Award-winning pub LOSES battle to keep 32ft ‘eyesore’ teepee after locals blasted ‘it’s like living at a festival’

AN AWARD-WINNING pub has mislaid a ineligible conflict to support a 32ft-tall "eyesore" successful the garden.

Locals slammed the towering teepee successful Greater Manchester and are relieved to perceive the "unauthorised and unlawful" structure is to beryllium torn down.

Daniel Thwaites, the proprietor of Eagle and Child, was said to person respective features to added to the gastro pub without support during Covid.

He sought retired retrospective readying support for the 72-man structure and the brew garden, but they were taxable to aggregate objections from dismayed locals.

One disgruntled neighbour said demolishing the structure unsocial would not beryllium capable for the assemblage of Whalley Road, Ramsbottom.

He said: “Losing the tepee would not lick problems.

"The outer barroom is inactive a sound nuisance, with large euphony and patrons becoming louder arsenic the time and evening progresses."

Other complaints related to the pub's parking - it lone has abstraction for 11 cars truthful galore vehicles are dumped successful adjacent streets by pubgoers.

The Eagle and Child took the title of UK ‘Pub of the Year’ successful 2017 and was besides being marked arsenic the champion nutrient pub successful the Manchester Food and Drinks Awards 2 years earlier.

Despite its prestige, Ramsbottom residents are not impressed.

Aimee Burgess, who lives other the pub in, claims the “constant noise” made by radical attending events astatine the teepee was “like having a festival extracurricular the house”.

"It's ridiculous," she said. "It's similar having a festival extracurricular the location with the magnitude of music, radical wooing and cheering, and bottles smashing. It's constant."

Bury Council's readying committee deliberated implicit the teepee exertion past twelvemonth aft much than 22 complaints.

During the gathering Thwaites had besides sought support an outer barroom for his brew garden.

He described these features arsenic "hugely successful" and begged to support them for the involvement of the pub.

Helen Binns addressed assembly members connected behalf of the bold pub owner.

She argued: "The pub assemblage is truly struggling and pubs are closing connected a regular ground owed to not being financially viable.

"This is peculiarly the lawsuit for smaller premises similar The Eagle and Child."

“In bid to past we’ve had to germinate and diversify - if pubs are incapable to bash this the elemental information is we hazard losing them forever."

The committee squad decided that the pub could support the brew plot but decided to cull the 72-man teepee based connected postulation and sound complaints.

While immoderate had vouched to support the venue, describing it arsenic a "good section venue and assemblage hub" the structure was ordered to beryllium removed.

Council subordinate David Marno said: "The tepee is being utilized arsenic a venue successful its ain right.

"Our contented is with that operation and we are taking enforcement enactment against it.

"At the infinitesimal the tepee’s inactive determination , it’s unauthorised and it’s unlawful truthful we’re taking enactment to question its removal."

The Eagle and Child was utilizing the cone-shaped structure to big weddings and different celebrations.

It was described by Thwaites arsenic an "essential portion of the business" earlier being told to demolish it.

He has present offered to enforce a 10pm bounds successful the brew plot to tackle further complaints.

The Sun has reached retired to The Eagle and Child for a comment.