GALA 2025

[cxh692]

Attached are stakeholder consultation documents for reference and discussion. 

GALA consultation document - final.pdf

 

GALA 2025 - Production Schedule.pdf GALA 2025 site plan.pdf

Edited Monday at 17:55 by cxh692

[first mate]

Thanks for posting this.

It looks as though the proposed footprint of the event is larger than ever before, with fenced off trackway stretching down the Colyton road side, well beyond the metal fence perimeter.

The schedule is now set to take up most of May and the first week of June, again one of the most beautiful times of year in the park.

They are wanting to add another day, which this year will be a supported 'community' festival. But surely this is to set precedent for adding many more days in future? Be careful what you wish for; the park is up for hire by this council. Do we want it to go the same way as Brockwell, where local residents are in despair at the slow erosion of their park and the annual noise and disruption?

Protecting our green, tranquil natural spaces is vital for the lungs of the city, for wildlife and the mental health of our local population.

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 08:11 by first mate

[first mate]

Does anyone know where the consultation will be held? Last year they decided to have it at Peckham Levels. The year before they did it at the Clockhouse pub, next to Peckham Rye, a much more sensible location and easier for local residents to attend.

[Penguin68]

1 hour ago, first mate said:

The year before they did it at the Clockhouse pub, next to Peckham Rye, a much more sensible location and easier for local residents to attend.

So don't expect it to be there... 

[fishboy]

So here we go again, but with a proposal for a bigger and longer event. This despite the massive failings (again) last year with serious & long lasting damage to our park throughout the summer, lack of effective waste management, widespread public nuisance by the attendees, and of course the noise. Every year GALA are set conditions for their event licence, every year they fail to meet them, then every year they are granted a licence again - depressing.

First impressions from the site plan - the proposed footprint has increased dramatically, sprawling further down & across our park (image attached with 2024 footprint in orange & 2025 extension in red). There  will be a music stage within 50m of our front room. The entrance area will be on a sports pitch. The trackway for heavy plant access will be across two sports fields. The entrance / exit for heavy plant will be opposite a school. The road at that point is regularly gridlocked due to parked & waiting cars. Increased trackway = increased damage to grass. I'm sure there's plenty more that is unacceptable...

It's clear that we all need to comment on this consultation, but it's not clear how to actually add comments / participate. The email & consultation document both direct you to the GALA page on the council website - www.southwark.gov.uk/Gala2025 - but this only has details of the GALA PR sessions, not the official consultation. I've raised this with the council, I'll post if I get a response. I've also raised the issue that the council's Outdoor Event Policy states that "Applications for major events must be submitted a minimum of nine months prior to the event start date.", which would have been August 29th 2024 for this application. This is apparently necessary to give sufficient time for things like consultations...

[Marguerita98]

The failure of the council year on year to prevent the corporate take-over of our precious public space is appalling. The consultation process this year is deliberately dumbed down and takes the form of a survey with a range of anodyne tick boxes designed to give the appearance of a 'consultation' without requiring any hard comment or information that could be used to oppose the survey.  It may be possible to get some answers from Gala themselves so I will try to do that and post here if anything forthcoming.