A licence for charity events at a Dorset farm has been granted, despite parish council and neighbour objections.

But councillors have scaled back the premises licence for Throop Hollow Farm from the original year-long application.

Events will now be limited mainly to August when the farm's campsite is also open although will also allow for up to another 10 days a year on Friday and Saturdays from 1800-2300 for a maximum of two consecutive days. This will allow a tractor event on July 2 to go ahead this year.

Farmer Philip Trim, who started the charity events in memory of his wife who died three years ago from cancer, had told the Dorchester hearing into the application that he would be prepared to limit the events.

Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle parish council had objected to the year-long application saying the limited number of events already held create too much noise for some residents.

They told the licensing hearing that when the events started two years ago there were around a dozen complaints.

Mr Trim said that over £50,000 had been raised so far from the events, which he wished to continue with this year and in future years. He said he had applied for the premises licence for the farm, which would allow events at anytime, rather than keep having to apply for a Temporary Event Notice for each occasion, as he had done in the past. The hours he asked for were 6pm to 11pm for the sale of alcohol and live or recorded music, based at one of his barns, which the licensing panel agreed to, limiting activities in their consent only to that area, rather than the whole site as originally applied for.

Mr Trim told the licensing panel that in addition to the tractor rally, which would mostly be farming friends, he hoped to stage one fundraising event each weekend throughout August.

"I am not looking to do massive festivals, just small events to raise money for people in need," he said, adding that there had never been any problems over the two years.

"I am not expecting to see a lot of drunken people around our farm. It's the last thing I want," he said.

The new licence limits the number of people attending any event to 500, which Mr Trim had agreed to at the hearing, and says that adequate, properly trained, competent staff have to be available at events to ensure the conditions of the licence are met and to prevent crime and disorder.

Other conditions cover parking and the need to notify the parish council four weeks before any licensable event is to be held and to provide a telephone number where residents can report any problems.