A café in Peterborough will now be allowed to serve alcohol daily from 10am to 2am.

Annie Teresa Renham applied to Peterborough City Council in September for a premises licence at Carthage Café on 345 Lincoln Road.

Ms Renham’s application document stated that the premises would operate primarily as a food-led operation and restaurant, with alcohol provided to seated diners as a waited-on service and all sales of alcohol would be “ancillary to the provision of a substantial table meal”.

It also noted that CCTV would be provided alongside an incident log and staff training to help prevent any crime and disorder.

Following objections to the application from a councillor and resident, the matter was brought to a city council licensing sub-committee meeting on Wednesday, November 5.

Cllr Asim Mahmood of the North ward claimed that extended late-night hours could contribute to increased antisocial behaviour in the area, create further noise and disturbance to nearby residents, and place further strain on local policing. He was not in attendance at the licensing meeting.

The resident who objected, Abid Hussain, claimed that the granting of the licence would “negatively impact the community’s quality of life” as well as cause noise and disturbance for those living nearby. He also did not attend the licensing meeting.

Nick Semper of The Licensing Guys spoke in support of Ms Renham’s application at the meeting, arguing that the objections were “inadmissible” due to being “fear and speculation”.

He told members of the committee: “You as a committee cannot be insensible to the fact that none of your experts, responsible authorities, have objected.

“From that I advise you to conclude that their absence is significant, for if there were possible issues with this application then they would be here around this table arguing vehemently against it with evidence.”

Chair of the committee Cllr Chris Harper confirmed that the premises licence application would be granted, however this would not include off sales of alcohol.

This means that staff cannot serve alcohol over the counter for customers to take out.

He said: “We are sensitive to the issues within the area where the premises are situated, in particular alcohol-related anti-social behaviour and crime.

“On the balance of probabilities, we do not believe that if the licence is granted as applied for it will not have issues which are specific to the special policy zone.”