ACCRINGTON Stanley face a race against time to comply with League regulations in time for next season.

The club has temporary planning permission for the police control room at its Fraser Eagle Stadium.

The temporary building is vital for the club retaining its safety certificate, which allows it to play in the Football League.

But Hyndburn Council is set to refuse plans for the club to extend the temporary planning permission for next season.

The council wants the club to build a permanent structure at the Livingstone Road ground to house police and club safety officials, rather than the current portable cabin set above another portable cabin.

The club already has planning permission to build a permanent control room and there is cash in place to pay for it from the national Football Stadium Improvement fund.

But Stanley has not begun work on the project and has now asked for an extra year to use the temporary building.

Residents in nearby Livingstone Road and Epping Avenue have complained about the shabby condition of the control room, and also the fact that an exterior stairway overlooks people's gardens.

Brent Clarkson, of Hyndburn council's planning department, said: "When the council granted temporary planning permission at the beginning of the season we acknowledged the club's need to quickly provide the spectator control room.

"But now the club is seeking the retention of the cabin and although the club says it is its intention to replace it in the future, no timescale of that has been put in place."

The building is just metres away from several gardens and is not enclosed.

Mr Clarkson added: "The cabin in its current design results in an unacceptable degree of overlooking and loss of privacy affecting neighbouring residents."

Accrington Stanley refused to comment on the issue.

The subject will be debated at a meeting of Hyndburn Council's planning committee tomorrow, Officers have recommended councillors refuse the plan.