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Search the Public Notice PortalAn application to host an electronic music festival in Rossendale has been rejected by the executive over safety concerns.
Isabel Barnes proposed the event at Tenements Farm, in Helmshore, and it would feature DJ’s and the sale of alcohol from a temporary licensed bar.
The event was planned to take place on September 5 between 2pm and 10pm, but plans were objected to by Lancashire Constabulary.
A decision from Rossendale’s licensing sub-committee said: “We have concerns regarding a number of safety control measures for which no information or further details have been provided.
“Such safety control measures which we have concerns about are control of customers at a non-ticketed event, staff communication throughout the event, noise levels and monitoring, fire safety and parking control concerns, and event lighting concerns for public safety.
“The risk assessment provided is brief and limited and there are serious public safety concerns which have not been addressed.”
Lancashire Police wrote in their objection that the event would not be ticketed, with the applicant suggesting that ravers would attend through word of mouth and through friends.
Within the same risk assessment, the applicant said that the 600 plus staff and management, which suggested it was not a small local event.
Sergeant Steve Dundon said: “I have concerns that this is the first outdoor event that this person has sought to run and the risk assessment lacks any meaningful detail and there is no event management plan, which I would expect for an event of this scale.
“The applicant states that the event will not be ticketed and is essentially a group of friends who have got together and decided to put on a free event.
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“There will be no tickets that would give some control over numbers, and it is being promoted by word of mouth and through her friends.
“The risk assessment lacks any detail around emergency vehicle access, emergency RVP, who has responsibilities on site, lighting, criteria for “show shop”, due to adverse weather or other emergency, and how that will be communicated to attendees.
“Whilst this may well have been considered and planned for, I am unable to determine if it was based on the information.”
The proposed site for the event was not an established music venue and aerial imagery submitted to the council found discrepancies between the representation of the site and the physical characteristics and appearance of the location shown.
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