A PUB company is looking to secure a licence to reopen one of its York’s businesses after it closed suddenly last year.

The Britannia Inn, at The Green, Acomb, was boarded up last April, but Daniel Thwaites plc now plans to relaunch it as The Inn On The Green.

The chain’s application for a premises licence for the pub will go before a City of York Council licensing and gambling hearing on Thursday.

It is looking for a drinks licence until midnight from Sundays to Thursdays and until 12.30am on Fridays and Saturdays.

Two local residents have objected to the reopening and the council’s environmental protection unit has said measures must be put in place to avoid noise nuisance being caused to people living nearby.