A bar forced to CLOSE due to a 'ridiculous' rule from the 1980s that everyone had forgotten

A bar was forced to close due to a rule from the 1980s that everyone seems to have forgotten.

The decision has now been called 'ridiculous', after an official uncovered a 42-year-old planning condition that seemed long forgotten.

Jason Hamer, 58, owner of the CFeleven bar on Cathedral Road in Cardiff, has now revealed the closure of his establishment has resulted in the loss of five staff. Tragically, one staff member will be forced to lose his home, as he lives above the bar.

The owners of the popular CFeleven opened six years ago as an upscale gin bar after around 40 years in business as a bed and breakfast, reports WalesOnline.

But now the gin bar will have to close at the end of January, after a Cardiff council officer allegedly searched through decades of records.

To everyone's shock, the manager discovered that the B&B had originally been approved on the basis that its bar would only be open to "hotel residents".

Mr. Hamer, who has owned the site for 16 years, went on to say, "As far as we know there have been no scheduling issues. During Covid we have had an increase in the number of people drinking in the garden and there were a few noise complaints.The council's environmental health department did a sound test and we weren't a noise nuisance or anything.

"Then one of the environmental health officials said he wanted to see all the planning conditions. He was the one who fired the shot. He asked the planning department to check the conditions dating back decades. They checked the microfiche archives and found a condition from 1980 stating that we could sell alcohol but only to hotel guests."

ason Hamer, owner of the CFeleven bar in Cardiff, said the "ridiculous" situation had cost his staff their jobs (

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The 58-year-old went on to add that he was made aware of the issue last year, but was unsuccessful in his request to have the condition removed.

He then spent the colossal sum of £16,000 to appeal the council's decision.

Despite his pleas, the town planning inspector told him last month that the appeal had failed and that the bar had to close to non-residents within three months.

Mr. Hamer went on to say, "We had to fire five people because of this.

“One of them lives here and had to find new accommodation. three months notice is more than fair.

"The ma...