{"id":145064,"date":"2025-11-20T17:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/145064\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:43:21","slug":"derby-public-garden-electric-daisy-warned-over-noise-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/145064\/","title":{"rendered":"Derby public garden Electric Daisy warned over noise complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Strachan,Derby and <\/p>\n

Nigel Slater,Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/p>\n

\"ElectricElectric Daisy<\/p>\n

Derby City Council imposed new rules on Electric Daisy after a planning meeting <\/p>\n

A public garden and events space in Derby has been warned it might have to relocate after a series of noise complaints. <\/p>\n

Electric Daisy – a community space in Bold Lane – opened in June 2023.<\/p>\n

But a Derby City Council planning meeting last week saw councillors consider an application for Electric Daisy’s site to be retained permanently after temporary permission lapsed, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS)<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

Following an official noise warning and the complaints, it was decided the venue could remain at its location under strict conditions for the next 12 months.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A council report stated concern that the site had evolved “from a community garden and educational tool to a nighttime events space”, which bosses deny<\/p>\n

Council planning chief Paul Clark said Electric Daisy was in the “wrong location”, and that the council needed “to take a stand” on the situation.<\/p>\n

He added: “I think it is the right use but in the wrong location in this part of the city.”<\/p>\n

Mr Clark said a noise abatement notice was served in June, requiring the operators to stop causing noise nuisance from loud music.<\/p>\n

And a council report released before the meeting stated concern that Electric Daisy had evolved “from a community garden and educational tool to a nighttime events space”, which its bosses deny.<\/p>\n

It has now been given restrictions on the number of “high risk of noise impact” events it can hold.<\/p>\n

Conditions placed on the site include:<\/p>\n

Temporary permission to be granted under conditions until 12 November 2026No more than 12 “high risk of noise impacts” events per yearAll events shall cease by 22:00 No customers shall remain on premises outside daily hours of 08:00 to 23:00\"ElectricElectric Daisy<\/p>\n

The Bold Lane site includes an events space, community garden and outdoor dining area <\/p>\n

Down To Earth Regen, which set up the space, has previously stated its intention to expand Electric Daisy to create a “mini Eden Project”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Founder Jamie Quince-Starkey said: “There’s been some complaints raised and we take those seriously. <\/p>\n

“We’re working with the city council on a noise management plan. <\/p>\n

“But also, after people heard we’d had complaints, we’ve received so much support for what we’re doing. It’s really heartwarming.<\/p>\n

“It’s not an excuse, but we are only open until 10pm and we try to contain the events. <\/p>\n

“We are a grassroots business, and we’re trying our utmost to be as financially sustainable as possible – which is really hard in the hospitality industry, which we’ve brought Electric Daisy into.”<\/p>\n

\"Mr<\/p>\n

Jamie Quince-Starkey said bosses took noise complaints seriously <\/p>\n

And despite the noise complaints, other councillors at the meeting expressed support, saying it was an “excellent place” for Derby.<\/p>\n

Councillor Gulfraz Nawaz said: “I’m glad we’ve got something like this in the city centre. I know how much footfall this brings. It is an excellent place.”<\/p>\n

Fellow councillor Martin Rawson also supported the venue. He said: “It does sound there are sensible conditions in place. Whilst there are residential properties round and about – it is the city centre and it is going to be lively.”<\/p>\n

Mr Quince-Starkey added: “We want to make Electric Daisy good for everyone. We are working in partnership with the local authority.<\/p>\n

“It was unanimously supported, which shows everything you need to know about what Electric Daisy is. I can only apologise to people who we might have disrupted but it’s no excuse.<\/p>\n

“There’s a reason for why Gardeners’ World is coming to Electric Daisy and filming there. We are creating something special here.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Strachan,Derby and Nigel Slater,Local Democracy Reporting Service Electric Daisy Derby City Council imposed new rules on Electric…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-145064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}