Bosses have applied to drop the club's current policy which sees all non-members having to be signed in.

Objectors living nearby say they are already being kept awake by weekend activity at the club.

And they fear things will get even worse if the changes go through.
The club wants to open until 2am on Friday and Saturday, 11.30pm on Sunday and midnight for the rest of the week. Music would be until midnight from Monday to Saturday and 11.30pm on Sunday.

Bosses insist they will comply with all requirements over sound and state its weekend events are necessary for survival.

However, local resident Mike Jones, of Fleetwood Road, said: "There has been a gradual change over last six or eight years.

"I have a fence, curtains and double glazing, but I have to turn my TV up to be able to hear it above the noise at 10.30pm. That's not acceptable."

Joan Riding, also of Fleetwood Road, fears an increase in drunkenness and said: "My garage is on the road going up to the club and I find glasses and rubbish there – it's a nuisance."

Ann Shadbolt, of Larkholme Lane, said: "We can't hear music, it's just the thump, thump, thump noise.

"There is nothing between us and the cricket club apart from a wall.

"They say they will keep the doors and windows shut, but it isn't happening."

And Tom Watson, also of Larkholme Lane, added: "It seems like it's changing from a sports club to a nightclub.

"It's the sort of behaviour that gets noisier and noisier."

Other objectors are John and Margaret Dewhurst of Larkholme Lane, who are members of the cricket club.

In a letter to the council they say: "We are tolerant of the current disturbance up to midnight, but find it totally unacceptable after midnight.

"In the past we have experienced anti-social behaviour from people attending functions. They have total disregard for residents and there seems to be no monitoring of these guests by the club."

Club chairman Jim Pilling said music would not go on longer than at present and they would comply with council requirements to keep windows and doors closed.

He added the change, from premises certificate for a premises licence, was needed so that they could hold events without signing everyone in.
He said: "We had a charity day last year for the Lifeboat fund and got a visit from Wyre Council who said we had to sign everybody in.

"We are trying to support the local community. We have 100 junior members wanting to play cricket and it costs us a fortune to run.
"If we did not do events on Saturday nights we could not survive."

As a private club they do not have a restriction on their opening hours at the moment.

The application will be heard by Wyre Council's licensing committee on March 11.