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Council stops marathon raves
Tuesday 25 May 2004
People living in Horsey Park Road, Malvern Road and Cross Lane enjoyed their first peaceful weekend in a month thanks to Haringey Council’s Noise Enforcement Officers.
A team of 21 council officers seized two vanloads of speakers and amplifiers from the Old Gas Works site on Friday 21 May 2004, following complaints from local people about marathon weekend raves lasting up to 36 hours.
Residents’ lives had been made a misery when squatters occupied the site at the end of April and started running unlicensed raves each weekend in May (1-2 May, 8-9 May and 16-17 May 2004).
A noise Abatement Notice was served on the squatters on 14 May 2004 prohibiting them from causing noise nuisance. The squatters disregarded the notice and one resident complained to the noise team that she had only had six hours sleep over the weekend of 15-17 May.
Following this rave, a warrant of entry was obtained.
A team which included the council’s Noise Team, Neighbourhood Wardens and the new Heavy Enforcement Team and two Police Officers arrived at the Western Road entrance on Friday morning (21 May). When squatters refused officers entry they had to force open the gates to the site before removing twenty seven items of sound equipment.
On entry to the site officers found that the conditions were unsuitable for public entertainment.The council is now applying to the Magistrates Court for a Forfeiture Order.
This will prevent the equipment being used for similar illegal activities in the future.
Cllr Ray Dodds, Executive Member for Environment, said: “This was a very successful operation to prevent any further noise nuisance to the residents living around the old Gas Works. The seizure required the coordinated efforts of a number of teams from across the council. This shows that we will act to prevent illegal public entertainment that causes severe disruption to the lives of local people or endangers people attending the rave.
I would like to thank the Police who were present throughout the operation.”
Media enquiries to Moira Mercer on 020 8489 2980
