A Middleton pub which claims that it is being investigated after complaints over noise from its children's play area is instead being looked into over ‘frequent loud music’, the council says. The Hopwood Arms said a complaint was made to the council at 3pm over noise coming from its beer garden play area and that it was now being investigated by Rochdale Council.
The pub posted in a comments thread beneath remarks made by night time economy advisor to the mayor’s office, Sacha Lord, who had been highlighting how noise complaints from residents in city centre areas can be damaging to existing hospitality businesses.
The Hopwood then referred to its own apparent experience, saying: “We got a letter from Rochdale Council because a neighbour complained about children being too loud in our play area at 3pm. I phoned them back and we are now under investigation for 4-6 weeks.”
