A Staffordshire town hall has come under fire from local residents who claim that wedding receptions at Burton Town Hall are accountable for severe traffic nuisances and unlawful parking.

The Town Hall is a frequent venue for wedding party’s, including spectacular Asian weddings which can draw anything up to 1,000 guests per event.

Staffordshire borough councillor Bill Ganley claims that the events are creating a public nuisance and confirmed his belief that the police and council are doing little to alleviate the problems.

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“You get between 500 and 1,000 people rolling through for these events during the course of the day. These include lads driving top-end cars which, understandably they like to parade around in.

It is causing an issue with traffic problems and vehicles parking on the pavement. A lot of businesses and residents are worried and concerned about this.”

I would like to see the police liaise with organisers to try and address these issues, and if that doesn’t work I’d like to see them do their job and make sure people are driving safely and not letting off fireworks in the street, which is illegal.

If the council know the dates of these weddings - and they do - they should have traffic enforcement officers out there.”

The local council are said to be currently investigating ways to address the issues raised by Councillor Ganely.