Noise from Wide Awake festival

[ArmandHelpen1]

We are half an hour’s walk from Brockwell park and yet the noise and bass from the festival has been relentless and unbearable all weekend.

Am I the only one who thinks it’s unreasonable to cause such a nuisance over a prolonged period in a residential area? 
 

We don’t benefit in any way from the event, and yet are expected to endure it. 

 

 

[Blah Blah]

You are not the only one no. Local residents are fighting Lambeth through the courts over the increased use of Brockwell Pak for these types of events. And there is the GALA festival on the Rye this weekend, also unbearable at times, although it seems to be a bit quieter today. Brockwell Park is probably more complicated in terms of noise management, because the entire park is on the side of a hill. The Rye at least is sunken in a bit where they locate the festival. 

[ArmandHelpen1]

It’s just so so loud, I can’t imagine what it must be like if you live right next to the park. I am so stressed by the noise half an hour away! How can this be permitted?

 

[Blah Blah]

It's permitted because the council grants an events licence. But if you were to blast music from your back garden for 10 hours a day accross four days, they'd shut you down on day one. There will be a noise plan in place, but it is probably the same as the one for the GALA festival, which dismisses any breach of the agreed noise levels as long as they are brought back within limits witihn 15 minutes. In other words, a breach is never really a breach according to the council. This is why local residents feel exasperated.