RESIDENTS have objected to plans which would see an Accrington pub expand with the construction of a conservatory.

The licensee of the Peel Park Hotel on Turkey Street has applied to Hyndburn Council planning bosses for permission to build an extension for a dining area.

But worries have been expressed by residents and the council that the building could affect the privacy of nearby houses.

Now a number of conditions have been imposed on the project, and the council have received a petition against the plans signed by 18 neighbours.

The petition is accompanied by a statement from the residents, which raises fears about the potential noise, parking problems and privacy.

The plans are likely to be passed by the council's planning committee at a meeting on Wednesday, June 2.

But the council have now imposed a set of conditions on the development, which they say will help solve the potential problems.

Today nobody at the pub was prepared to comment.