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Judicial proceedings have begun after ‘Protect Brockwell Park’ campaigners opposed Lambeth council’s decision to approve a series of festivals in Brockwell Park.
These festivals include Field Day and Mighty Hoopla, which are set to begin at the end of May.
The group says the main issue is the length of time the park’s inaccessibility to the public. Two weeks before the festivals begin, a wall will be erected around the park. It will take up between 35% to 50% of the space available.
Many of the local residents have contributed to the campaign. Over 750 people having donated to raise the £30,000 needed to take action in court.
Lambeth Council will be renting the park to Brockwell Live for 28 days.
Residents say that these barriers stay up longer than the agreed 28 days, spanning throughout May and June.
Rebekah Shaman, a representative of ‘Protect Brockwell Park’, says:
“We’ve seen a stealth-like increase of events that are happening in our park. The infrastructure, the foot-fall, the amount of waste and pollution, and rising crime has just become untenable now for the local residents.”
Outside the RCJ, she says that the park is central to their lifestyle:
“This is a local heritage park… this is not the right place for industrial-sized events over a long period of time.”
The chair of ‘Friends of Brockwell Park’, Michael Taylor, which is separate from ‘Protect Brockwell Park’, shares similar frustrations:
“The park is surrounded by traditional social housing and the park was expected to be part of the amenity and we all rely on it. And to have it taken away without any consultation, without any opportunity to have our voice heard is just wrong.”
City News reached out to Lambeth Council but did not receive a reply.
The judgment of the judicial review will be delivered tomorrow. If successful, this action has the potential to cancel a range of upcoming London festivals, and it could change the landscape of London’s festival scene for years to come.
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StandfirstThe South London resident group is taking action against Lambeth Council at the Royal Courts of Justice today.
Judicial proceedings have begun after ‘Protect Brockwell Park’ campaigners opposed Lambeth council’s decision to approve a series of festivals in Brockwell Park.
These festivals include Field Day and Mighty Hoopla, which are set to begin at the end of May.
The group says the main issue is the length of time the park’s inaccessibility to the public. Two weeks before the festivals begin, a wall will be erected around the park. It will take up between 35% to 50% of the space available.
Many of the local residents have contributed to the campaign. Over 750 people having donated to raise the £30,000 needed to take action in court.
Lambeth Council will be renting the park to Brockwell Live for 28 days.
Residents say that these barriers stay up longer than the agreed 28 days, spanning throughout May and June.
Rebekah Shaman, a representative of ‘Protect Brockwell Park’, says:
“We’ve seen a stealth-like increase of events that are happening in our park. The infrastructure, the foot-fall, the amount of waste and pollution, and rising crime has just become untenable now for the local residents.”
Outside the RCJ, she says that the park is central to their lifestyle:
“This is a local heritage park… this is not the right place for industrial-sized events over a long period of time.”
The chair of ‘Friends of Brockwell Park’, Michael Taylor, which is separate from ‘Protect Brockwell Park’, shares similar frustrations:
“The park is surrounded by traditional social housing and the park was expected to be part of the amenity and we all rely on it. And to have it taken away without any consultation, without any opportunity to have our voice heard is just wrong.”
City News reached out to Lambeth Council but did not receive a reply.
The judgment of the judicial review will be delivered tomorrow. If successful, this action has the potential to cancel a range of upcoming London festivals, and it could change the landscape of London’s festival scene for years to come.
