A MAN who organised an unlicensed and ‘disruptive’ party in Naunton Beauchamp is likely to be prosecuted.

Wychavon District Council confirmed there was sufficient evidence to bring a prosecution against Peter Delaney for the gathering of travellers that ran from Friday to Monday, August 26-29, despite not being covered by a legally required Temporary Event Notice.

The council’s leader Paul Middlebrough said the party caused “considerable nuisance” to local people and at last week’s council meeting he stated there was “sufficient evidence to bring a prosecution against Mr Delaney” for breaching licensing and noise guidelines.

The news of a possible prosecution has been welcomed by Naunton Beauchamp’s district council ward member Coun Linda Robinson.

She said: “The event was certainly disruptive and people had no time to prepare. Had they known that something like this was being planned they might not have had such a shock. It did not have permission to be there and I think it made people feel intimidated.

“Strangers were seen in people’s gardens and around the village and the noise was constant, so any hope of peace and quiet over the Bank Holiday weekend was spoiled.

“I support the prosecution because if these events are to happen then people need to go through the lawful process, and a noise abatement notice must be strictly observed.

“The nervousness is that such a thing could happen again, so perhaps a prosecution would go someway to allaying those fears.”

Wychavon District Council confirmed no date had been set for when a prosecution might begin. It is also lobbying the Government for changes to the rules for Temporary Event Notices.