A new Stafford town centre bar and restaurant has won its bid for longer opening hours despite opposition from nearby residents.
A new Stafford town centre bar and restaurant has won its bid for longer opening hours despite opposition from nearby residents.
The Yard, which opened less than three weeks ago, will now be able to open until 1.30am from Thursdays to Saturdays.
Twelve residents and Nexum Leisure Ltd, which owns the nearby town centre nightclub Zanzibar, objected to the plan.
The Yard, at Espley's Yard alongside the River Sow, is part of the new Riverside Walk leisure and residential development. Its parent group, Barracuda Pubs and Bars Ltd, applied to Stafford Borough Council for the bar to serve alcohol from 10am to 1am from Thursdays to Saturdays, with half-an-hour "drinking up" time. The original licence served until midnight.
Read the full story in the Express & Star.
