8:12pm Wednesday 14th May 2008
By Neil Phillips
A DECISION will be made on the opening hours of a snooker club that serves alcohol later than anywhere else in Wycombe over the next few days.
A licensing meeting at Wycombe District Council heard from residents of the Bankside development of flats in Corporation Street this morning.
They want the club, which closes at 6am on Thursday to Saturday nights, to cut its hours back.
They say that drunken comings and goings at the club have caused them to lose sleep and are making their lives a misery, and reported hearing fighting and anti-social behaviour.
Gavin Tressider,owner of the venue in Corporation Street, said the a cut in hours would be "disastrous" to the Hurricane Room.
He explained that many of the people who frequent the club did not finish work until 2am.
He told the panel: "The nature of our business is that we have always traded long hours."
The panel has powers which include changing the opening hours, removing a licensed activity and revoking the licence.
Residents' spokesman Mike Kirkwood, 42, was optimistic after the meeting.
He said: "At least good communication is being built up between the residents and the Hurricane Room."
The decision is expected within the next week.
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