OBJECTIONS have been raised to the licence application put forward by the owners of a new Swindon nightclub.

The Brunel Rooms, in Havelock Square, is looking to open on August 1 but there have been objections from the police, residents and the council to the club’s plans.

The owners have applied for the club to be open from 10pm until 4am on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 10pm until 1am the rest of the week.

In addition they have asked to be allowed to run six events each year with a 6am finish time.

But police have raised a number of objections to the proposals. Officers say they believe the hours will increase alcohol-related crime in the town centre and expressed concerns about the experience of the manager.

Police licensing officer, Sian Kalynka said in a letter: “The application for the premises licence does not take into account all of these conditions and does not appear to consider the negative impact a large capacity premise such as the Brunel Rooms will have on the area.

“Wiltshire Police have a number of other concerns including the premises licence holder’s lack of experience in running a nightclub with a capacity of 1,600 persons.”

Police are unhappy with the lack of detail about closing time.

They say they will support the application if the club changes its hours of trade to close at 3am and accepts a number of conditions on the licence, such as checking the identification of anyone who appears younger than 25, ensuring every member of staff has received full training before they serve alcohol and the use of plastic bottles and containers instead of glass.

Council officers said they cannot support the application until after an investigation into low frequency noise caused by loud music.

A number of residents living in David Murray John Tower have also voiced their opposition to the club opening as they fear it will be noisy.

They are worried about music as well as the potential disturbance caused by customers leaving in the early hours of the morning.

The club’s owners say they are co-operating with all parties. Helene Simpkins said: “We are willing to work with the police on any issues and accept the conditions they want to put on the licence.

“It’s my opinion that people will leave the club between 2am and 4am. If we shut at 3am everyone could come out at the same time.”

She said they had spent more than £1,000 ensuring the roof is soundproofed.

“Previously, the music was concentrated on the raised area but we have changed this so there won’t be a problem,” she said.

She disputed that manager Nathan Hatter, 30, is too inexperienced. The application is due to be heard by the licensing panel tomorrow.