Life in our village is being made HELL thanks to club adored by Love Island stars -you can hear it half a mile away
VILLAGERS have said that their lives are being made unbearable by the noise from a club adored by Love Island stars.
The Cave Hotel in Faversham, Kent is popular with stars like Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson, Love Island’s Jack Fincham and ex-glamour model Katie Price.
However, residents of nearby Boughton-under-Blean, just half a mile away, have complained that the hotel’s glam parties are disturbing the peace of their village.
John Perfect, a retired scientist who lives in Boughton, said: “It affects a great many people in the village.
“I can hear it when I come home late at night or when I’m out in the yard.
“I am half a mile away and I can hear it, but my friends who live closer are really disturbed.”
Locals feared this would be the case when, in October last year, the hotel was granted a licence with no maximum capacity.
The new licence also allowed alcohol to be served to hotel guests, either through room service or mini-bars, 24 hours a day.
It was granted despite over 50 objections from the community.
Four months on, villagers worry that the relative quiet since the change is mainly down to fewer outdoor events being held at the hotel in the winter months.
They fear that, come summertime, things will get worse quickly.
Ann Webster, 66, who lives above the hairdresser’s that she runs in the village, said: “I still hear it quite often. Some weekends, fairly late at night you can hear the bass from the music and it can be quite annoying.
“In all fairness I’ve not heard it so much recently. It is winter after all so I think we’re less likely to at the moment and we spend less time outside as well.
“Maybe as the weather gets warmer we’ll start hearing it more. Only time will tell.”
Kate Hannah, who works with Ann and lives down the road, agreed and said she had heard complaints from a number of villagers.
THUMPING MUSIC
John Garner, 75, said he hadn’t heard anything recently but had been “impacted” by the music and fireworks for New Year’s Eve.
He added: “The thing is in the summer I think there’s a lot of weddings and they have them in a marquee. They have music going onto 11pm so it’s more noticeable.
“That’s the main issue and that’s what causes upset in the local community.
“It was really bad in the summer. It was constantly on late at night with very loud music, thumping our house which was particularly annoying.”
Another villager, who did not want to be named and lives near to the hotel, explained how the noise has affected them.
They said: “Noise blows all over the village when they play loud music. During the summer it bothers us, especially when we’re sat outside.
“Generally it’s tolerable at the minute. A bit of courtesy on their part will go along way but with a bit better control of it all it will probably be okay even in the summer.”
I am half a mile away and I can hear it
John Perfect
Councillor Tim Valentine of the Green Party has been representing the villagers in his ward and contacting them to discuss their complaints.
He said: “Residents had previously contacted me then with their complaints and I attended the hearing to pass on their issues with noise.
“It seems that the hotel has been complying with the restrictions set during the hearing which granted them the license. I’ve not received any complaints from residents since that meeting in October.
“As far as I’m concerned right now the issue is solved – though I’d obviously be more than to happy to revisit the topic if any residents do get in touch to say they’re still experiencing problems.”
The Cave Hotel has been contacted for comment.