Councillors will decide if a village cricket club can sell alcohol during its season.
Denby Cricket Club has formally applied for a club premises licence which allows them to sell alcohol at the Upper Denby Lane club.
But the proposal has been met by objections from local residents which has forced a licensing hearing at Kirklees Council.
The sporting club wants permission to sell alcohol from April to September, from 6pm to 9pm Monday to Thursday, 6pm to 10pm on Fridays and 1pm to 10pm on weekends.
In a supporting statement, the club says: “Denby Cricket Club is a small community club... we run two senior tams which play in the Huddersfield Drakes League, and under 9s, under 11s and under 13s teams which play in the Sellers Huddersfield Junior Cricket League.”
They add there is a tea hut and it’s from there the club want to sell alcohol, to be consumed in the clubhouse and also on the cricket ground.
But the club’s bid has led to objections by 15 local residents – some identical letters.
They raise concerns about noise nuisance, the need for a seven-day licence, the proximity to local pubs and the impact on the village and its residents. Another talks of the impact on farming and the increase in litter that may be caused.
Questions were asked, including: “With the acknowledged problem of alcohol consumption in this country is it right to encourage children to link sport with alcohol?”
Another said: “We can imagine the drinking of alcohol will continue long after the cricket is over. This would lead to disturbances for the local residents.”
Kirklees Licensing Panel members will make a decision about the application on Wednesday, June 10 at 2.30pm at a Huddersfield Town Hall meeting..
The club traces its roots back to 1901 when it was known as Denby United and played at Falledge Lane.
It moved to its present ground in 1920.
Denby played in the Central league from 1861 before moving to the Drakes League in 2013.
