CONSULTATION TAKES PLACE TODAY WITH REGARDS THE FATE OF THE WEASTE PUB

Consultation is taking place today with regards the future of the Weaste Pub.

Local residents say that since the pub was taken over by its current owner, there has been an increase in antisocial behaviour. They also question as to why it has been allowed to be used as a hotel when it does not have a local authority licence to do so. 

One resident told us:

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"It's being used as a halfway house, god knows who they are allowing in there.

"Living around the pub has become a nightmare as elderly residents no longer feel safe going to the shops as they have been harassed by people staying at the hotel.

"The Trip Advisor website is filled with complaints about the Weaste with many rating it among the worst places they have stayed."

"Our children have been harassed and only last year the police has to install a CCTV camera to monitor the area due to the number of fights and other incidents that have happened on the streets".

 

Another said:

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"Why the hell the council have allowed this to remain open is beyond me, surely they have to have public liability insurance to run the place and as part of obtaining that they have to disclose the nature of their business?

"As they do not have a valid licence granted by the Council to operate as a hotel/halfway house then surely that makes any insurance invalid as they are not operating as a valid business?"

 

And another told us:

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"The pub used to be the focus of the local community, it had its good times and its bad times over the years but nothing compared to the problems we are seeing today.

"There used to be a bar and a function room but I am told these have now been torn out and converted into rooms for guests.

"I ask how can this be allowed when the Council have apparently not granted them permission or a licence to operate as a hotel?"

 

The owners argue that the hotel is serving a purpose in the community as it is being used by both Manchester and Salford Councils as a place to house the homeless. They also say that not all guests are referred from the local authority as many visit after finding them advertised online.

The consultation is taking place today 20/02/18  at St Lukes CofE School on Weaste Lane and people can pop down and show support (either way).

Concerns had been raised as to the hotel being used to house sex offenders, especially so with its close proximity to a primary school, however, we have been told by the Council that no sex offenders are being housed there.

SalfordVoice did try to contact the owner by phone but our calls were hung up on twice before we even had a chance to say hello.