A group of residents living behind one of Cardiff's busiest streets has lost its battle to stop a restaurant from extending its outdoor operating hours. Cardiff Council this week approved a licensing application made by Silures, on Wellfield Road, to extend the operating hours of its outdoor terrace area from 8pm to 9pm.
Speaking at the council's licensing meeting on Monday June 12, one resident said that a number of people on Bangor Street have concerns about the potential impact it will have on their quality of life. Bangor Street resident Frances Dredge said people on the street are impacted by noise from neighbouring establishments and that the 8pm cut off point for outdoor serving, adhered to by many of the bars and restaurants, is just about enough to deal with.
She said: "We have learnt to live with it. It is a challenge, but that is the situation. At least we got a little bit of that night time reprieve when people go in, if they go in. I open my window at 10.20pm and I can hear people talking out there and it does happen.
