The borough's biggest nightclub faces closure after police told a licensing hearing it allowed people to get drunk to "extremely dangerous" levels.

Committee members heard how there were 38 arrests at the Wonderland Nightclub in 2012 alone, ranging from drug offences, to incidents of actual and grievous bodily harm.

At a two-day Sutton Council licensing sub-committee hearing, which will determine whether the club Cheam Road will be allowed to stay open, councillors heard how the 17-month old club is permitting excessive drunkeness, and potentially even encouraging it through cheap drink promotions.

Sarah Le Fevre, barrister for the Metropolitan Police, which applied for a review of the licence, told the hearing that: "officers at all levels of seniority see a serious undermining of all the licencing objectives."

The Met outlined how it felt that the management could not, or did not wish to resolve issues, despite numerous meetings.

They heard how customers had been carried out on their backs drunk, and were shown footage of an incident when, while one customer was being treated after passing out through drink, four people around her also fell over drunk.

Other footage showed a brawl outside the club, after which a police officer described the venue as being "up and coming in the violence stakes".

On one occasion, a policeman had to ask the club to close voluntarily after he saw an ambulance treating three girls, two whom had fallen over drunk, and one who had been head butted inside the club.

After previous meetings between management and police, the club agreed to retrain staff to spot a drunk customer, and employed people to walk around the club to see who was inebriated.

Even after management found out a review of its licence was likely, incidents continued, with one officer describing how after an individual had collapsed due to ketamine use, another was carried out past him horizontally by staff after passing out.

Councillors are yet to hear the defence case from the Wonderland, who have in the past disputed the seriousness of problems at the club, whose legal team were also in attendance.

They will begin their defence tomorrow and councillors will take up to a week to decide the outcome.