A BAR in Chester that opens until 4am has been banned from playing live or loud music after 11pm.

It comes after residents complained that noise from Ruby Rooms on the A51 Boughton road was causing sleepless nights every weekend.

The decision was made by a Cheshire West and Chester Council committee following a premises licence review.

Members agreed that the venue – formerly Bar 6T9 – should not have “regulated entertainment” past 11pm but could play “background or incidental music” until 4am.

Its management team now has three weeks to decide if they wish to appeal.

In a statement, they said: "We totally agree with the decision made by the council on this matter as all of us involved in the business were given Personal Licenses, passed by a magistrates court, as fit and proper persons to run and manage licensed premises and in no way would we jeopardise such licences by playing loud music and upsetting residents.

"However, we do feel that the public of Chester deserves to have this as a late night venue to meet socially for a drink and some personal interactive background music which is what we will offer every weekend every Friday and Saturday.

"Going forward we are starting to further improve the venue both internally and externally to reduce sound even further from leaving the building.”

One disgruntled resident kept a diary over the summer describing the horrendous “boom, boom, boom” of the bass.

On August 4, they wrote: “I wish I had the money to stay in a hotel every weekend. I’m exhausted. I get stressed thinking about the weekends. I feel we have no one to turn to.”

Council documents prepared ahead of the review suggested the issues with noise had become worse than ever before.

A report from CWaC’s licensing team leader Peter Willett stated that noise complaints had increased since May this year.

Evidence indicated that the main door to the venue was often left open meaning the noise easily travelled out and across the road.

Local councillor Martyn Delaney also suggested staff had deliberately turned music up when residents complained.

Carl Murphy, lead environmental health officer at the council, said members of his team had visited Ruby Rooms on June 3 and noted that the amplified music could be heard across the A51.