Let's have it straight..... the first concern of the CIC is the CIC. There's some proper big salaries being bandied about and these take first dibs BEFORE any monies get allocated to the actual park. So no prizes for guessing why the CIC are doing whatever they can to get as many events as possible via the Private sector in this PUBLIC park. You mention "a few days a year" - if only that was the case. The loss of amenity space to the public will be more than 3 months when you take in set up and break down days for each event. Why am I paying my Council Tax if I can't use an amenity on my doorstep? The noise doesn't bother me too much at all but I am a few roads away. What is wrong is that the park was never used for these large scale events before and this is being imposed on people for private gain first and the spin off benefits do not outweigh the stress, disruption and loss of use that many will feel. If the park had a long history of 50,000 people attending concerts and festivals then fair enough but it doesn't so people are rightly losing faith in due process or being represented by their elected officials. If I move in next to a pub then I have no right to complain about noisy drinkers; but if I'm living next to a peaceful bit of open land and it's snatched away from me for a quarter to a third of the year (when the weather is at it's best) and my life is disrupted so ££££'s can be made then I think that is wrong. It is exactly the same with Boston Manor Park and it's J2 etc festivals. Everyone can see from the most recent update on the news page that this is going to be railroaded through. I just hope people eventually wake up to how they are being shafted and take action.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle	14/05/26 12:36:00	Mark Evans
Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle	27/08/26 11:09:00	Colin Goodman
Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle	27/08/26 12:19:00	Rosco White
Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle	27/08/26 13:50:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle	27/08/26 14:33:00	Mark Evans
Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle	27/08/26 17:11:00	Rosco White
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle	01/09/26 11:25:00	Colin Goodman
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle	01/09/26 11:33:00	Mark Evans
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle	01/09/26 15:42:00	Rosco White
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle	02/09/26 12:52:00	Colin Goodman
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle	02/09/26 14:47:00	Simon Hayes

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