New restaurant given licence despite protests
Published:
4:00 PM July 3, 2012
Updated:
7:55 PM October 15, 2020
A new restaurant was given the go-ahead by Islington Council despite protests from local residents.
Basil, in Whitecross Street, Finsbury, was given a licence to sell alcohol from 11am to 9pm seven days a week at a meeting on June 20.
Complaints included noise, bad smells and smoke pollution.
Cllr Wally Burgess, chairman of licensing committee A, said: “The committee considered evidence and representations and was satisfied that the premises had appropriate controls to protect residents from disturbance.”