Are festivals "permanently damaging" Brockwell Park?

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Festival season is just around the corner and London hosts so many iconic events in various parks across the capital. The group "Protect Brockwell Park" is concerned about the environmental impacts of the festivals. BBC London's Riz Lateef heard from residents and spoke to the groups co-founder Jen Hawkins. A Lambeth Council spokesperson said: The council invests £500,000 a year in maintaining Brockwell Park which has won numerous awards. Events in Brockwell Park run for a short period before summer and it boosts our local economy by providing jobs and income for residents. The area of the park used for events has been independently assessed as being of low ecological sensitivity grassland, and there is no ecological damage caused as a result.