“I am deeply concerned about the impact this application will have on local residents and I think it is poorly thought out,” he said.

“There is a greater risk to public safety – potentially to local residents and also drunken revelers from the event spilling onto Cowdray Avenue on their way home in large numbers.”

Live Tour Promotions is behind other Colchester events including Colchester Oktoberfest, the Ibiza Orchestra experience and the Sausage and Cider Festival, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reports.

It has been operating in the city since 2017, and says on its website that Molly O’Reilly’s is an “exciting new event concept”.

His application seeks permission for the sale of alcohol on the premises and the provision of indoor live and recorded music and indoor dance performance for 1,000 people.