A Ribble Valley restaurant has submitted plans to the council to retain an outdoor decking area with a teepee and have music outside.

Yu in Copster Green opened an outdoor dining area last year made of decking and with an area covered by a teepee following a successful application.

However, conditions of this approval meant the operation of the decking and teepee was restricted to one year, unless until a further application was sought.

This was to assess any potential impact from noise nuisance to nearby homes.

The council’s decision notice also included a condition restricting the playing of music in the decked area at any time.

The restaurant is now seeking to amend this to allow the playing of music at any time so long as it does not exceed 65dB.

Regarding the decked area, a cover letter submitted to the council said: “At the time when permission was granted, there was some uncertainty regarding the potential impact on neighbouring residential amenity.

“The teepee was brought into use in May and has now been operated for approximately five months.”

The restaurant conduction noise assessments throughout the summer at their busiest periods and concluded there was no adverse impact from the operation noise levels over a four-week period.

The letter continued: “This evidence is therefore sufficient in concluding the operation present no operational noise impacts on nearby residents nor will any adverse impact be predicted in the closest rear gardens.”

Regarding the playing of music, the restaurant said if background music were to be played through speakers in the teepee and set at 65dB, the average noise levels in the closest garden would be well below the guidelines.

The letter said: “This limit has been set so the condition can be controlled and enforced in order to protect and ensure the continued amenity of residents is retained.

“This is sufficient evidence to vary the condition in order to allow recorded background music to be played at the premises without negatively impacting residential amenity.”