The Area Committee considered a further application from Circus Starr for the use of Torkington Park on 8 May 2017. The application had been resubmitted following the refusal of permission at the meeting on 13 December 2016. Assurances had been given by Circus Starr to the Council’s Greenspace Team that concerns about previous events would be addressed.
The Area Committee then agreed that the application be approved subject to:-
· the receipt by the Council’s Greenspace Team of appropriate documentation, licenses and/or insurances and fees;
· the receipt of written assurances and undertakings by the organiser that the problems experienced at previous events would not be repeated;
· that the organisers met with representatives of the Friends of Torkington Park to provide them with assurances about their concerns relating to toilet provision, behaviour of event staff and the safety of cabling; and
· appropriate monitoring of compliance with any further conditions imposed.
The Area Committee considered and refused an application from Circus Starr to hold a circus event at Torkington Park from 8 May 2017 be refused on the grounds that previous concerns raised by the Council with the applicant about their management of previous events had not be adequately acted upon.