted.

These included that the business would not open until the Council was informed of any noise insulation measures that would prevent noise from the bar spreading to neighbouring properties.

At a meeting of Bradford Council's Keighley and Shipley Area Planning Panel yesterday, members discussed an application that would allow the business to continue operating. Members were told that noise mitigation measures were in place to protect the amenity of neighbours, had now been put in place.

A petition objecting to the plans had been signed by 18 people, but a further 64 people had written to the Council to support the plans.

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The committee heard from neighbours who said they were regularly bothered by noise from the bar, mainly when the door to the bar was open during Summer.

Julie Magson said she had lived in the neighbouring property for five years, and added: "When I go to bed I'm having to listen to amplified music. I don't see why my health and wellbeing should be detrimentally affected by the Council.

"I'm sick of it. I've reported it to to the noise nuisance team but I've heard nothing back. The communication has been appalling.

"I'll be forced to move if it continues."

But officers said these issues should be dealt with by the licensing department, rather than the planning department.

Steve Le Shaw, who runs the bar, said it was "administrative errors" that led to the business opening before the correct procedures were in place.

He added: "I'm very committed to working with the Council and residents to make sure complaints are kept to a minimum.

"We have been trading for eight months and have five members of staff on our books."

Chair Councillor Doreen Lee said: "Saltaire has changed from quite mundane shops to quite a bohemian place. I like it. I do have concerns about loud noise thought. But that is a matter for licensing and not us."

The application was then approved.

However Cllr Lee told the applicant: "Be mindful of the neighbouring residents. If they want to apply for licensing enforcement against you they can, and if they do you could lose your licence."