A pop-up beer garden planned at an old mill this summer has been cancelled. ShinDigger's Secret Garden events which were set to take place every weekend in July and August at Talbot Mill will no longer be happening.
It comes after the Manchester brewers secured a licence for the events despite opposition from council staff who raised concerns about noise. The licensing officers also had concerns about health and safety at the former textiles mill on the edge of the city centre in Ellesmere Street which is being converted into around 200 apartments by developer Capital and Centric.
Councillors on the licensing panel gave the green light for the events to go ahead, but warned that council officers would be 'watching you like a hawk'. The brewers who submitted the temporary events notices were told that their speakers could be seized if there were noise complaints from local residents.
