A group of Fifers are in a rage over a rave.
Promoter John Quinn has been granted an occasional licence to hold the event, actually referred to as a barn dance, at Waulkmill Farm near Charlestown on October 3.
But several neighbours in the steadings are fed up with the noise from what is now an annual event.
Even though Mr Quinn had offered hotel accommodation for the night, several have voiced concerns about leaving their homes empty while up to 400 revellers enjoy a day of music just yards away.
Local MSP Cara Hilton has written to the chief executive of Fife Council to find out why the decision was made.
“I will do all I can to ensure that this event does not take place until the local residents are given the answers they both require and deserve,” she pledged.
But the row has taken a twist, with local community organisation Crombie Residents Association (CRA) asking certain residents “to be more circumspect” when making unsubstantiated comments about any impact on the wider community.
Tony Orton, the secretary and vice-chairman of the CRA, said: “While CRA accepts, understands and sympathises with the dispute between some of the residents of Waulkmill Steading and the farm owner, CRA has no historic evidence of a detrimental effect of these events on Crombie village.”
He added it distanced itself from attempts to involve the village in the campaign against the event “and to bring the recent unfortunate fire at Waulkmill farm into this matter”.
Fife Council licensing board granted the licence, with conditions that police requirements about the running of the event were implemented.
But several local residents contacted The Courier voicing their disapproval.
One neighbour, Chris Bell, said the objections were based on the heavy bass thumping through homes for a day, the lack of notice of the plans and consultation and event safety.
“We have a new baby in the house, our dog was upset enough by the thumping noise for a long period of time and we do not want to have a social experiment to see if the baby will be just as upset,” he told the board.
Speaking on behalf of other objectors, he claimed revellers last year reached the residential part of the farm site, despite security.
Police said they had taken complaint calls last year, when there was a different organiser, but when an officer attended he raised no issue about the event.
Mr Quinn explained partygoers bought event tickets and boarded buses in Edinburgh and Glasgow to the “secret” location and if they weren’t on the bus, they did not get in.