A POPULAR pub has been stripped of its entertainment licence after neighbours complained noise from it forced them out of their home.

The North Star in Steventon will now need to apply for separate events licences for outdoor concerts.

A Vale of White Horse council panel found it had allowed a Foo Fighters tribute act gig this month that was so loud that a couple living next door fled their house.

Neighbours said they had lived in their home for 26 years and that noise from the pub only became a problem 11 years ago.

One said: "This is extreme noise and it's causing us harm."

They added they had lodged 16 complaints about noise coming from the pub in 2016 alone – but the landlord of the pub changed in early 2017.

But they said the volume of the recent concert was so intrusive that it felt like a 'punishment beating' and was 'physically uncomfortable' to hear.

He added: "It's totally unreasonable behaviour. It's been unreasonable on many, many occasions. It's not a neighbour bearing a grudge against the pub."

Other residents said removing the licence would be like 'using a sledgehammer to crack a nut' and that the pub was the centre of the village. They also complained the Truck Festival, held annually in the village, was regularly the cause of considerably more noise.

The owners of the North Star have 21 days to appeal.