An Isle of Wight nightclub’s owners want to be able to open even later, to allow dancing into the small hours.
Fever & Boutique, on Coppins Bridge in Newport, could stay open for an extra hour, until 04:00, if permission is granted.
At the moment, the club stops serving drinks at 03:00 and gives revellers half an hour to drink up and head home, on Friday and Saturday nights.
The Stonegate Group is also looking to extend the latest entry time until 02:00 and wants to allow drinks outside in the smoking area, in plastic or polycarbonate cups.
It is also looking to have longer opening hours on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, Maundy Thursday and Sundays before a Bank Holiday Monday.
In its application to the Isle of Wight Council, those behind the 6-year-old venue say they want to offer customers the chance to stay later, in a ‘well-run and safe environment’.
They say they have carefully considered the proposed changes and the extension would allow for an extended wind-down period and a more gradual dispersal of customers.
The application says there are already robust policies and measures in place to prevent public nuisance, crime and disorder and to protect public safety, arguing further conditions on its licence were not necessary.
You can view the application, 23/01475/LAPVAR, on the Isle of Wight Council’s licensing register. Comments can be made until 27th October.
3am is quite late enough.
be fair, give the “customers” more time to spend their benefits cash
Have you ever been there? My guess is probably not.
Not really. Venue is only open a couple nights a week, has to sustain ALL it’s operating costs in those couple of nights per week. An extra hour or two a week could literally be the difference between that being a viable venue or not.
Who in the hell wants to be up until 4 am?
Cokeheads….
Life begins at 3am – so it should be 5 or 6am close. Even better.
What can go wrong? More drink and drug’s into the earlier hours…. honestly, u can’t make it up….
…And yet it sounds like you just have.
A ridiculous idea, it will encourage drink and drug driving
They should stop messing about and go for an all nighter 4am ffs..lightweights