COUNCILLORS will decide this week whether to grant a licence for a Bradford pub to also host live music.

A licensing application for the Barley Mow pub on Halifax Road, Buttershaw, is due to be debated by members of Bradford Council’s District Licensing Panel on Thursday morning.

The application, submitted by Christopher North, is for the sale of alcohol and the provision of regulated entertainment.

If approved, the pub would be allowed to open from 11am to midnight on Sunday to Thursday and 11am to 1am on Friday and Saturday.

The licence application also seeks permission to open an extra hour on bank holidays.

A short distance from Odsal Stadium, the Barley Mow has been a popular pub with rugby league fans in the past.

It has recently undergone a refurbishment, with new outdoor seating added.

Thursday’s meeting will be told that three letters of objection to the plans have been sent by local residents, raising concerns about potential noise if the pub is granted a licence for live music.

The application describes says the building has been used as a pub for “many years” and that it is on one of the main routes between Bradford and Halifax.

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It adds: “It is a mainly residential area but other retail outlets operate in the vicinity.”

It says volume from the amplified music will be kept to an acceptable level and monitored outside the nearest residential property.

One letter of objection from a neighbour raises concerns about the plans to play music, saying: “My garden joins the pub and the music invades inside my house.”

Another said: “I am totally against the request for music to be played until midnight Sunday to Thursday. There is a good possibility that this will affect residents sleeping, especially children when they are expected to attend school the following day.

“Wilst I don’t want to be a killjoy this public house does not lend itself to the new hours the landlord is proposing.”

And a third objector has also raised concern about noise, pointing out that in the past the music would get “louder and louder” at night.

They acknowledge that they live in a house next to a pub, and would expect some disruption, but added: “we bought our house when the licensing laws were much tighter and no noise whatsoever came from the pub.”

The meeting will be held in City Hall at 9.15am on Thursday.