A NIGHTSPOT in Chester could be forced to cease operating after neighbours complained they are kept up by loud music every weekend until 4am.

One resident who lives over the road from Ruby Rooms on the A51 Boughton road kept a diary over the summer describing the horrendous “boom, boom, boom” of the bass.

On August 4, they wrote: “I wish I had the money to stay in a hotel every weekend. I’m exhausted. I get stressed thinking about the weekends. I feel we have no one to turn to.”

However, local councillor Martyn Delaney did listen to the complaints from locals, as did Cheshire West and Chester Council’s (CWaC) licensing team.

A review of the venue’s premises licence is now due to take place at a meeting of the Licensing Act Sub-Committee on Thursday (November 1).

Members will have a range of options available to them from modifying the conditions of the licence to revoking it completely.

Under its former guise as gay club Bar 6T9, the venue was threatened with closure last year after police raised concerns about “serious crime and disorder”.

However, it was let off the hook with a few amended conditions.

Documents prepared ahead of the latest review for Ruby Rooms suggest the issues with noise are now worse than ever.

A report from CWaC’s licensing team leader Peter Willett states that noise complaints have increased since May this year.

Evidence suggested that the main door to the venue was often left open meaning the noise easily travelled out and across the road.

In his own representations, Cllr Delaney suggested staff had deliberately turned music up when residents complained.

He wrote: “I have received complaints … that when approached and asked if the volume of the music could be lowered the staff of Ruby Rooms actually increase the volume as if to antagonise local residents.”

Carl Murphy, lead environmental health officer at the council, said members of his team had visited Ruby Rooms on June 3 and noted that the amplified music could be heard across the A51.

He recommended that the club should be forced to shut at 12.30am, rather than 4am, until the management could show they had made improvements.

He also added that improving the acoustic qualities of the building could require structural work, which may require planning, building control and fire authority permissions.

In a statement, the management of Ruby Rooms said they had already begun implementing plans to reduce noise issues.

They said: "Since taking over the venue we have always intended to use our varied and extensive knowledge of the licensed trade to ensure that Ruby Rooms is a venue which is inviting and entertaining to customers,whilst remaining resident friendly in regards to all types of noise from a nightclub.

"We will be describing in full our intentions to continue to work within all licensing objectives at the hearing on Thursday.

"In recent weeks and months we have already put in place regular sound checks including a new sound system which had reduced the bass considerably along with further plans to further soundproof the venue.

"We continue to offer a great safe night out Every Friday & Saturday 11pm-4am with Free Entry to everyone."