Agenda and draft minutes

Councillor Willingham was elected as Chair of the committee.

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The Licensing Officer introduced the report as published.

The responses to Member questions were as follows:

-       There is nothing that the committee can do about parking, there has been nothing received from highways and they are the  responsible authority, this would be a planning consideration not a licensing one.

-       There were no breaches last year and any breach can be subject to a review.  The Environmental Health officer confirmed that there were no breaches last year and if there had been they would have been dealt with in line with the Councils enforcement policy.

-       Environmental Health officers will be at the festival for all 4 days throughout the evening and at night.  Noise from the camping is not a  licensing issue.  The hope is that if there are any problems with the noise from the camp site the onsite security team will deal with it.

-       There is a property on the border with the site that is being renovated, the people who are renovating are a family with children who are living on the site in a shepherds hut, there was concern that they will be disturbed, the property is on Southam Lane. Environmental Health officers confirmed that any nuisance complaint would be dealt with like any other  and Southam Lane falls under Tewkesbury Borough Council so it would be them that the complaint would need to go to.

-       One of the objectors stated that they thought the stage should be at the other end of the field.

One of the objectors asked the Licensing Officer to clarify the hours, they clarified that it is a 4 day festival and there was adjustment needed on the wording of the licence.

There were no questions for the Licensing Officer from the applicant.

The objectors were then asked to address the committee, their comments were as follows:

-       From evidence gathered there were nuisance complaints in 2024. This included excessive and intrusive noise

-       There were noise vibrations felt in people’s houses.

-       Residents could not enjoy their homes or gardens over the time of the festival.

-       Noise travelled miles from the racecourse. It could even be heard in Woodmancote

-       The increase in capacity and the proposed higher levels of noise are an unacceptable increase.

-       The extension of the 4^th day is likely to cause more upset to the local residents.

-       It was suggested that moving the stage and enhanced noise monitoring would be a move forward.

-       There was a worry that increasing the number of people will lead to wild camping in the area.

-       The proposed increase in numbers will lead to more people in the area which will lead to more congestion.

-       There has been no engagement with the Liberal MP for the area by the applicant

-       There was a concern raised about the times that the festival has applied for.

-       Even with the sound levels being set at 55 dbas on the Thursday the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

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