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The
committee received a report that covered the statutory functions
the council operates at Glastonbury Festival: Licensing, Food
Safety, Structural Safety, Nuisance Prevention. They explained the
fee of £32,350 that was charged to Glastonbury Festival for
operating these services, and broke down some of the costs
involved. Public Health, Civil Contigencies, Highways and Environmental Health are
also involved. Overall the festival in 2023 was well run and
majority of recommendations made were implemented. The
recommendations are for continuous improvement and there were two
particular areas: developing further measures to address noise, and
crowd distribution and communication for crowd flows.
The
chair summed up the key points of the discussion around the cost to
the council and how much of it can be recouped, and requested
further feedback from discussions with the festival. As 2024 will
be the first year the festival is handled entirely by the Unitary
Authority, it’s important that this report returns next
year.