Plans to transform a snooker club that has been open for four decades into flats have been met with 100 public objections. 

Proposals seeking to convert the first floor of the Sudbury Snooker Club and Function Room in North Street, which has been open since 1985, have been submitted to Babergh District Council. 

In documents before the council, applicant D&A Property Developers Limited said planned flats would comprise of two three-bedroom homes and two two-bedroom homes. 

Since the application was submitted there have been calls to 'save our club', particularly after Louise Milton, who runs the snooker club which acts as a community hub, said the landlord did not formally tell her about the plans before they were submitted. 

"I have had comments saying 'are you closing' and 'are you going to be flats soon', but it was a shock to us too and I am just flabbergasted," she said. 

On the Babergh District Council planning portal, some 100 public objections have been lodged against the plan.

Concerns raised in the comments include the impact on the several groups, including charities and religious groups, that use the site for meetings. 

Residents also raised issues with parking, loss of amenity, overdevelopment and loss of employment.

One Glemsford resident said: "The Sudbury snooker club is part of the lifeblood of Sudbury. This community hub should not be sacrificed for the sake of flats that are not needed and a quick buck for the landlord." 

A Great Cornard resident wrote: "The snooker club provides an essential service to the community as many people and organisations use the club.

"It attracts many people from outside the boundary of Sudbury which can only benefit the town.

"In short it would be a huge blow to the people of Sudbury to lose this essential social amenity in order to benefit so few." 

Sudbury Town Council have also voiced objection to the plans, which are with Babergh District Council for consideration. 

For more information about planning notices visit the Public Notice Portal.