GALA 2025

[Dulwitch]

I was at both meetings. Frankly I think there's little point to them. Gala's licence was granted in perpetuity, they make all the right noises but they are totally disinterested in the problems and damage they inflict.

The map fails to include the area of park which will be set aside for a Lime bike parking area which is to be expanded this year and the area used for the Park run start/finish is within the new expanded footprint.

They said there were no plans to cut down any trees BUT one has been felled near the pedestrian gate in Colyton road which would obstruct the proposed HGV track. A replacement has been planted a few metres away but that doesn't excuse cutting down a beautiful established tree. Agree that the ecological survey is utterly worthless as are a lot of other statements in the consultation documents. The 21 day timeframe doesn't include loss of space due to remedial works or the fencing off for reseeded grass to grow...which is destroyed again less than a year later. The bund and meadow planting will be inside the boundary fencing. I doubt it will survive unscathed.

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[first mate]

If trees are being removed to facilitate event trackway and vehicle movement that is worrying and flies in the face of Southwark's alleged environmental concerns.

I take it, the tree pictured above was not diseased?

 

[alice]

as the new tree is so close to the felled tree your conclusion does not seem likely. but i would like to know what is the logic behind moving the vehicle entry point from the sensible forest hill rd location to the proposed one up by the girls school cutting through and damaging the park at great expense.

[sunbob]

21 minutes ago, alice said:

as the new tree is so close to the felled tree your conclusion does not seem likely. but i would like to know what is the logic behind moving the vehicle entry point from the sensible forest hill rd location to the proposed one up by the girls school cutting through and damaging the park at great expense.

It's because large vehicles can not now enter there without damaging the new bunds.

[alice]

Bunds?

[d walker]

1 hour ago, alice said:

Bunds?

The flood allievation bunds created in the park where the Gala used to enter the festival site

[alice]

Poor thinking 

[first mate]

I would suggest that this is now an unsuitable site for this event. Not only are they now extending the length of the event but changing of the entrance/ access may have a much greater detrimental impact on the park environment and on other park users.

By allowing this, can the council really claim to be green?

Edited 17 hours ago by first mate

[Kate Honey]

I still have had no reply from Daniel the ‘Head of Sustainability’ at Gala, would recommend emailing [email protected] as well as filling in the survey 

[alice]

The closing date from the survey is in two days. 

[Dulwich dweller]

13 hours ago, first mate said:

I would suggest that this is now an unsuitable site for this event. Not only are they now extending the length of the event but changing of the entrance/ access may have a much greater detrimental impact on the park environment and on other park users.

By allowing this, can the council really claim to be green?

They seem to think that it's residents are green. As in naive that is given the amount of dishonesty and cobblers that they come out with. Its like buzzword bingo. Sustainable, organic, green, stake holders, local jobs blah blah blah. Absolute cobblers and box ticking.