A popular outdoor food, drink and live music attraction in an iconic area of Wigan has been given the go-ahead to continue for the next three years until the site can be redeveloped.
The Feast at The Mill complex in ‘boiler house’ in the Wigan Pier Conservation Area has been operating at weekends since October and councillors on the town’s planning committee have now given their retrospective blessing for it to carry on.
They have attempted to allay fears that music from the Grade II-listed Eckersley Mill would disturb nearby residents by imposing noise restrictions - including a sound limiter on the venue’s in-house PA system.
After the three-year period expires, much of the complex will be demolished - apart from two chimneys because of their historic value - to make way for the much wider redevelopment of the area by The Heaton Group.
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