By Alex Ward PUBLISHED: 09:45 EST, 5 November 2012 | UPDATED: 11:08 EST, 5 November 2012 Parish councillors have pulled the plug on a Christmas lights switch on ceremony in a decision described as ‘health and safety gone berserk’. The event, which usually attracts several hundred people every year, was axed by councillors in Bishop’s Cleeve, Gloucestershire who feared the village green would become overcrowded. Instead, the lights will be quietly switched without fanfare. Christmas is cancelled: The Christmas lights switch-on at Bishop's Cleeve last year. The event usually attracts several hundred people but has been cancelled this year over health and safety fears
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The Bishop's Cleeve Parish Council refused permission for the annual Christmas lights switch on ceremony
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They worry there is not enough room for the several hundred people the event attracts
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The Chamber of Commerce says the council has 'let the community down'
Village highlight: The ceremony is a special time of year for @placeholder when the lights, which cost £3,000 to install and maintain, are switched on in November