CREAMFIELDS looks set to dazzle Daresbury again this summer for its 10th anniversary.

Organisers of the legendary dance festival have revealed that plans were under way to hold the event in Daresbury for the second year running.

French superstars Daft Punk and Underworld are rumoured to be among the artists taking centre stage at the all-night festival on August Bank Holiday weekend.

A spokesman for organisers Cream told the Warrington Guardian: "We will be announcing the line-up very soon and it's going to be fantastic we have some amazing names."

As one of the country's top five festivals, Creamfields boasts the biggest names in the dance industry, including The Prodigy and Basement Jaxx.

All that remains is for organisers to submit a licensing application to Halton Borough Council, the local authority responsible for most of the land used by the festival.

That is expected in the next few weeks.

It will then be up to Warrington's neighbouring local authority to grant or refuse the proposal, which gives the council a flat profit of £25,000.

Meanwhile, police are busy working on traffic measures for the anticipated event.

Inspector Dave Price, who heads Cheshire Police's Creamfields event planning team, said: "We have had a few meetings with the organisers but the real work cannot begin until the application goes in.

"We think that will be later this month.

"We will be looking at things that worked well last time and those that need changing to make this event even more successful that last year."

More than 40,000 tickets are expected to go on sale for this summer, after the same number of revellers descended on Daresbury for the festival seven months ago.

The festival netted profits of £5.4 million for Cheshire, according to a survey, but Warrington did not receive much of the benefits, according to a borough councillor.

Clr Peter Walker (LD), board member for corporate services for Warrington Borough Council, said: "It was not a money spinner for Warrington.

"We got much of the problem in our areas near the event but none of the benefits.

"Although Warrington businesses probably profited from the event."

It's understood the borough council recouped £8,500 for the work it invested.

A spokesman for the borough council, which will be consulted by Halton Council on the application, declined to comment if it would object to the international festival for a second year.