Organisers of Solfest are reassuring festival-goers that the event will go ahead.

The three-day festival, at Tarns, near Aspatria, starts on Friday.

But Cumbria police demanded a last-minute review of the event's licence after officers claimed organisers had breached it.

Organisers will have to go before Allerdale council's licensing panel on Monday.

The panel has the power to revoke the festival’s licence, modify the licence’s conditions, remove the premises supervisor, suspend the licence for three months or exclude a licensable activity from the licence.

However, any decision made by the panel would not come into effect until September 12, 10 days after the festival finishes.

That is because Solfest organisers have 21 days to appeal the determination, according to the Licensing Act.

Organisers said they wanted to reassure people who had bought tickets and those thinking of buying tickets that work was still going on on site for the festival to open its doors to campers on Thursday.

Cumbria Constabulary claims the festival committee has breached the licence by not providing an event management plan with sufficient detail in enough time.

Tom Kay, festival director, said: "Solfest has always worked really well with Cumbria police, Allerdale council and its partner agencies in making sure the event is delivered safely.

"I'm proud to say that in our 13 years we've had very few incidents that required police assistance.

"We cater for families, they do constitute a very large chunk of our audience and safety of the people that come to enjoy Solfest is the highest of our priorities.

"I'm disappointed that Cumbria Constabulary are objecting our application after they were happy with the conditions of the licence earlier this year.

"Unfortunately, the misunderstanding comes from committee members not attending a table-top exercise with them to test our safety plan.

"All committee members dedicate their time to organise Solfest on a voluntary basis and we all have full-time jobs.

"It was impossible for any of us to take time off work at the requested date on a short notice and I'm sorry that our explanation and request to reschedule was not considered by Cumbria Constabulary.

"I'm confident we'll be able to satisfy any request to prove our capability and competence in delivering a safe event that is enjoyable for all, like we've been doing for over a decade."

The licensing panel meets at Allerdale House in Workington on Monday at 2.30pm.