Mayor’s appeal fails: Half Moon to become a gastropub
Southwark Council has approved planning permission to convert the south London venue, which has hosted U2, Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds, Thin Lizzy and Frank Sinatra
News By IQ | 7 April 2016
Even an intervention from the mayor of London hasn’t been enough to save Herne Hill music venue the Half Moon.
Southwark Council has approved planning permission, requested by new owner Fuller’s in January, to add new kitchen and restaurant spaces to the rear of the pub’s ground floor, where the stage and audience area are currently located, transforming the Half Moon (pictured) from a pub/grassroots live venue into a music-free gastropub.
Peter Blair, who runs the…
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