Popular Staffordshire pub lodges application to extend opening hours

A popular pub has lodged plans to extend its opening hours. Hop Back Brewery has applied to alter its premises licence for The Archer, in Wolstanton. It means the Church Lane venue now wants to open from 8am to 12.30am Monday to Thursday and 8am to 1am on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

However it will now be subject to a licensing meeting at Newcastle Borough Council on Friday as four representations against the application were received. Objectors claim that granting the new licence would go against the licensing objectives, in particular concerns over an increase in noise emanating from the premises.