THE OWNERS of nightspot Tonic have applied to open the popular venue on Easter Sunday and Good Friday.

Barry and Carol Freeman have applied to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for a variation of a condition of the venue’s planning permission to allow changes in the opening hours for the two public holidays.

In the plans, the owners have asked the borough council for permission to open the venue in London Street on Easter Sunday and Good Friday between the hours of 7am and 4am the following day.