NEIGHBOURS say a club’s plan to extend its opening hours to 12.30am seven days a week opposite a town centre church will disrupt their peace and quiet.

A past president of Monmouth Conservative Club in Whitecross Street - now named The Club after a major upgrade - is among those objecting, claiming that police had been called to a recent incident there.The unidentified former club officer claimed that while neighbours had been "understanding" when informed of the "odd party" there, this application was "very different" and they objected "most strongly". Gwent Police also originally opposed the move, but withdrew their objections after the club agreed to install CCTV and take other measures. The venue has applied to the county council for a new premises licence to allow indoor sporting events, live and recorded music indoors and drinking from 8am to 12.30am daily.It currently holds a club premises certificate - in the name of Monmouth Conservative Club - which allows these activities but with lesser hours.Under the certificate, in place since 2005, indoor sports events are allowed from 7pm to 11pm except Sunday, live music from 7pm to midnight on Friday and Saturday, recorded music from 10am to midnight Monday to Saturday and from 11am to 11pm on Sunday.Alcohol is also allowed to be supplied from 10am to midnight Monday to Saturday, and 11am to 11pm on Sundays.It would also mean that those entering the venue no longer have to either be members or signed in by an existing member.But a meeting of Monmouthshire Council’s licensing and regulatory sub-committee has now been called to decide the application this Friday (November 12) following objections from 14 residents, although two of these have been withdrawn following the club’s agreement to include conditions to the licence requested by Gwent Police.One objector said the venue is located in "a quiet residential area", next to flats and houses where many "elderly and frail" people live.They said residents already "experience distress" from existing levels of noise, and fear the proposal would make the issue worse.Another objector said they are concerned about the impact of the proposal on their sick, elderly mother, fearing she would be "badly impacted" by potential noise.The street also used to house the popular Griffin pub, but since its closure four years ago, one resident said they had been able to reclaim their neighbourhood.They said the hours proposed were ’extreme’ and called for a restricted number of events to be held per month.The county council’s environmental health department, which investigates noise complaints, has not objected.The club has agreed to have CCTV, operate an age verification policy, be a member of Pubwatch, display notices for customers to leave quietly, not have live music outdoors and not have children at the premises from 9pm.