Green Dragon pub on Cote Lane hopes to extend operating hours and change licensing conditions. 

If the pubs’ application is approved, live music would be permitted indoors until 11:30pm on weekdays and until 1:30am on weekends, with alcohol service starting as early as 8am.

Some residents have expressed their concerns about potential noise disturbances and anti-social behaviour as the proposed closing times on Fridays and Saturdays would be extended until 2am. 

Joy Hardy, a local, said: “I wouldn’t like that! Is it really necessary in a residential area?”

Jason Leaver said: “It’s a very sparsely populated area, is there a demand for this sort of thing in this quiet village? I would have thought a trad pub style would be more in keeping with the area, a lot of elderly people live here, so where is the late-night trade going to come from?”

On the other hand, some residents have voiced support for the pub’s proposal. Vanessa Britton said: “A local pub just trying to do its nest, credit where credit’s due!”

The application outlines new safety measures, including the installation of a CCTV system, enhanced staff training, and the implementation of a Challenge 25 scheme.

A report to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s licensing board states: “a noise management plan has been submitted by the applicant’s solicitor, but no agreement has been reached with regards to it being conditioned to the licence at the time of writing this report.

“The objectors are still very concerned about the noise and anti-social behaviour that they believe will occur with the later opening times especially when the premises are open until 2am.”

The council’s statutory licensing board will meet on October 22 to hear from the applicant and objectors and make a decision on the licence variations.