Krankbrother noise starts in Finsbury Park - best trees in park's northside under threat

KRANKBROTHER NOISE STARTS IN FINSBURY PARK - AUG 5, 2O23

HARINGEY TREE LOVERS - CALL OUT FOR EMAIL STORM!!!

BEST AVENUE OF PLANE TREES IN FINSBURY PARK UNDER THREAT!

This week party promoter Krankbrother set up in Finsbury Park smack back next to the best veteran trees in the park for a 5-day event starting this Saturday (5th August - 12 Aug.) They spend 2 weeks setting up with 7-ton JCBs, breeze blocks and huge sheets of fencing - what we saw before the fences locked us out was a horrifying lack of protection for the old and lovely tree root zones in this northside - the most bioperse part of the park.

There is no indication Haringey Council nor Krank, who invite DJS and 8,000 paying attendees to party are protecting trees - which the Woodland Trust say should be cordoned off by at least 15x the trunk diameter.

If you're in Haringey, or even elsewhere please write in the first instance to:

Events managers at Haringey

sarah.jones@haringey.gov.uk and Parks boss Simon Farrow

simon.farrow@haringey.gov.uk to express your concerns.

Write to Krank:

kieran@krankbrother.com - director

ash@krankbrother.com - site manager

cassie@krankbrother.com - marketing

https://www.krankbrotherfinsburyevents.com/

Call their community line on If you experience any problems during the various event’s build, show days, or de-rig periods, please contact the management team on the dedicated Residents’ Line for assistance - 0782 707 2425.
This number will only be available over the event’s build and de-rig period from 8am-8pm daily, and on the relevant show days from 10am-midnight.

There's an excellent guide to protecting veteran trees and events by the Woodland Trust here for your guidance:

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/.../ancient-trees-and.../

WRITE - SAMPLE LETTER

Please write to your Cllrs (the Ladder, Hermitage, Stroud Green, Cabinet Leaders, Council Officers and Senior Civil Servents at HaringeyCouncil)

SAMPLE LETTER, edit as you see fit but keep simple:

Dear Cllrs and Council Officers

I am very unhappy with the decision to host the 8,000 person Krankbrother festival in this nature-rich north side of Finsbury Park.

Please abide by your own and the Woodland Trust guidelines in protecting tree roots from compaction and other damage - residents on social media should not have to keep a check on the conduct of operations in the setting up and running of this festival.

150-year-old trees are our natural heritage and home to many bird species that are still nesting - these trees are not replaceable should they get diseased - once lost such monumental trees are lost forever.

You should not have made this decision in the knowledge of the ecological damage it causes.

I would like this festival to be moved off the north side of the park in the future and for senior civil servants to ensure due diligence from the events and parks team in monitoring multiple contractors. This clearly isn't happening at present.

Please respond to this email so that my concerns are neither ignored or outright denied.

Thank you PROTECT * RESTORE * FUND

Thanks

Haringey Tree Protectors

haringeytreeprotectors@gmail.com

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