Noise, drunkenness and even urinating in public by revellers led to residents and businesses near the site of a festival objecting to its plans for a later licence.

Swindon Borough Council’s licensing panel was due to meet later this month to determine an application by Cotswold Water Park Society to extend its music and drinks licence for the weekend of the Lechlade Music Festival on May 24-26.

The bid was to be able to sell alcohol and for the playing of live music until 1am on the Saturday and Sunday mornings and until midnight on the Sunday evening, with the applicant pointing out Monday is a Bank Holiday.

But organisers, who already have a midnight licence, say the application has been withdrawn.

Jennie Rainsford who leads the organising team, said: “We’ve asked to withdraw the application for this year.”

The festival, which is being headlined by The Feeling, may have struggle to persuade councillors on the panel to grant its request given the number and nature of objections.

One nearby resident wrote: “I live across the river from the festival, about 100 yards as the crow flies, and can hear all of the music as the speakers face this way over the river. Very nice, but not until 1am please.”

Another, Tim Murphy wrote: “In previous years this event used to be advertised as a ‘family friendly’ in all the public hoardings and banners, but it is not so advertised this year.

"The proposed increased alcohol sales and music timings are obviously targeted at adults, a major change in the approach by the organisers.

“In previous years, a daily closing time of say 11pm or midnight meant that festival goers (not staying on site) will be moving along Thames Street until 12.30am or 1.30am. In last two years there have been episodes of antisocial behaviour, criminal damage and theft by those festival goers as they passed.

"Examples such as using the accessible gardens as toilets, taking short cuts through gardens (even if that means climbing over walls or fences), damaging garden ornaments and in one case, the theft of garden ornaments. Also groups have stopped under street lights outside homes to noisily continue to party.”

A number of objections came from customers at the Bridge House Campsite. The co-owner said: “Every year I have make sure I have a member of staff on the entrance of the campsite to keep an eye on who’s coming onto the site and to make sure that the noise is kept minimal when they are returning at night after the festival has finished."