Extra licensing hours have been agreed for Bredy Farm at Burton Bradstock.

It will give the site, which is known for its cider festivals, additional time for entertainment and alcohol sales throughout the week.

A Dorset Council licensing panel decided the changes asked for were reasonable although it had received objections from nine residents, including one who appeared at the application hearing.

Charlie Harris from Bredy Farm said the new licencing hours would allow greater flexibility, including to run more ‘chilled out’ events in the week. He said he did not intend to open the bar and have live music all the time during the proposed hours but wanted more choice about when the premises could open.

Events on the site will remain limited to 28 days a year, the maximum allowed under permitted development rights, unless changed in the future.

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The new licence will add an hour during the day for live music and the later use of recorded music from Monday to Wednesday until just before midnight and until 2am on Thursdays.

Additional hours for alcohols sales will allow the bar to be open 11am until a minute before midnight on Tuesday and Wednesday and on Thursdays from 11am until 2am.

Resident Mr Robert Hawes appeared at the Dorchester hearing last week to say he and others living nearby feared the extended hours would add to the noise they had already been suffering from the site which he described as “effectively an outdoor nightclub.”

“If we can do something to keep the noise down, fine, but it’s not acceptable to have noise for so long into the early hours,” said Mr Hawes.

The council says there should be a “cooling down” period where the music volume is reduced towards the closing time of the premises during the last half hour of opening.

Several conditions have been removed with new conditions added including safety checks to the stage before each event; the introduction of a supervision policy; a written health and safety policy covering the use of strobes, lasers and other special effects and the use of registered door staff.

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The business will also have to submit a noise management plan at least two months before the first outdoor event takes place each year with sound tests undertaken when there has been any significant changes to the sound system or attenuation measures, and to be carried out at least once every year.

The hearing was told that the licensing authority had not received any complaints since the original licence had been granted.

Mr Harris told the hearing that the business had invested heavily in the site, including measures to help reduce the noise.

Mr Harris said that the increased hours were to cater for potential weekday events including food fairs, car rallies and owners clubs, some of which may include camping when there will be security staff on site around the clock.

Up to a thousand people can be accommodated on the site although he said the most there had ever been was around 700.