The Guardian
Organisers of the embattled music festival series Brockwell Live, held in Brockwell Park in south London, have said their events will go ahead despite a successful legal challenge against Lambeth council.
The park, in Herne Hill, hosts tens of thousands of people at the festivals Wide Awake, Field Day, Cross the Tracks, City Splash and Mighty Hoopla, as well as the family festival Brockwell Bounce and the Lambeth Country Show.
A residents’ group, Protect Brockwell Park (PBP), had opposed the events, which require closing off sections of the park to the public for a number of weeks. They had argued the events were “damaging Brockwell Park’s ecology” – including the park’s grass as a result of large crowds and heavy equipment – as well as its “heritage and community value”.
The campaign reached the high court, which examined whether Lambeth council was right to assert that the planned use of the land was lawful, given that the 37-day duration of the festivals exceeded the 28 days allowed for a temporary change of use. A judge found in
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