A pub landlord has had his bid for an outdoor bar in his new "Mediterranean garden" rejected in the face of a number of complaints over noise and parking.

Canterbury City Council's licensing committee was also shown a video of Eddie Sargeant, from the Old Coach and Horses in Harbledown, swearing at neighbours.

Canterbury City Council's licensing committee denied Mr Sargeant's bid to open the outdoor bar within a burger shack after numerous concerns were raised about the effect it could have on the area.

Mr Sargeant - who took over the pub last year - said his proposal would allow for ease of access for staff serving people in the pub's garden.

He told councillors his aim was to create a "heart of the village gastro pub", summarising his intention was to push the appeal of the food rather than drink, and would also look to host live music outside once a month.

And the outdoor area now boasts a new Ibiza-style lounge following a £15,000 makeover lockdown project to transform it into fresh outdoor seating area catering for up to 40 people.

However, the committee was shown a video submitted in objection to the proposal showing Mr Sargeant swearing at neighbours who he had perceived to be sniggering at him on the day it was announced another lockdown would be happening and he would have to close the pub.

The video was muted for those watching the virtual meeting remotely, but Mr Sargeant could be seen getting up close and pointing to a man stood opposite the pub, and another person filming.

Furthermore, landlord Roy Sanders told the committee his tenant who lives in the village had been involved in a confrontation with Mr Sargeant at 3am one morning over a complaint of noise.

Addressing the video, Mr Sargeant said he was "not in the best of places in my mind or body".

A dossier of incidents noted by residents since the pub reopened in January last year citing various issues was read out by resident Magdalene Mei Halkes.

These included residents not being able to park due to the lack of dedicated parking for punters.

She also reported incidents of anti-social behaviour such as public urination, noise disturbance caused by taxis picking people up from the pub, and buses not being able to make their way through the surrounding roads due to the volume of parked cars.

Mr Sargeant was informed he could appeal the committee's decision to deny the licence allowing for the outdoor bar if he wished.

As part of the application process, committee members had taken a site visit to the Church Hill establishment, and wanted to know why there was a newly-installed bar upstairs.

Licensing officer Anton Walden quizzed Mr Sargeant about the bar, to which he admitted it had been used on one occasion to service customers in the gardens without an application being put in to vary his premises licence allowing for its use.

Although Mr Sargeant told the committee he wasn't aware he required a new licence for the upstairs bar, Mr Walden said he would be making a referral to council enforcement officers who would investigate the matter.

He added that until it was removed, the sale of alcohol at the pub would be temporarily banned.

Mr Sargeant assured the committee the upstairs bar was in the process of being removed as a result of Mr Walden's decision, and told KentOnline it was taken down during the meeting.

"I had a pop-up bar in the dining room so I could ease the waiters’ lives by running booze upstairs," he said.

"There used to be a bar upstairs in the pub.

"I made the presumption that it wouldn’t be a problem to put that pop-up bar there temporarily while we were closed inside.

"[The licensing officer] told me I couldn’t do that and I took it down."

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