Yesterday the Daily Telegraph reported that Sydney bar wonderland Ivy has won approval to trade to 4am, but only until 2012. The Hotel’s owner, Justin Hemmes, is now supposedly heading to the Land and Environment Court in a bid to secure a five year extension.

The 4am extension was granted by the Sydney City Council despite calls from NSW Police to restrict the trading hours to 12am; citing, “increased crime activity” on George Street since the Ivy had opened in April 2008.

Hemmes recently won a similar battle through the Land and Environment Court regarding extended trading hours for another of his venues, Tank Night Club, which is also on George Street.