Glastonbury Festival organisers could find themselves in the dock because Bruce Springsteen's set over-ran.

Mendip District Council has praised organisers of the Glastonbury Festival for yet another successful year which saw falls in crime and noise complaints.

But the over-run of Bruce Springsteen's Saturday night performance will now be the main talking point for the council.

It is discussing with its legal team whether further action should be taken.

It will also discuss a number of other matters relating to compliance of the licence.

The festival organisers impose a system of fines on artists that over-run, to discourage them from playing too many encores and breaking the terms of the festival licence.

Springsteen over ran by nine minutes – and could have faced a fine of £3,000, but Michael Eavis said he would waive the fee.

Cllr Nigel Hewitt-Cooper, the council's portfolio holder for neighbourhood services, said: "Year-on-year this festival gets better in terms of our partnership working, event management, noise control and public protection.

"But this year there has already been lots of reports in the national media about the over-run of the Springsteen set, and we have to take this breach of the licence very seriously. We can not be seen as a council that sits back and allows event organisers to flout their licence.

Mendip's Suzanne McCutcheon, who headed up the district council's monitoring operation for the first time this year, described the festival as having an "exceptional atmosphere" and praised the partnership working between Glastonbury Festivals Ltd, the police, district council and emergency services.

She said: "Overall we seem to have had another successful festival, and the work we do in partnership with others is clearly making this a better event every year.

"Even though lots of people are singing the praises of the event and some saying it's the best ever, we are not complacent and will continue to see how we can make even more improvements for the future."

The number of noise complaints received this year was significantly reduced with a small number of complaints being made direct to the council during the event. The others were received by the festival organisers in the village drop-in centre.

"We now need to gather evidence about any possible breaches and discuss any other issues relating to the licence. We can then make a decision about whether any action should be taken."

The key roles during the festival for Mendip District Council as the licensing authority focuses on the health and safety of those on-site, and protecting local residents from nuisance and disturbances off-site.

As well as monitoring the whole licence, the key elements under close scrutiny from the district council include public safety, work-place health and safety, food hygiene, noise management, sanitation, water supply, licensing of bars and encouraging good waste management.