A THREE-DAY Bank Holiday party in Herefordshire will not go ahead due to the negative effect it may have on the local community, organisers have confirmed.

A notice submitted to Herefordshire Council by Ben Carding of Bristol said the "temporary discotheque for between 120 and 160 people" would run at Coed Major Farm in Craswall from 6pm on Friday, August 27 to midday on Sunday, August 29.

But in an objection made to Herefordshire Council's licensing committee, West Mercia Police Sergeant Powell said he had concerns over the location and lack of security or medical provision at the site.

Sgt Powell said he visited the site on August 5 with Herefordshire Council officers, after a concerns were raised by a local resident.

An earlier attempt to host an event at the farm had been cancelled following his advice, the sergeant said.

Both the planned bank holiday weekend event and the earlier unsuccessful attempt were advertised as a "belated birthday party", he added.

"Both events have been ticketed. I note the organiser's birthday as being in November. I would suggest this is simply an excuse for a pre-arranged party for which tickets have been sold."

Sgt Powell said his concerns over the original event still stood – namely that it had no security; alcohol, though not on sale, would be consumed by the guests, which he expected to number 450; no medical provisions had been made, and the location would mean a journey for emergency vehicles of at least 30 minutes.

Herefordshire Council identified further issues around catering, hygiene and water supplies at the site, he added.

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Now organisers have spoken out over the planned event, confirming its cancellation.

"The proposed event is a private party for 100-120 people," said organiser Ben Carding.

"It has not been advertised in any public forum and no tickets have ever been on sale to the general public. The temporary event notice application was accompanied by an event risk and environmental impact assessment that was approved and described as "comprehensive" by West Mercia Police, and by a noise management plan that was praised by Herefordshire Council's principal environmental health officer.

"It has been the priority of the event's organising team to cause no nuisance or distress to local residents in the vicinity of Coed Major Farm. We feel that the publicity the notice application has attracted in the days since the publication of the story, which includes being shared across multiple online platforms, creates an elevated risk of local residents experiencing significant noise and disruption next weekend from members of the public who will travel to the local area in the expectation of an illegal event of some kind. In effect, the reports of a rave occurring will become a self fulfilling prophecy fuelled by social media.

"We have therefore taken the difficult decision today to cancel the event and withdraw the TEN application, in the interest of protecting the safety and wellbeing of both our guests and members of the local community who may be affected by the course of events that we cannot realistically control.

"On behalf of the organising team, I would like to thank Herefordshire Council and West Mercia Police for engaging courteously and helpfully with us at every stage of the notice application. The decision to cancel the event was taken solely by the organising team, and we look forward to working with the local authority again in future."