A Dundee bar has been granted longer opening hours to benefit the city’s football fans and now aims to help its neighbours in sheltered housing.
The Campbeltown Bar on Hawkhill will open earlier to serve food to football fans before they travel long distances to away games, with Inverness and Glasgow used as examples.
The bar has also been granted a licence to stay open until 1am on Friday and Saturday nights.
However, the residents of the nearby sheltered housing at Sinderins Court objected to the new licence. They fear the new licence will raise the noise levels in the street.
The new times for the bar were granted on the condition that there is no music after midnight. The permission will be subject to a three-month review.
Landlady for the Campbeltown Bar Charlotte Cooper said that with the new licence she hopes to appeal to Dundee football supporters as well as the residents of the sheltered housing.
She said: “I’ve been told by the regulars that they would like to come for a coffee and a roll and enjoy the pub before making a three or four-hour journey.
“The residents in the housing think noise will be a problem and I’m really wary of that. When the Dundee derby was on we chose not to open early so we didn’t bother the residents.
“I want us to be able to come to some form of arrangement that will help my business but also be good for the residents.”
Charlotte also hopes to build bridges with the people in Sinderins Court by inviting them to the bar.
She said: “I’m going to give my mobile number to the people in the home so they can call me if it’s too loud.
“I’m also going to put posters to invite the residents to a coffee morning.”
Marion Adams, chairwoman of the residents’ association for Sinderins Court, said: “They are only 10 yards from a sheltered housing complex and make no effort to control the noise.
“Opening till 1am means people hanging around waiting on taxis rolling up.”
Police confirmed that the last official noise complaints received on the premises were in 2010.