Marguerita98

6 nights means over a month of disruption as they set up for 2 weeks before and take down for 2 after. The consultation is a sham. I am on the stakeholder list but have not been 'contacted by email' as they say. What they are trying very hard to avoid is dealing with the environmental damage to the park caused year after year. The area has not recovered from 2 years ago and vehicle track marks are becoming entrenched. An environmental strategy simply meant a company putting up some orange wire and sewing some grass seed. The promises to make good last year were on paper only. This is a profit making activity that serves only the interests of the event organisers. Its not just Southwark - this article summed up the 'creeping privatisation' of common, public ground back in 2019 as councils 'sell' common land to private firms. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jul/05/revealed-how-london-parks-are-partly-privatised-festivals-wireless-finsbury-park. To get this overturned people need to respond to the consultation - can be done by email - and if possible attend the events. Also complain about Catherine Rose who is representing the interests of Gala festival over Southwark council tax payers and residents.

Hi. I think it's important to remember that some people do want CPZ and that there are very strong reasons for this. Some streets have an impossible parking situation for residents for a number of reasons but often because of the rapid increase in 2 car ownership in Nunhead and East Dulwich. A lot of people with 2 cars are very vocal against the scheme for obvious reasons! The displacement from other streets is also a factor and there is an environmental concern for residents when street becomes an unofficial car-park for those who want free parking and can't find it elsewhere. I know that lots of people are against it but a lot of people are also for it but feeling too frightened to speak because of the strength of feeling this debate generates......