Stevie Surprise and Noah Kahan Cardiff gigs had no planning permission

A sequence of concert events held in a preferred park in Cardiff went forward with out planning permission, a council report has mentioned.

The performances on Blackweir Fields from Noah Kahan, Alanis Morissette, Slayer and Stevie Surprise noticed tens of hundreds of individuals attend.

The Cardiff council report said there was no utility for planning permission within the run as much as the reveals, and {that a} certificates of lawfulness, which reveals whether or not planning permission is required or not, had not been issued.

The council mentioned it had determined to not take formal planning enforcement motion in opposition to the organisers.

The sequence of gigs often known as Blackweir Reside had acquired complaints from residents, who arrange a petition about giant fences being erected across the web site.

Cardiff council mentioned the concert events would carry £35m to the town’s economic system, which might be used to enhance parks and infrastructure.

The report mentioned there was no planning permission utility earlier than the occasions occurred, and with out a certificates of lawfulness, the organisers Depot Reside and Cuffe and Taylor had been “continuing in danger”.

Planning legal guidelines prohibit a brief change of the usage of parks for greater than 28 days every year with out further planning consent, however the report discovered that the world of Blackweir Fields was affected for a complete of 37 days, 9 days greater than allowed.

The report highlighted a case in London earlier this yr, when a resident efficiently took her native authority to courtroom, arguing Lambeth council didn’t have the proper planning permission to stage occasions in Brockwell Park.

The report mentioned: “There have been no different short-term occasions in Blackweir Fields throughout this calendar yr, however the outcome stays that the variety of days exceeds that permitted.”

Council officers thought of whether or not enforcement motion ought to have been taken, however really useful “it might not be expedient for the council to take any formal enforcement motion in opposition to the occasion organiser”, calling the breach “minor”.

The report concluded each Cardiff council and the organisers of any future occasions ought to apply for planning permission for any occasion exceeding the 28-day restrict.

Cardiff council mentioned the choice in opposition to Lambeth council was made after the Blackweir Reside gigs had been accredited and booked.

It additionally added an occasions licence had beforehand been granted for the concert events.

It mentioned: “Whereas the setup and breakdown of the location exceeded the 28-day restrict for short-term occasions, the concert events themselves stayed inside that timeframe, which was why planning permission was not looked for such a brief occasion.

“The implications of the current courtroom judgement will now type a part of a wider evaluate of preparations for future occasions in Cardiff.”

The organisers Depot Reside and Cuffe and Taylor have refused to remark.