Lytham Festival crowd to increase for two nights this year but 2024 rise rejected
Fylde Council's licensing panel agreed to the increase after sitting for a seven hour long public meeting. The festival has previously limited attendance to 20,000 but its organisers said the increase was necessary to remain competitive.
Explaining its decision in a written notice, the panel said: "The increase to 24,999 which represents the current ask of the applicants is, in our judgment, a step too far. Increasing the capacity of the event by 25% to 24,999 would cause significant risk of the impacts on the community which we have mentioned earlier being elevated to an unacceptable level.
In reaching the decision, the panel praised organisers Daniel Cuffe and Peter Taylor, along with event manager Joe Robinson, for acting with good faith and commitment to the area. They also agreed with their suggestion of creating a community liaison group to facilitate discussion between the applicant and the local community and included this as a mandatory condition of the new licence.
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