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This Petition ran from 12/07/2018 to 23/08/2018 and has now finished.
1164 people signed this Petition.
Response to lead petitioner 6/7/18
As you will be aware the Council has received a large number of
objections relating to the Funfair which was proposed to take place
at Broomfield Park from 10th August to 1st September for a total of
23 days.
We have reviewed your comments and appreciate your views in particular relating to the length of the funfair and have agreed that the funfair will not go ahead this year. Given your concerns and noting that a number of events which have been held in the area adjacent to the playground this has led to our final decision.
We recently met with representatives from the ‘4 not 24’ group to discuss specific concerns relating to the funfairs at Broomfield Park. We appreciate that there was a difference in opinion between those that stated that they did not want funfairs at Broomfield Park and those that could support one funfair a year:
Having taken your views into account in future we will propose
the following recommendations for Funfairs at Broomfield
Park:
The conditions requested are as follows:
• Maximum of 4 days.
• The fair to be specifically family orientated rides/children
rides
• The fair finishes by 7pm
• Less pollution and noise from fair/generators/ rubbish
• Location to be rotated around the park
• Extra security
• Less plastic waste i.e. paper straws etc.
• Healthier food and healthy options to be available
We will be meeting with the funfair organiser to discuss the above with him in due course for events in future years.
In relation to the Circus we have listened to your views and will consider relocating the Circus back to the original area in the western area of the park. The decision will be subject to a full consultation with residents and Councillors and we will be in touch in due course.
I hope that this shows that we do take on board your comments as we would across the whole borough and would like to reassure you we have robust systems in place when facilitating events in Parks and Open Spaces. I apologise for any inconvenience the recent events at Broomfield Parks have caused you.
Thank you once again for bringing these matters to my
attention.