A SLEEPLESS pensioner says she faces more nights of misery after a club was granted extended bank holiday opening hours.

Joan Carvell says her life will be made worse after Dartford Council agreed to allow Air and Breathe Nightclub to stay open until 2am on Sundays before bank holiday Mondays.

The 79-year-old claims her life is already being made a misery by loud music which can be heard from inside her ground-floor flat opposite the club.

Before the application was approved the club had to close at 11pm on Sundays before bank holiday Mondays. On all other Sundays the club must still close at 11pm.

Mrs Carvell, of Essex Road, Dartford, claims revellers leaving the club urinate in her garden and show no respect for the other 11 flats in her road as they wait for taxis in the early hours.

Other residents who opposed the application claim people throw bottles over their fences and use their gardens as a place to have late-night sex.

The great-grandmother-of-three, whose 42-year-old daughter Joanne wrote to the council to oppose the extension, said: "It's already making our lives a misery.

"For a start, when they have got their music on we can hear it and we can also hear the bouncers talking all night too.

"My sleep is disrupted but for my daughter it's even worse as she sleep in the front.

"In the morning she gets up and says she still can hear the thump of the music in her ears."

The retired hospital auxiliary added: "I feel like this is a hopeless situation.

"Complaining has got us nowhere at all. They should come and spend the night here."

Town ward councillor Trevor Rogers said: "Establishments like this have rules they have to follow but the problems come when people leave the premises.

"I think it is a matter for the police really and they need to get their hands on the people who are causing the problems."

A club spokesman said: "Air and Breathe is delighted with the decision.

"We will continue to ensure all customers are aware they are exiting the premises into a residential area and continue to work with police regarding customer behaviour in and around the venue."