A CONCERNED housing charity fears a restaurant’s plan to have more outdoor tables will lead to its elderly residents suffering from late-night noise.

The owners of Thai Gallery in Worcester’s Friar Street want to place 19 tables on the pavement outside the city centre restaurant until 11pm every night.

But this has led to concerns being raised about late-night noise and disruption from Laslett’s Charities who own and manage a number of almshouses for elderly residents.

Worcester City Council’s licensing committee will be meeting in the Guildhall on May 24 to decide whether to allow the plan to go ahead.

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In a letter of objection, Laslett’s Charities said allowing more tables on the street would “have an adverse effect on the living quality of [its] residents” who were already having to suffer from constant late-night noise.

Thai Gallery owner Sergio Dottore wants to place the 19 tables and 38 chairs on the pavement in Friar Street from 9.30am to 11pm every day.

Laslett’s Charities said it would like to see the plan scrapped completely but is willing to compromise and has asked for the number of tables to be reduced to nine.

The charity also wants the tables to be cleared by 9.30pm.

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An objection letter to the city council from the charity said: “As you are aware, Lasletts Almshouse Charity owns and runs Almshouses that provide accommodation for 17 elderly residents.

“As you can imagine, with the relaxation of licensing hours generally the residents already experience regular late-night disturbance, but the proposal to site tables and chairs outside of 26-32 Friar Street and more significantly directly adjacent the Almshouse boundary is a major concern and entirely inappropriate in our opinion.

“Should the council be minded to approve this application, the Almshouse charity would urge the council to restrict the application to no more than nine tables and 18 chairs to be located immediately outside the applicant’s frontage.

“For the avoidance of any doubt, our preference would be for the application to be refused entirely.”

No objections were raised by West Mercia Police, Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service or the highways department at Worcestershire County Council.