A LANDLORD has rejected claims his pub is responsible for late-night noise.

He spoke out after a resident voiced concerns over news that the council’s late-night noise patrol faced the axe.

Peter Dowd, owner of The Basketmakers in Gloucester Road, Brighton, said his pub was not affected by the loss of the patrol because it closes at 11pm five days a week and at midnight for the remaining two.

Resident Scott Rankin had told The Argus he was concerned about noise from nearby pubs and mentioned a party in a twitten near The Baksetbakers.

Mr Dowd said the party was nothing to do with pubs at all and was held years ago.

He said: “There is a private road opposite The Basketmakers.

“One of the residents decided to have a birthday party and erected a small stage and had a lot of bands play.

“Residents decided it was the pubs that put the event on.

“It was nothing to do with us whatsoever.

“It makes us look as though we are a badly run pub and we are not.

“We don’t know why the complaint was made.”

The landlord added that the event, which he said was “loud”, was held some four or five years ago.

Mr Rankin, 40, of Cheltenham Place, Brighton, had raised concerns about the event, at the end of his road, and the council’s plans to cut the late-night noise patrol, when he spoke to The Argus earlier this week.

The council’s environmental protection officers usually monitor noise complaints made by residents on Friday and Saturday nights between 10pm and 3am.

The plan is four field officers would instead work daily from 12pm to 8pm.

The planned scheme, expected to start in April, was discussed at the council’s neighbourhoods and communities committee meeting, with a report being brought before the council’s full meeting on Thursday night.

Another nearby pub, The Eagle, has been contacted for a comment but we had not received a response before going to print. A council spokesman said: “The out-of-hours noise patrol service on Friday and Saturday nights will be stopping.

“The demand for this service has reduced and we have found there are more cases where we have been unable to take action to stop the noise due to the behaviour of the perpetrator, meaning that neighbours’ expectations are raised and then not met.”