A Birmingham barber shop that planned to sell booze and even had a full bar installed has failed to get an alcohol licence. The House of Bad Apple Hair on Cannon Street lodged plans to sell a glass of Prosecco with a haircut.

But residents and councillors started to worry after signs appeared outside calling the salon a bar and events space. After a full bar featuring various taps, beers and spirits was installed, those living above the shop said they "realised they had a problem".

Birmingham's planning department has now voted to reject the application citing the "significant potential for public nuisance". The salon sits directly below a block of flats that have huge single-glazed windows. Residents and councillors agreed that the application looked more like a pub than a salon and therefore the risk of public nuisance was significant.

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Jon Lord, an 18-year resident of Newton Chambers, the apartment block above the hair salon, said: "Any amplified music played in the units below can be heard in the apartments above due to the poor installation, and due to the large single-glazed windows.

"It's fair to say, as directors and residents we welcome this in principle, however at no point were we informed of any licensing element and we only found out when the public notice was displayed.

"We were informed in an email that it was only to give clients a glass of Prosecco while they were waiting, which sounds quite reasonable. However, If this was a bar, it would be a very high-end bar that I'd be very happy to drink in and the bar is very permanent.

"It has an amazing range of drinks and it's not just for a diet coke, coffee or beer." Residents had also taken issue with the operating hours suggested for the bar. Despite closing at 8pm the salon had requested the licence run until 11pm in order to host events.

Defending the licensing hours Gavin Mills, owner of House of Bad Apple Hair said it was not intentional. He said: "We do not operate at 11 o'clock at night and we do not operate seven days a week. We are a hair salon offering clients a drink.

"The trend has come from London, it's an experience and hair salons need to offer a lot more than just a basic hair salon service. Occasionally L'Oreal will come in and do seminars here and there might be Prosecco here, but we'll never open later than 8 pm.

"I think the person who did the licensing application for us just did extended hours." But, the council decided to reject the application on the grounds that the application would allow the salon to operate like a pub.

A council representative said: "The sub-committee was aware that alcohol licences had been granted to hair salons in the past, but such premises would have a fridge containing alcohol, from which they would pour a glass for clients.

"However, in the instant application, the premises had installed a substantial purpose-built bar servery, as would normally be seen in a public house. The sub-committee, therefore, was doubtful that the sale of alcohol was properly “ancillary” to the provision of hair services, and instead suspected that it was in fact a key feature of the business."

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