\n Leeds City Council wants to increase the amount of people\u00a0allowed into concerts at the park from the current limit of 19,999.\n<\/p>\n
\n Roundhay would become one of the UK\u2019s biggest outdoor venues if a licence variation is granted.\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposal and objections from some people living nearby will be heard by the council\u2019s licensing committee on Monday, August 18.\n<\/p>\n
\n A report to the meeting said measures would be needed to limit noise disturbances.\n<\/p>\n
\n It said: \u201cThe park has a history of hosting large events which have generated noise complaints from local residents.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere is the potential for noise disturbance from sound checks, loud music, patrons arriving and departing the site, erection and dismantling activities and generator noise.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Conditions on the licence could include no audible noise in nearby homes after 11pm.\n<\/p>\n
\n CCTV and searches of people attending events are planned to prevent crime and disorder.\n<\/p>\n
\n Four objection letters were received\u00a0from people who raised concerns including traffic congestion and litter.\n<\/p>\n
\n One said: \u201cDuring existing annual events,\u00a0road closures in the area effectively trap residents in their homes, preventing normal travel and daily activities.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Another said: \u201cThis is a ridiculous increase in this area, where homes are having to manage all the necessary extra traffic, on foot or by road on numerous occasions.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Capacity at the park was last raised temporarily\u00a0in 2019 for Ed Sheeran shows.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 1982, the Rolling Stones played there and the park has also hosted Genesis, Madonna, Michael Jackson and U2. Robbie Williams played two concerts there in 2006.\n<\/p>\n
\n The park previously\u00a0held a licence to host 79,999 people , but capacity was reduced in 2006 due to lack of demand.\n<\/p>\n
\n Licensing documents\u00a0said trained crowd management staff would be employed at events.\n<\/p>\n
\n The report said: \u201cThe premises licence holder will provide and advertise a nuisance complaints line and have a system for responding to complaints throughout the duration of each event. \u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Monday\u2019s licensing meeting will be held at 10am at Leeds Civic Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds City Council wants to increase the amount of people\u00a0allowed into concerts at the park from the current…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-337029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115012880832404812","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}