KFC: Famous fast food chain reveals plans to open Sheffield venue long into the early hours for the first time
KFC has described plans for a Sheffield city centre branch, which it wants to open long into the early hours.
The fried chicken firm has been operating a site on West Street, in the city centre for several years.
But now it wants to keep the shop open long into the early hours, with a planning application now in place which asks for permission to open until 4am.
They had originally hoped to open until 5am, but have scaled it down after being advised that would be too late.
A planning application from QFM Group, based in Brightside, said that the application was an application for: “Alteration of previously approved opening hours to new opening hours of 10am to 4am.”
They added: “This application is for a change of hours and there are no material changes to the building size or fabric.”
“A previous full planning application...was made by Pye Design on behalf of QFM Group which proposed longer opening hours.
“This previous application included for much longer opening hours (7am to 5am). The advice given was this was too long and also any changes to the hours on that...application required a new application.”
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It already opens until 2am on Fridays and Saturdays, and until 1am other days.
The previous, 5am application, was withdrawn, after an objection had been sent to the council saying that West Street was very busy with a lot of bars and pubs and could get quite loud even on weekdays, and raising concerns about there being further noise after the bars have shut.
The objector said that beyond 2am things should quieten down and said they were concerned that it would not quieten down if KFC operated beyond 2am and attracted an all night crowd, also raising concerns regarding antisocial behaviour, including litter and loitering at the entrance to nearby flats.