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A bar and restaurant will be allowed to serve alcohol until 1am despite objections from residents.

An application for a variation to the licence of the Rhos Fynach venue in Rhos on Sea was heard by a licensing sub-committee of Conwy council today.

The operators of the bar, restaurant and events venue wanted to extend the hours they could sell alcohol and allow dancing.

The applicant, Justin Tilley, also wanted quarterly meetings with residents as part of the licence obligations to be scrapped.

It was argued by the applicant that the meetings were not needed as residents had not turned up on previous occasions, although locals said they had not been made aware of when they were being held.

Tony Brown, the designated premises supervisor of the Rhos Fynach, said: "We'd like to remove the quarterly residents meetings, mainly because the last two we had there were no attendees.

"The last one we had it was recommended to us by the independent chair to remove it. We've had no complaints over the last six months.

"We would like to extend our licence to 2am. That is for seven days a week but that would only be used for functions such as weddings and parties."

Locals complained that noise from the venue had been making their lives difficult.

Resident Colin Smith said: "We are just seen as a nuisance.

"On a boiling hot day, we have to keep our windows closed and we can't even hear our own television.

"Our windows are vibrating. You touch them and they're vibrating.

"The onslaught is unbelievable. When you are driven away from your own home, can that be right?

"We really fear any further variation in this establishment's licence. We dread hearing the sound checks. You would not tolerate this near your own home."

Mr Tilley said: "We believe we are a responsible operator and have in previous meetings listened to the residents.

"Where we see a problem, we try to mitigate it and try and assist."

The licence variation was granted by the sub-committee, but conditions were amended so that all windows at the venue would have to be shut after 10pm.

The quarterly residents meetings will also have to continue.

Cllr Philip Evans, who chaired the meeting, said: "The quarterly meetings were imposed as a licensing condition.

"The onus for holding those meetings rests purely with the licensee.

"If you're not holding those meetings, you could find yourselves in breach, so we would expect those meetings to be reinstated."