MORRISONS is planning to open its filling station convenience store in Taunton for longer hours.

It has applied to Somerset West and Taunton Council for a premises licence in respect of the Dellers Wharf convenience store off Priory Bridge Road.

The company says its proposed licensable activities would permit the sale of alcohol between 6am and midnight seven days a week, along with late-night refreshments from 11pm to midnight Mondays to Sundays.

The convenience store's current opening times are 6am to 10.30pm Mondays to Saturdays and 8am to 10pm on Sundays.

A Morrisons spokesperson said: "We hope to extend the opening hours at our Taunton store fuel convenience store to help our regular customers, holiday makers and key workers to shop at a time that suits them."