Pubs and bars in Brighton and Hove have shunned 24-hour drinking with not a single application for a round-the-clock licence.

The change in the law had led to fears all-night drinking would cause an increase in booze-fuelled violence.

But Brighton and Hove City Council confirmed today not one application has been lodged.

A handful of night spots have submitted applications to extend opening into the early hours but none has requested to keep their doors open 24-hours.

The most extensive late opening application has been made by the Revenge nightclub in the Old Steine, Brighton, with the gay venue requesting opening until 6am.

The Creation night club in West Street, Brighton, has applied for late openings until 3am during just eight Sundays in the year.

Leo's Lounge in Meeting House Lane, Brighton, has applied to extend opening from 11pm to 2am during the week and until 2am on bank holiday Sundays.

Ami Taylor, 23, general manager at the bar, said: "I do not think 24-hours will ever be a possibility in Brighton.

"I come from New Zealand and we've got the same rules already but everyone there tends to start going out much later. The pubs will close when they stop making money and there is no point being open when there is no-one in the pub.

"It doesn't make any sense turning loads of drunk people out on to the streets at the same time."

Des Turner is the MP for Kemp Town where many bars and clubs are based. He said: "I never thought the new legislation would turn places like Brighton into a scene of mayhem.

"The changes were intended to lessen binge drinking rather than encourage it and I guess people have all the drinking opportunities they want already.

"No venue is going to want to open 24 hours anyway - that would be crazy because the staff have got to sleep and they have to clear the place up."

Mike Weatherley is the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Pavilion where many pubs are open late. He said: "In the long term there will be a few places that will be open 24 hours but I do not expect that will mean people will drink for 24 hours.

"Anything that eases the pinch at particular points of the evening like at 2am on West Street when lots of clubs close must be welcomed. The last thing we want is to stop people having fun as long as that does not impinge on people living next to pubs or there is disorder."

Keith Taylor, the Green election candidate for Pavilion and a city councillor, said: "This was never about a single pub opening for 24 hours. A lot of the binge drinking is not caused by licensing hours but because of suspect commercial practices with discounted drinks early in the evening."

Paul Elgood, Lib Dem candidate for Hove and a city councillor, said: "This shows there was never going to be a stampede by licensed premises for 24-hour opening. I am glad to see venues in Brighton and Hove are taking a measured and responsible approach to this new legislation."

But one Brighton drinker, a 26-year-old removal man, said: "I'm gutted nowhere will be open all night."