I’ve changed the subject to something more appropriate (and less likely to attract unwelcome attention off the feds and media who are working together to monitor this site at the moment).
there are actually a fair few people from Essex/Suffolk who read this site and maybe could get something together, but its getting round the understandable cynicism and paranoia as your offer just sounds “too good to be true”
For the 2006 event it was claimed they had permission from the farmer. Whether the farmer went back on his word or cops persuaded him to do so is unclear (the cops may have pointed out he would be liable for licensing breaches if he didn’t say it was unauthorised) but the fallout from this won’t be forgotten. There were serious injuries on both sides, thousands of pounds of taxpayers money spent, and community relations possibly permanently destroyed across East Anglia and SE England.
Essex landowners don’t normally just randomly offer the use of thousands of pounds worth of land for loud noisy parties that piss off their neighbours, or if they do they arrange it with people whom they know and trust.
Bear in mind the brand reputation of your farm/business/whatever else you do with this land and the reputation of your family would be affected by how well this event goes, whether or not your name is on the TENS application. if anything goes tits up, Archant, Anglia and Auntie will be waiting to broadcast it to the entire world.
Round here some crews are more clued up than others, and also the cops / locals aren’t initially going to want to “give in to criminals” so sadly its not going to be easy convincing anyone to accept a rave even if its what could be a positive outcome.
So its in everyones interests – yours, the crews, the people attending, even the cops, other authorities and locals to proceed carefully and slowly and plan this well….
