Glastonbury Pageant has had its long-term future at Worthy Farm secured after everlasting planning permission for the occasion was granted by the native council.
Glastonbury Pageant Occasions Ltd. (GFEL) has had rolling momentary planning permission to carry the pageant and different occasions at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset since 2010, however it was as a consequence of expire in 2024.
GFEL had utilized for everlasting planning permission for the pageant and different occasions to “present extra certainty and extra flexibility” within the years to come back. Nonetheless, Mendip District Council suggested them again in 2021 {that a} additional extension to this momentary permission wouldn’t be allowed, because it was “opposite to greatest planning observe” as laid out by central authorities.
Regardless of this, the plans had been authorized by the council’s planning board on Wednesday evening (March 29), permitting Glastonbury Pageant to be completely hosted on Worthy Farm annually, the internet hosting of the annual Pilton Get together, tenting occasions which may happen throughout pageant fallow years, and agricultural use of the location outdoors of the pageant interval.
The permission additionally permits the pageant’s iconic Pyramid Stage to be made right into a everlasting construction, alongside a constructing at present used for storage and recycling, and the allocation of land to accommodate the momentary pageant workforce.
The pageant will nonetheless should adjust to the phrases of its license, which units limits on noise ranges, crowd capability and different issues.
A spokesman for Planning Sphere (representing GFEL) stated: “The grant of planning permission will present certainty and safe the way forward for the biggest and most iconic music and performing arts pageant in Europe.”
This yr’s Glastonbury Pageant will happen from June 21-25. Elton John, Weapons N’Roses and Arctic Monkeys will all be headlining the Pyramid Stage, whereas different acts on the line-up embody Lana Del Rey, Lizzo, The Struggle On Medicine, Chvrches, Lil Nas X, Christine And The Queens and Manic Road Preachers. In the meantime, Yusuf/Cat Stevens has been booked for the coveted Legends Slot.
