Showground bosses lose licence bid

West Mid Showground bosses will have to stop playing music by midnight after a raft of conditions were imposed on them following concerns from residents.

Commercial director of the Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society Gary Tudor had applied for the Shrewsbury showground to be able to open from 8am until 4.30am seven days a week.

He also wanted to be able to have outdoor recorded and live music until 11.59pm and the same indoors until 4am to enable other events to take place throughout the year to help secure the future of the charity.

But at a meeting last week residents raised serious concerns that their peace and quiet would be shattered by loud music being played into the early hours.

Now Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council's licensing sub-committee has ruled that outside regulated entertainment - including live and recorded music - must end by 11.30pm, while the same indoors must end by midnight.

The showground will be able to serve alcohol from 10am until 12.30am and be able to open from 8am until 1.30am Monday to Sunday.

At a meeting yesterday the committee also imposed more than 40 conditions which the showground must comply with.

Windows and doors of the members' pavilion will have to be closed when live music is being played, while recorded music will have to be controlled so it can not be heard outside of the showground.

Noise limiters will also have to be installed in the president's and members' pavilions and acceptable noise levels will be set out by an environmental health officer.