Government propose 'Ravers' Charter'

The Government stand accused of going too far in handing back power to the people with the recent announcement of their intentions to deregulate gatherings of up to 5,000 people in a measure that has been dubbed 'The Ravers' Charter'.

Haringey's cabinet member for the Environment Nilgun Canver this morning emailed Harringay Online and other local resident organisations in a bid to get a view on local reaction and offer Harringay's residents the opportunity to input to the national consultation.

The councillor said "There is every potential for concerts for 4999 people to be taking place in a function hall, school hall and the Council would not necessarily know about it and so may only know of an event when complaints regarding noise nuisance or disturbance arise. This will be the same for the police."

Whilst I'm not one for over-regulating things, we saw what happened when betting shops were deregulated. The results aren't always what might have been intended. So this one's worth giving some thought to.

I've put Councillor Canver's full email in the attached pdf to avoid an over-length forum post.