Concern as Amman Valley pub set to host summer festival
However, Cllr Kevin Madge has claimed he and Ammanford Town Council were not consulted about the pub hosting the festival, which some residents are opposed to due to the potential for heavy drinking, loud noise and anti-social behaviour.
Wing & Prayer Sports Bar will host the four-day Garnant Music Festival. (Image: Google Maps) Cllr Madge said: 'I have public safety concerns over Garnant Music Festival. I'm not against having places for young people to go but I'm against this pub having a license to stay open until half past two in the morning.
'I've been told the pub will have 15 bouncers and that there will be 499 people in the car park. That's a lot of people. It's ridiculous. What's going to happen when they are performing outside the estate all night long with residential areas all around it?
'A lot of residents at Cwmamman Road are going to be affected. There are going to be parking problems and people are concerned about the level of disturbance. When you bring a lot of people into an area, there's always going to be problems.
'There will be music in the car park, and this will affect a lot of people. It's a residential area. Many people are going to come, and will police be able to police it properly? I am concerned about the disturbance to people who live in the surrounding area.'
Cllr Kevin Madge believes the festival will cause noise disturbance to the surrounding neighbourhood. (Image: File photo) According to Cllr Madge, the pub has been granted a temporary license for the festival, but the event threatens to make an ongoing problem with anti-social behaviour in the Garnant neighbourhood even worse.
He continued: 'People have also been drunk and walking through the nearby park late at night. When people have been drinking all day, they are going to cause a disturbance. I am not happy about this event happening.
'The environmental officers have said there is not enough people complaining about the pub to be denied a license. I'm getting a lot of complaints from residents, but they need to make their complaints to the authorities. People need to report it.
'The pub reopened eight to nine months ago. There's a lot of noise in the area and the police have been going back and forth.'
Wing & Prayer Sports Bar was approached for a comment.
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