"We have two other pubs within 40 yards of us, The Sandpiper and the Britannia. Neither of them are required to have door staff and they both have later licences.
"It might be that we are being made an example of, but all we would ask is that there is a level playing field."
Mr Troughton said he and his father would be attending the meeting of North Devon Council's licensing sub committee next Tuesday when a decision would be made on the licence variations.