RECEIVED the circulated document on
Forthcoming Events presented by Rebecca Kane, Managing Director
APTL.
NOTED
- The
Drive-In Cinema would not be held at the Palace this year as the
organisers had decided not to proceed.
- A
small handful of complaints had been made about noise disturbance
on the second night of the Swedish House Mafia music event held on
28 and 29 May. The Managing Director
APTL explained that tight restrictions regarding noise were imposed
throughout the venue, and although the licence does not impose a
maximum DB level, AP abided by the ‘Pop Code’ and
always tried to go above and beyond it in a bid to be a good
neighbour. The MD apologised that on the second day of the event
(Sunday), the air vents in the Great Hall had been left open, due
to human error, thereby causing noise to bleed from the
venue. The Managing Director
apologised but reassured those present that this demonstrated that
the venue was more than capable of hosting 21,000 people over
2nights and that the sound could be contained – as it had
been on the first night (Saturday). She also confirmed that future
checks conducted before music events would include ensuring that
air vents were closed to avoid noise
‘bleed’.
- Members highlighted to officers that the Swedish House Mafia
event had been advertised with posters on Alexandra Park gates and
surrounding lamp-posts, which had not been in keeping with the
Palace’s advertising material.
The Managing Director APTL explained that AP does not tolerate
illegal fly posting and that this was clearly stated in our
contracts with promoters. She also reassured those present that she
would ask the team at AP to investigate and asked that any future
incidents of fly-posting were reported to the Palace using the
following number: 0208 365 4308.
- Further to concerns raised about broken glass, litter and other
mess in the Park after such large events it was noted that general
clean up operations began immediately after the close of the event
and continued again the next day when it was
light.
Members sought reassurance that with the prospect of more events on
this scale, lessons should be learnt from the experiences of 28/ 29
May.
- The
Managing Director - APTL drew the committees’ attention to
the new services offered at the Swedish House Mafia event last
weekend: a fleet of shuttle buses connected all visitors to the
night bus service routes, pre-booked taxis were offered via an
e-shot and the AP website and signage and staff directed all 21,000
attendees to leave via the front of the building to avoid any
disturbance to residents behind the Palace. This had proved very
successful.