Decision details

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.