PLANS to hold late-night entertainment at a York school have met with approval by local residents.

The Archbishop of York Junior School, of Copmanthorpe Lane, Bishopthorpe, York, has been given permission to host films, plays, live music, recorded music, dancing and indoor sport by city councillors. Similar planning applications for the Rufforth Primary School, of Wetherby Road, Rufforth, near York, and the Danesgate Pupil Support Centre, of Fulford, York, were also approved by councillors earlier this week.

After several mediations between the schools and residents regarding worries over late-night noise, compromises have been reached.

Coun Richard Moore, who sat on the licensing panel, said: "The Archbishop Junior School has met several times with residents who had objections and the school made a lot of concessions.

"The hours of entertainment have been adjusted to satisfy residents' concerns.

"A lot of work had been done in the background in order to achieve the best compromise and everyone is happy."

The conditions for the licence at Archbishop Junior School means that all internal licensable activities is to cease by 10.30pm and cleared of members of the public by 11pm. All external licensable activities is to finish by 8pm and cleared by 8.30pm and no licensable activities are to take place on Saturdays, Sundays, bank holidays or statutory holidays.

Similar issues regarding the Rufforth Primary School and the Danesgate Pupil Support Centre have also been resolved when residents agreed to the proposed conditions submitted by the schools.

John Lacy, the council's licensing manager, said: "I'm pleased that head teachers, working with the council's licensing team, addressed many of the residents' concerns during the licensing process.

"This resulted in a number of conditions being attached to the licences and concessions being made to meet local residents' concerns."

All licensable activities at Danesgate Pupil Support Centre will be restricted to indoors, Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm and the premises is to be vacated by 10pm. At Rufforth Primary School all external licensable activities are to cease by 7pm every day and the premises to be closed to the public by 11.30pm every day.