{"id":15492,"date":"2017-04-26T16:05:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T15:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=15492"},"modified":"2017-04-23T17:33:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T16:33:36","slug":"london-pub-numbers-drop-25-as-mayor-seeks-to-halt-decline-ideas-welcome-via-spg-night-time-economy-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15492","title":{"rendered":"London pub numbers drop 25%, as Mayor seeks to halt decline: Ideas welcome via SPG \u2018Night-time Economy\u2019 consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London_Mayor_website_230417-e1492965207697.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15493\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London_Mayor_website_230417-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"Mayor of London website April 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a>London Mayor Sadiq Khan has released new figures, which he branded as \u2018shocking\u2019, revealing that London has lost 1,220 pubs since 2001 \u2013 an average of 81 closures a year, and seeks suggestions linked to a consultation on &#8216;Culture and the night time economy&#8217; Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) which ends on 31 May 2017.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Two London boroughs reported a loss of more than half of their pubs, with Barking and Dagenham citing a loss of 56 per cent and Newham with 52 per cent. Other badly affected boroughs include Croydon with 45 per cent, Waltham Forest with 44 per cent, Hounslow reporting a 42 per cent and Lewisham at 41 per cent. Hackney was the only borough that did not report an overall loss and saw an increase of 3 per cent since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The figures are from an audit of London\u2019s public houses, which is the first strand of the mayor\u2019s Cultural Infrastructure Plan for 2030. This will take into account a wide range of cultural assets, from dance studios to theatres and artists\u2019 studios to nightclubs, with a view to embedding culture into the forthcoming London Plan. Khan said: \u2018From the outset of my mayoralty, I\u2019ve made safeguarding and growing the night-time economy a key priority and this simply isn\u2019t possible without a thriving pub scene.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Khan\u2019s night czar, Amy Lam\u00e9, has launched a public consultation on culture and the night-time economy, which contains guidance on how boroughs can use the current London Plan to protect public houses from closure.\u00a0This encourages boroughs to implement the \u2018agent of change\u2019 principle, which puts the onus on developers that build properties next to pubs to pay for soundproofing, ensuring residents and revellers can coexist peacefully. Everyone is invited to participate in this consultation by commenting on this document. Responses will inform culture and the night time economy in the new London Plan.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/arts-and-culture-consultations\/culture-and-night-time-economy-supplementary-planning-guidance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">consultation<\/a>, which ends on 31 May 2017<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/what-we-do\/arts-and-culture\/cultural-places-and-creative-spaces\/how-were-reducing-rate-pub-closures?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a> on the Mayor of London website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London Mayor Sadiq Khan has released new figures, which he branded as \u2018shocking\u2019, revealing that London has lost 1,220 pubs since 2001 \u2013 an average of 81 closures a year, and seeks suggestions linked to a consultation on &#8216;Culture and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15492\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15494,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15492\/revisions\/15494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}