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Slough pub approved below alcohol misuse centre Slough pub plan below alcohol misuse centre sparks anger
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Slough residents are calling on their council to overturn a decision to let a pub open below an alcohol and drug treatment centre. Slough residents have voiced their opposition to a pub opening below an alcohol and drug treatment centre.
Councillors agreed The Assembly could open in the High Street on a site vacant since 2004, but which is next to The Turning Point centre. A lease for The Assembly is being offered in the High Street next to The Turning Point centre.
A former client at the centre has started a petition and called the council decision "a disgrace". The site, which was vacant for several years in which time the centre opened, previously had a licence so does not need approval to reopen as a bar.
The council said permission was given as the site was a former bar. A former client at the centre has started a petition calling on the council to revoke the licence.
A Slough Borough Council spokesman said: "The building where Assembly is has been a drinking establishment for several years so it doesn't require a change of use.A Slough Borough Council spokesman said: "The building where Assembly is has been a drinking establishment for several years so it doesn't require a change of use.
"Like other pubs and bars, the town centre is considered to be an appropriate location.""Like other pubs and bars, the town centre is considered to be an appropriate location."
He added there was a pub opposite and off-licences nearby, and that "drop out rates" at the centre were improving.He added there was a pub opposite and off-licences nearby, and that "drop out rates" at the centre were improving.
But the former client, who wishes to remain anonymous, said it was the council that moved the treatment centre to its current premises three years ago.But the former client, who wishes to remain anonymous, said it was the council that moved the treatment centre to its current premises three years ago.
He said: "Funding for drug and alcohol misuse has already been cut to next to nothing over the previous few years, and now this.He said: "Funding for drug and alcohol misuse has already been cut to next to nothing over the previous few years, and now this.
"I think this is a disgrace to Slough as a supposed community-led council.""I think this is a disgrace to Slough as a supposed community-led council."
The Assembly is owned by Heineken's leased pub business Star Pubs & Bars, which is yet to comment.The Assembly is owned by Heineken's leased pub business Star Pubs & Bars, which is yet to comment.
Turning Point said: "Recovery is a long process and there are many difficulties and temptations in day-to-day life.Turning Point said: "Recovery is a long process and there are many difficulties and temptations in day-to-day life.
"While it is not possible to remove access to alcohol, we focus on supporting individuals to make the right decisions around drug and alcohol use.""While it is not possible to remove access to alcohol, we focus on supporting individuals to make the right decisions around drug and alcohol use."