A city centre McDonald's restaurant has applied to extend its opening hours until the early hours of the morning.
The site in Haymarket, which currently closes at 11pm every day, is hoping to continue trading until 2am on Friday and Saturday nights while remaining open until midnight on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.
A spokeswoman for the fast food chain said: "This would allow us to provide a convenient choice for customers increasingly living outside of the nine-to-five routine whilst also creating further job opportunities within our local community."
The premises licence application will be considered by Norwich City Council and members of the public can make a representation to the authority - supporting or objecting - until June 4.
The application could prove controversial, with both city folk and police already voicing concerns about large groups of youths loitering around the restaurant late at night.
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The 150ft William Booth Street, which runs between McDonald's and Next, is statistically the city's most crime-ridden street, with more offences committed there than in the entire town of Acle last year.
The licence application comes as work on the £3.2m revamp of the Hay Hill area started at the beginning of last month, to create a greener and more comfortable area that could host public events.
Complaints about litter in the area also saw management of the nearby Burger King store recently commit to new efforts to combat the issue, due to the store having minimal seating.
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An employee in a nearby shop told this newspaper last month that she had seen groups beginning to congregate when closing her store.
She said: "Surely the kids can do something better than sit around McDonald's all evening?
"When I've been in there for a snack they very rarely have something to eat and just sit there shouting and throwing things about."
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