Neighbours of an Oxford pub have successfully opposed plans to extend its opening hours on three nights of the week.

The Jericho pub, in Walton Street, a well-known music venue where Radiohead used to play, applied for permission to extend opening hours from 11pm to 1am from Thursday to Saturday.

But residents and businesses in the area objected, and councillors attending Oxford City Council's licensing panel decided to grant an extension until midnight only on Saturday.

Staff at the Phoenix Picture House, which is next door to the pub, said that extended opening hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday would lead to increased noise, vandalism and litter.

Nineteen residents in Observatory Road signed a petition opposing the proposal for extended hours.

Councillors at the meeting were told that officers would now monitor the effects of the Saturday night extension.

Last year, the Jericho pub, previously called The Philanderer & Firkin, installed soundproofing to contain noise during live music shows.

Other pubs in Oxford applying to extend their opening hours were granted extensions by the panel.

Yates's Wine Lodge, George Street, gained an extension from 1am to 2am on Friday and Saturday nights and on Sunday night from 10.30pm to midnight; the Wig and Pen, George Street, was granted an extension from 11pm to midnight, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; Mood Music Cocktail Bar, George Street, was allowed to open from 5pm to 2am, Sunday to Thursday and 5pm to 3am on Friday and Saturday; Colours nightclub, St Ebbe's, was also given a new public entertainment licence for Sunday night, and can remain open until 12.30am.

**IN an earlier report on this issue, published on September 4, we said the application for extended opening hours had been applied for by the Jericho Cafe in Walton Street, Oxford. This was incorrect.

We appreciate the concern expressed by the proprietor of the Jericho Cafe and his fears that references to disruptive clientele could be taken to mean his customers and consequently have an adverse effect on the reputation of his business.

For this we apologise unreservedly.