A Worthing pub is looking to extend its opening times, with an extra hour of drinking and a later time for live music.

Greene King Brewing & Retailing Limited has applied to Worthing Borough Council for permission to vary the premises licence at The Castle, in The Strand.

Current opening times are 8am to 11.30pm Sunday to Thursday, 8am to 12.30am the following morning Friday and Saturday, with alcohol sales from 10am to 11pm Sunday to Thursday, 10am to midnight Friday and Saturday.

The application is seeking to vary the existing licence to allow for opening 8am to 12.30am the following morning Sunday to Thursday, 8am to 1.30am the following morning Friday and Saturday, with alcohol sales from 10am to midnight Sunday to Thursday, 10am to 1am the following morning Friday and Saturday.

The Castle is looking to extend its opening times, with an extra hour of drinking and a later time for live music

placeholder image — The Castle is looking to extend its opening times, with an extra hour of drinking and a later time for live music

Permission is also sought to extend the non-standard hours for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, spring and August bank holidays, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, the proceeding and preceding day at a Bank holiday, St George's and St Patrick's Day and any other publicly declared bank holiday. The permission for New Year's Eve is to remain unchanged.

Regulated entertainment is currently 6pm to 11pm Monday to Sunday and the application is seeking to vary the existing licence to allow for it to continue until midnight Monday to Sunday.

Conditions would be added in relation to dispersal of customers, noise checks and the associated records.

The proposal is for a dispersal policy to ensure customers leaving the premises at the end of each night do so quickly and quietly.

When regulated entertainment is provided, noise checks will be carried out at the nearest noise sensitive property. A noise check log will be kept, including the sound level.

Representations must reach the licensing unit no later than January 14. A committee hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, February 11, at 6.30pm, if required.

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