THE new owners of a pub in the shadow of one of York’s historic landmarks will discover this week whether it can reopen for business.

Montey’s, which stands next to Micklegate Bar, was forced to close earlier this year when its previous owners went into administration, leading to a lapse of the licence allowing the premises to operate.

The business has now been taken over by Scottish and Newcastle Pub Company, whose application for a new licence will go before City of York Council on Thursday. The company is seeking permission to serve alcohol and play music until 1am every day.

But the application has led to objections being raised by some local residents, who say it will cause noise problems and have asked for its closing time to be brought forward to before midnight.

North Yorkshire Police’s licensing team has also asked for conditions to be placed on any licence as the pub sits within the city’s Cumulative Impact Zone, which covers an area where more stringent controls can be placed on the operation of pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants.

The Grade II-listed building originally housed the Bar Hotel, which dated back to 1861 before changing its name to Scruffy Murphy’s in 1996 and then becoming the Micklegate Inn six years later, before adopting its current name.

Scottish and Newcastle’s application will be decided at a council licensing hearing, with Micklegate resident Dr D Chalmers writing to the authority to say: “Micklegate has too many licensed premises.

“The rear beer garden backs on to residential property and is likely to be a cause of noise nuisance.”

Another resident, Pamela Chapman, wrote that noise levels from the pub in the past had been “unacceptably high” and “invasive”, while police licensing officer Mick Wilkinson said, in an email to licensing officers, that he had not yet received a reply from the business’s owners about the conditions which have been suggested.

Scottish and Newcastle was unavailable for comment.