As a resident of the South Golden Beach community, I fully support making
North Byron Parklands a permanent festival site and a site for ongoing
smaller events. Our family is proud to be a part of a community that
supports the arts and music. We welcome the inspiration to our
children that comes with having these world-class artists perform just
down the road. That said, I have some concerns about the increased
capacity to 50,000 patrons for SITG, and I hope that care is taken to
ensure that any capacity-related issues are identified before growth
is approved.

My name is Donna Hingston. I am in full support of North Byron Parklands
being a permanent site for music and cultural festivals. I live
locally in South Golden Beach. I have attended both Falls Festival on
one occasion in 2015 and Splendour in The Grass in 2017 with my
husband and two small children aged 1 year and 2 years old. I support
North Byron Parklands as a permanent festival site because I believe
access to music, arts and culture is a vital building block for
healthy communities. Exposure to music and art can act as a source of
confidence, self-expression and inspiration, particularly for young
adults. Economically it provides vital short and long term employment
opportunities for the local community and it is a major boost for
tourism. Of utmost importance to me is the safety of my children, my
family and my neighbours. I have not witnessed any antisocial
behaviour during any of the festival periods including drug use,
violence, crime of any kind or dangerous driving. During festival
times I enjoy the visitors to our community who are generally in good
spirits and respectful. It is an opportunity to share this beautiful
part of the world with festival visitors.

I have attended the splendour in the grass festival on four seperate
occasions whilst it has been held at North Byron Parklands. The fact
that the festival is set in the natural environment makes the whole
atmosphere more inviting and welcoming. I appreciate the effort that
is taken to preserve the environment and not waste resources
throughout the festival.

North Byron Parklands is such a great venue for arts and culture events

The North Byron Bay Parklands play an important cultural role in being
the location of numerous music and arts festivals. The venue is
perfect for the large number of festival patrons with great facilities
and is large enough to accommodate various market stalls, stages, food
trucks, bars and merchandise tents all which generate great exposure
for various companies and businesses, artists, musicians and clothing
labels. It also boosts local businesses in Byron as many festivals
patrons often visit the local stores, cafes and restaurants. I do hope
that the North Byron Parklands continues to be home to future
festivals because as you can see, it plays a pivotal cultural and
economic role.

As a aspiring event manager I believe the north byron parklands is an
important venue for Australia's events and culture. It allows the
success of many large festivals that engage community involvement and
support the surrounding environment.

Having a permanent cultural venue in North Byron Park lands will provide
certainty to the community and allow better management processes to be
put in place. This is a beautiful area that can be enjoyed by a wider
range of people through the approval of this application.

Simple really...these events have become a staple of our society and need
a suitable venue. After much assessment and planning, the NBP site is
such a venue for the many reasons stated in the application. I have
read with interest the in depth studies that have been undertaken to
ensure that the premise of this location was not at the loss of other
unknowns. I understand that there will always be a NIMBY factor in any
development of this scale, but this must be balanced by what is for
the greater good of all and with a view to compensation of those who
stand to be disadvantaged along the way. I believe this has been
adhered to. In the absence of this application going ahead in it's
full scope, are we to begin the process again and at what cost? The
time has definitely come to move ahead with this project and not be
hamstrung by a self-interested minority. Change is inevitable but we
have an opportunity to manage that change well, and that is what I
feel should be done. Expanding the scope of use to allow smaller scale
events and utilising the facilities for low/no impact usage would seem
logical and common sense, especially with regard to local employment
and industry.

Supporting all the way, job creation, and arts and culture is exactly
what our shire needs. Voting YES!

I think it would be a fantastic to see North Byron Parklands play host to
a multitude of Arts and Cultural events. I believe it would inject
money into the area, create employment opportunities and put North
Byron on the map as a cultural and performing arts precinct.