Plans for music events and late night alcohol sales at Pennington Flash scaled back after public backlash
27.06.2022 - 16:35
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Following public backlash, the plan for music events and alcohol sales on Pennington Flash in Leigh have been scaled back. Leigh Sports Village, the applicant, wanted to attain a licence to sell alcohol and hold music events on the popular country park until 1am - but this has been changed.
The application now seeks a licence solely for the visitors centre and the proposed outside terrace until 10pm - excluding the original plan to include the car park, overflow car park and the field opposite the centre. Wigan Council received dozens of complaints about the original application - which is why there was a change of heart from LSV.
There was wide concern that big events could disturb wildlife in the nature reserve and bring drunken anti-social behaviour to the area.
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Campaigners like Andrew Hogg, a resident who lives next to the Flash, believe that public nuisance could be brought to the area if live music and dance events are held there until the early hours alongside alcohol sales as the application suggests. They also argue that this is “clearly in direct contradiction of the Wigan Council policy in relation to the 'Greenheart' ethos and enhancing wildlife and biodiversity in our green spaces”.
“Implementing medium or large scale live music/dance/cinema events with licensed premises will be extremely detrimental to the habitat and wildlife on this Local Nature reserve,” Mr Hogg said. “I don’t object to events in the area, we have the Iron Man event which I don’t have a problem with, but it is very loud.
“I just don’t see why we should have this in a nature reserve when there are plenty of places like the sports village
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