Nottingham nightclub has licence revoked after violence and disorder

A Nottingham city nightclub with a recent history of violence and disorder where a man was stabbed outside has been permanently closed after its licence was revoked.

Nottinghamshire Police applied for the licence of I Club, on Wilford Street, to be revoked. This followed the venue operator’s failure to comply with licence conditions and the association of the premises with serious crime and disorder.

The venue has been temporarily closed since early August after the force’s city licensing team applied for the licence to be suspended because they were not confident that the bar’s operators could prevent further serious incidents from occurring.

Under the Licensing Act, venues are required to promote four main objectives. These are the prevention of crime and disorder, ensuring public safety, preventing public nuisance, and protecting children from harm.

Connor Page left a man with a dozen knife wounds after he repeatedly stabbed him outside the venue in June 2024.

Page, of Metcalfe Close, Derby, was found guilty of attempted murder on January 13 at Nottingham Crown Court.

The 28-year-old was given an extended 25-year jail sentence on April 11.

In September 2024, a large meeting of cars and people gathered outside I Club, and a further street gathering of more than 50 people was observed in March 2025.

In April this year, a woman was assaulted outside the premises’ door, and a group of 20 men began fighting outside the venue on the same night.

A decision to suspend I Club’s licence was prompted by a violent incident inside the venue on August 3, which was reported to police. An investigation is ongoing.

Nottingham City Council’s licensing panel, which is the authority responsible for issuing licences, decided to revoke the venue’s licence at a hearing on September 1 after considering Nottinghamshire Police’s application.

This means the venue will not reopen as I Club and has ceased operating.

The venue’s licence holder voluntarily surrendered the premises licence prior to the hearing. However, the meeting went ahead as surrendering a licence only means it has lapsed, and revoking it prevents the licence from being transferred to another operator.

A total of 363 pages of evidence were compiled by the force’s city senior licensing enforcement officer to present to the panel, which showed that I Club had failed to comply with licence conditions, maintain records, and adhere to recognised best practice.

The city licensing team had attempted to engage with the premises licence holder and designated premises supervisor to bring the premises licence up to date, but they were unresponsive.

Licensing officers worked collaboratively with other force departments, partners, and the local authority to ensure swift and effective enforcement action was taken to close the venue.

The decision to revoke a licence is rare, with only three other Nottingham city venues losing their licence in the last two years, following similar applications by Nottinghamshire Police.

Force licensing officers work to enforce licensing legislation and reduce alcohol-related incidents within the city and county to prevent crime, disorder and public nuisance, ensure public safety, and protect children from harm.

They proactively monitor all aspects of licensing for the police, which can include negotiating licence conditions, compliance checks, and working with premises to offer expert advice and guidance.

Senior Licensing Enforcement Officer Helen Guest-High, of Nottinghamshire Police’s force licensing city team, said:

“Nottinghamshire Police had serious concerns that if I Club was allowed to remain open, there were insufficient safeguards to ensure that there would not be further serious incidents.

“The nature of these incidents has resulted in a complete loss of confidence in the operator’s ability to effectively manage the premises and has put the public at risk of harm.

“Licence conditions were breached, which resulted in the premises not having a working CCTV system.

“The operators of this venue had plenty of opportunity to engage with us to resolve these concerns, but chose not to do so. The public would rightly expect that enforcement action is taken against venues that are not compliant.

“We welcome the decision of the panel to revoke the venue’s licence, and I would like to assure members of the public that we will continue to take proactive enforcement action against venues that breach conditions to ensure customers are safe.”

“I’d like to also make it clear that the Nottingham and East Midland Irish Social Club, which is located at the same address, is not affected by this decision and can continue to operate as usual.”