A popular Kinross beer garden - opened as a result of the COVID pandemic but later threatened with closure by the council - looks set to become a permanent summer fixture.In June 2023, a Perth and Kinross Council planning enforcement order demanding its closure prompted 2250 signatures - in just 48 hours - to a petition to keep it open.On Wednesday, February 19, Perth and Kinross Council Licensing Board unanimously granted a provisional licence for the beer garden; it will be upgraded to a full premises licence once the temporary structures are erected this year and the building completion certificate is submitted.
The Kinross Beer Garden first opened in Market Park - opposite the Green Hotel - in July 2020 when social distancing rules were in place.
It has proved popular with families. Children play in the park while parents watch on from the roped-off beer garden. For the past five years it has been open at weekends from May to September. However in June 22, 2023 PKC issued an Enforcement Notice to shut down the beer garden and remove everything - bar, marquee, toilets, seating, etc - within a month.
Within 48 hours of the enforcement order being made public, 2250 people had signed a Save the Beer Garden petition and hundreds posted messages of support on the Kinross-shire community Facebook page.
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