Pub Officers Summary Report Date: 9th August 2021 Activities during pandemic: • Managed Additional Service feature of WhatPub. • Posted daily newsletter to Facebook of what services pubs were providing. • Continued to manage branch mailouts. • Launched new website: https://dds.camra.org.uk. Old website will be retained, but the license will not be renewed. Simpler editing facilities so can be taken over by someone else. • Branch email address now end in @dds.camra.org.uk. Old email addresses will be retained and monitored but will not be renewed. • Involved in testing/specification: o Pubzilla. o Premises Status/Change Types. o Ownership fields. • WhatPub: o I received more WhatPub updates than the rest of the Kent put together o Aim is to better engage with publicans, to sell then on “owning” their entry. o Use of photos must be approved by the owner. o Added link to Paul Skelton’s Kent public House Archive. o For listed buildings - adding link to Historic England website. • Coordinated Good Beer Guide selection and surveys. • Coordinated POTY judging. • Prepared a list of Listed Pubs across the branch. Awards: • Pub of the Year: Just Reproach, Deal. Saturday, 4th September @ 3.00pm. • Golden Award Winner: The Berry, Walmer. Saturday, 14th August @ 3.00pm. New Pubs • Algar Lodge Farm Shop, Sholden (Off licence). • The Attic, Dover. • Le Tabac, Deal. • Sholden Village Stores, Sholden (Off licence). • Stanley’s Bar & Coffee Lounge, Dover. • Toll Bridge Restaurant & Bar, Sandwich. • Vinoteq, Dover. Good Beer Guide • Tipsy Gardener, Shepherdswell replaced with Elephant & Hind, Dover LocAle Accreditations: • Reaccredited: Anchor Inn, Wingham • Accredited: Chequer Inn, Ash Elephant & Hind, Dover Hoptimist Taproom & Bar, Dover Tipsy Gardener, Shepherdswell • Accreditation removed: Plough & Harrow, Tilmanstone Red Cow, Sandwich Pub News: Carriers Arms, Dover: Change of use to residential – Granted. Cider Works, Waldershare: Reopened. Clarendon Hotel, Deal: Part change of use from hotel to residential - Pending. Frog & Orange, Shatterling: Change of use to residential - Granted. Hare & Hounds, Northbourne: Closed. Tenancy for sale. Hop & Huffkin, Sandwich: Change of name to Tan Bueno. The Lanes, Dover: Permanently closed. Leaf Hotel, Whitfield Change of name to: Holiday Inn Dover. Magnet Inn, Deal: Change of use to residential - Granted. New Inn, Deal: Change of name to The Goodwin. Change of licensee. Plough & Harrow, Tilmanstone: Reopened. Rack of Ale, Dover: Change of use to shop - Granted. Red Cow, Sandwich: Reopened. Sandra's, St. Margarets-at-Cliffe: Change of name to FirstLight Bar & Café. Tap Room, Deal Has closed and the bar is now owned and run by the Clarendon Hotel. Thompson’s Bell, Walmer: Reopened following major refurbishment. Tipsy Gardener, Shepherdswell: Due to close end of August. White Cliffs Hotel, White Cliffs Hotel, St. Margarets-at-Cliffe: Permanently closed- Change of use to a retreat. Change of use to residential - Pending. Long-Term Closed Pubs D's Steakhouse & Dive Bar, Deal Closed long term, reason unknown (23/08/15) Hare & Hounds, Northbourne Closed long term, premises owner seeking new tenant/lease holder (11/11/20) Lanes, The, Dover Closed long term, reason unknown (29/07/20) Lighthouse Inn, Capel-le-Ferne Closed long term, reason unknown (01/07/19) Roman Quay, Dover Closed long term, reason unknown (16/03/20) Royal Oak, Nonington Closed long term, reason unknown (11/07/19) Endeavour Inn, Wootton Closed long term, the premises future is uncertain (01/01/04) Railway Bell, River Closed long term, the premises future is uncertain (03/01/19) Wallett's Court Hotel, West Cliffe Closed long term, the premises future is uncertain (01/01/16) Other News • East Kent Car Road Company Waiting Room, Sandwich: Application for change if use to cafe/bar/take away. Good Beer Guide & POTY • NBSS calculations are now performed using CAMRA’s NBSS Analysis spreadsheet. As with the website it allows this responsibility to be carried out by other volunteers. • Usually, we take scores from beginning of 1st Dec to 31st Nov. For this year I’d like to suggest that we take scores from 1st Jan to 31st Dec due to the impact of the lockdown.