A St Andrews pub has been denied a late opening licence amid concerns about the noise impact on overseas visitors.
Rascals Bar in North Street had applied to Fife licensing board to stay open until 1am seven days a week.
However, police said they regularly receive calls from the owners of town centre B&Bs and guest houses to say visitors were complaining about late-night noise.
Rascals is currently open until midnight from Sunday to Thursday, and 1am on Fridays and Saturdays, but had applied for an extension so it could offer a ”chilled out venue” every evening.
Fife Constabulary’s head of licensing, Dougie Saunders, told the board the hours applied for went against the board’s policy of only allowing late opening at weekends.
”The current policy appears to be adhered to in most premises in central and west Fife. However, in north east Fife there are a number of premises operating outwith the policy,” he said.
”The board may wish to consider the impact on St Andrews tourism if permanent hours continue to be granted outwith the policy.
”It’s near bed and breakfast and guest house accommodation and owners say residents regularly complain about noise impact. They say overseas guests complain about noise from late-night premises in the town centre.”