An Edinburgh pub has been shut down after a string of noise complaints stretching over the best part of a decade fell on deaf ears.

The Edinburgh Licensing Board revoked The Village’s premises licence after being issued with three compliance notices, which were all ignored by management.

Licensing officers were also flooded with a host of new noise complaints as recently as Sunday for the South Fort Street pub.

Manager of The Village, Dean Conway, will have to reappear before the board in February for a hearing concerning his personal licence.

The pub, which must immediately cease trading had a message on the front door on Tuesday telling customers “due to unforeseen circumstances, the pub is closed”.

Licensing standards officer Tom Veitch told the board that officials first received complaints in 2011 – most of which concerned too much noise.

The licence was reviewed in 2012 and the management was ordered to install soundproofing and install a noise limiter.

But the company that owned The Village and also held the premises licence, DHPC Limited, was dissolved in 2014.

Mr Veitch said: “There have been 12 breaches of the noise conditions since December 2018 and subsequently three further complaints since this was written, the most recent of which was on Sunday night.

“The breach of these noise conditions, specifically the noise levels in relation to these, have been escalating despite our advice and compliance notices.

"The premises does have a history of noise issues going back to the days of the previous licence-holder, which might mean that the premises are not suitable for the volumes of music being played.”

After a first compliance notice was issued over noise complaints, a second notice followed after the business failed to pay its annual fees, while a third compliance notice was issued relating to staff training.

Mr Veitch added: “The service of three compliance notices within a three-month period is extremely concerning.

"To date, the premises has not provided any reasoning to why they continue to ignore the advice of licensing standards officers and breach civic conditions of licensing.

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“I have serious concerns about this premises operating without a premises licence-holder. I also have serious concerns about the operation and the suitability of the premises, specifically in relation to noise.

“I also have serious concerns about the management over the continued disregard for he advice provided by licensing standards officers, the mandatory conditions of licence and local noise conditions imposed by the Edinburgh Licensing Board.”

Alistair Macdonald, representing Mr Conway and The Village, appealed for the licence to be transferred to a new operator.

He added: “The landlord will find another tenant, he will apply for a new licence. This is to keep the licence in force.

“I have said to my clients that this place cannot have live music – I think live performances are out.

"There is a limit on the system but the problem with the DJs is they are brining in their own systems which then overrides the limiter.”

But councillors rejected the plea and instead revoked the licence, meaning the pub cannot trade.

Cllr Joanna Mowat said there have been a “pattern of breaches”.

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She added: “This is causing severe irritation and nuisance to the people who are living around it – I’ve never seen anything quite like this.

“To tie ourselves in knots about getting the transfer when we have repeated breaches, I think we have been played for fools.”