Sound tests at one of Canterbury’s most popular music venues are to be monitored in three weeks time.

A review of the licence for the Orange Street Music Club has been adjourned to allow sound-proofing work to finish.

The three-man panel agreed it could make a better judgement on noise and nuisance complaints then.

Depending on the results, the club may be asked to employ a sound consultant.

Owners Stefan Colley and Adam Smith told the hearing they were improving soundproofing on walls and the floor to minimise bass “thumping” for some gigs.

Resident Juliet Morris – who called the review – said the club was an asset to Canterbury and she had only taken the “serious step” of pursuing a review to ensure noise reduction measures were fully explored.

She said: “I have to stay up later than my natural bedtime and have been forced to put on the television a lot to try and drown out noise from the club.”

Mr Colley insisted the club wished to work with its neighbours.

He said: “If we have had a negative impact on people’s lives we are sorry.

“The sound-proofing work is comprehensive and quite expensive but we hope it will help.”

The panel did ask the club to make changes before the next hearing.

Mr Colley and Mr Smith must look at costs and effects of hanging drapes and curtains in front of single-glazed windows to dampen sound.

They will agree a maximum volume for CDs played after live acts finish between 11pm and closing time at midnight and all drum kits must be played on the dedicated drum riser stage.

Signage asking patrons to leave quietly will be improved.