LEYTON Sixth Form College will be revamped despite local objections to the scheme.

A deal to cut back on community sports use has allowed the college to press on with plans for three new buildings, a new sports hall and facilities, a new annex to the Howarth building and two new floodlit multi-use games areas.

But the plans - to allow use of these facilities until 10pm on weekdays, 8pm on Saturdays and 4pm on Sundays - upset local residents who turned up in force to object to the planning committee.

Patrick Sedgwick of Peterbor-ough Road, said that residents already had to listen to "torrents of obscene language being shouted out by excited young men ardently playing football in the evenings and at weekends.

He said: "I have three children under three and I find it quite objectionable that they should have to hear such outbursts."

He also complained about light pollution from the floodlights and cited article 8 of the Human Rights Act - the right to a family and home life.

"Light does not obey planning regulations or engineers' design aspirations. It spills into bedrooms. It keeps children awake," he said.

Residents are also worried about an increase traffic and levels parking of on nearby streets.

College principle Sue Lakeman said that community access would not change but the the college is obliged to provide sports facilities for outside groups by Sport England, even though it has not put up any funding for the improvements.

Cllr Noel Penstone said that modernisation was very important but thought that 10pm was too late for lights and noise to disturb residents.

Cllr Alan Siggers said he could not understand why the hours of sports use could not be cut to 8pm on weekdays, 6pm on Saturdays and not at all on Sundays and Cllr Matt Davis later moved this as an amendment.

But Cllr Eric Sizer disapproved. He said the move was like going back in time 50 years.

The application was approved with the amendment.