Yesterday’s licensing sub-committee meeting is one that we’re glad we decided not to attend.
According to a report in the CP, the meeting to determine a license application for Wow Fest lasted eight and a half hours.
Despite large public objection on various grounds, the festival planned for August 2012 taking place on land between Shanklin and Whiteley bank, was given permission to take place.
Background of Directors not considered
Island resident, John Wortham, had raised objection to the application at Wednesday evening’s full council meeting, but was told by Cllr George Brown that the application would be determined purely on licensing rules and the former Jazz Festival festival organisers’ past history would not be taken into consideration.
Mr Wortham believed that granting the licence would be circumventing the public interest.
According to the report in the CP the capacity for 2012 festival was reduced from 30,000 to 18,000.
2013 would see a maximum of 20,000 and in 2014, 22,000.
