Angelina

Since the ES have posted such a glowing report of the festival, perhaps they'd be interested in a report into the resulting damage, or the Guardian?

I completely agree. Pride used to be in Brixton and Brockwell Park before it outgrew it and moved to Finsbury Park. Quite reasonable to accept limitations and respond properly

Have to admit, I did have to check myself - I've been to many festivals and it seems a bit contradictory to challenge one, but our local park is not the place for a festival of this size. It just needs to either scale down to the environment (smaller footprint, less damage) or find a better location. There is a VAST difference between festivals out in the countryside and the same in an urban park.

Work such as dry rot treatment will have a guarantee. Major works as such are more general and I've not seen guarantees on any I've had done. You need to find the source of the damp and the cause of it and be able to demonstrate that it's down to the works that have been done.

Best to just get in touch with the council. You need to see what works were approved and the scope. It's probably advisable to get an independent legal survey (not a standard RICS) and look at current condition, what they said they'd fix, if they did what they said and what the problems are with what they did. Was it just your flat and the other flat mentioned? Asking in case there's any other leaseholder/ tenant involved

getting a Tesco is mildly depressing

Revenue could all be contractual and fixed or it could have multiple elements. I don’t think we know that

Yes I suppose it could mean that, if there is a fixed cost for GLA for everything - but the FOI can be worded so that it asks what the revenue agreement is - ie is it fixed or does it include a % of revenue from the stalls and tickets etc.

I don't think the interest is to know what the council are paying GALA - just what the benefit is and how it's being invested elsewhere

AIice - a FOI is about ascertaining facts. It's not at all unpleasant, just necessary.

Additionally, the council should be bound by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: This is the primary law protecting wildlife in Britain, including birds, their nests, and eggs. TfL, like other operators in London, must adhere to this Act when carrying out activities on their land or infrastructure.

yes and it's illegal for the council to withhold information requested as an FOI, although they can use the exemption, if it meets criteria of being commercially sensitive, but it seems that is not the case, and would be less so if questions are suitably worded. I don't know if there has been one, but am suggesting we compile questions and send one

a Freedom of Information request should confirm the amount of revenue generated from the event for the council and what the council spent that on. There is nothing that meets the "commercially sensitive" exclusion (which is for the safeguarding of information which if disclosed would prejudice the commercial interests of any person, including the Public Authority holding the information), Perhaps the best way forward is if we list the questions we want the council to answer and submit an FOI. It is a criminal offence for the public authority to refuse to disclose information and that can be enforced by the Information Commissioner. I would have though that the council would want to be transparent.

Imagine how it is for those in close proximity, and the wildlife and animals. i can hear it here, which is far.

Honestly don't know what Lambeth are thinking - they should consider their reputation, loss of public trust, legal challenges and findings of maladministration. Perhaps they have and don't care. It stinks of commercial bias and contempt for the legal process and public.

Will be interesting to see how this plays out, after the event.

Shocking - so fast. Machines can have a false device for inserting your card into and then they retain it. Your bank should return your money

It would be incredible if the community supported small businesses rather than a chain (Gail's being a very large chain). Sadly, consumers don't realise their power - as you can see also by the number of coffee cups etc that are still being bought and contribute to landfill - it' not hard to be responsible, just inconvenient.

well - that is disappointing. We know the impact of foreign buyers on the housing market.

That is the similar issue with Peckham Rye - the council have prioritised commercial interests over the community (residents and environment), and utterly shameless in doing so. For a council to be wilfully cirumventing legal ruling, is more than alarming. Their actions should always be transparent and beyond reproach, not shady and biased for particular commercial interest. It raises the question of where else they manipulate commercial interests and generally look to break rules.

the insult and frustration is that we have no recourse given the council turn a blind eye.

We find that just adding your own favourites is the best way - everyone likes different things and your guests will likely be happy enough

Is there a forum to chat with our councillors? I think it would be worthwhile - there is a lack of engagement and complete silence on something that is having such a negative impact

We used to have local councillors posting on this forum - are there any who are still members?

maybe in the future, there will be so much traffic flowing freely that we will be so glad we have three separate crossing points.