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Petition update, 03 April 2009

More details from petition creator

Music festivals have long been an integral part of British culture, stretching back many centuries. People work hard all year round for that one weekend a year when they can let their hair down and be themselves. Such events are to be encouraged at a time when we are being urged to cut down on foreign travel to cut carbon emissions. It is unreasonable that absurdly low decibel limits can be imposed because a tiny number of residents complain, even when 99% of residents don’t object. The silent majority of non-objectors have paid their council taxes too, so why don’t their views prevail? This is meant to be a democracy. These decibel limits do not just affect overall volume, they have a detrimental effect on sound quality too. People have often paid £150 or more for these tickets, a sizeable chunk of it going to the Government. Some festivals also donate to worthy causes locally and globally. Please get the balance right – only impose limits where a majority of local residents want them.

Current signatories

Paul Gardner, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Tom Parish
• Ruth Goodall
• Jane Berry
• Daniel Searle
• Lauren Springer
• Gemma Steward
• Kerry George
• Rupert Dean
• Joe Amos
• Max Burgoyne
• Tom Andrews
• Mark James Talbot
• Christopher Alford
• Lu Tomlins
• Belinda Davies
• Robert Piggott
• Stuart Cooper
• Troy Bolton
• monz ayton
• Stephen James-Kay
• Jim Warrier
• James Mills
• Philip Pryke
• Tom McPhee
• Jason Singh
• David E Newton
• Paul. C
• Andrew Liggins
• Karen Duffin
• John Kay
• Ian Cameron
• Matthew Fenton
• Calla Hampton
• James Murray
• Martin
• Jenna Tonks
• Sam Griffiths
• sarah curror
• Andrew Robbins
• Frank Biesenbach
• Nicolas Gunn
• Jonathan Lamb
• David Alexander Feneron
• Dan Bowden
• Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/tombaker/)
• Tim Crowhurst
• Rachel Dennis
• Leon Cooper
• Tim Haslam
• Luke Carter
• sidney hayns
• Trevor Simmons
• jason rice
• toby rodgers
• Adam Shepherd
• Robin Knight
• darya Papko
• Lindsay Bimson
• chris gourley
• chrisj@skylight.co.uk
• Nick Lunt
• Emma Bailey
• Daniel Situnayake
• Elden Gandy
• Rob Gowland
• john webb
• ian brocklebank
• mike Seaby
• Steven Mayhew
• luke vacca
• Louis Guiot
• annalisa cantoni
• Bethany-Jayne
• Sophie Gray-Bickle
• Raymond Tripney
• Wicki Nielsen
• graeme farrer
• Hamish Blair
• s j howard
• Evie Browne
• E Davies
• stephen smith
• dale williams
• Tim Matts
• Michael Winstanley
• Alexis Goodwin
• leanne bell
• sarah hey
• tim Pearson
• Luke Sawatzky
• Fred Cook
• Joanne Matthews
• kevin griffiths
• sian kavanagh
• Lizzy Radford
• Ted Brunning
• keith william bond
• Katharine Blacklaws
• Chris Boyce
• Gareth Remblance
• charlie mia pickle
• Crispin Cooper
• Tim Driver
• Orsolya Lovasz
• Christian Bodden
• Tali Janner-Klausner
• Ashley W Roberts
• Max Jones
• Steve Jones
• Nicki Laing
• Andy Russell
• Joel Gregg
• Alex Harris
• Ciaron McKenna
• Andrew Fletcher
• Adam Bennett
• Matthew Harden
• Ryan Richards
• Denis Warde
• Samantha Bennett
• Dominic Smart
• john haskett
• paul collis
• Nick Mallinson
• Craig Haynes
• Ben Elsom
• Pippa Moye
• scott robertson
• Pamela Jenkinson
• John Willoughby
• Rachel York
• Tom Pattinson
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• arthur menuteau
• Martin Dale
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• Nigel Clark
• Rik Haines
• Colin Bays
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• James Irvine
• John Rogers
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• James Dowe
• Daniel Bartlett
• Joshua Roberts-Stubbs
• Mike Neufeld
• Jessica Addison
• Aaron Curtis
• william stuart
• Mark Rice
• Aidan Lewis
• Andy Wain
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• Kate Grant
• gerald collarbone
• Will Blatch
• Vicki Gittins
• Mark Salmon
• nigel westwood
• Nathanael Brooks
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• Tim Shaw
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• Martin Price
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• Samantha Parsons
• kelly taylor
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• Elizabeth Butler BA (Hons)
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• Alex O'Sullivan
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• Colin Westbrook
• Lyn Venables
• Terry Clifford
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• Shelley Timbs
• T J Cross
• Finlay Kerr
• Mark Purvis
• Joshua Eckert
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• james tremayne
• Ruby Wood
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• Edd Croft
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• Ed Collier
• Andrew Radford
• James Brown
• jane saunders
• ashley scott
• Juliet Suzmeyan
• Eddie Gadsden - same goes for motor racing events
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• Chris Leach
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• Ray Weston