The UK has a long tradition of holding street parties to celebrate royal events, and many people will be getting their bunting out again this year to mark the Queen’s Jubilee.
More than 12 million Brits are expected to host street parties during the four-day bank holiday weekend including thousands of us in Beverley and East Riding.
Last week, Her Majesty marked 70 years on the throne and became the only monarch in history to have a Platinum Jubilee. There are many events planned across the UK, including parties on residential roads and streets in Beverley and other towns in and around East Riding. If you’re thinking of laying on a street party down your street, here are some ideas of how to go about it.
The Government have made it legal for anyone to hold a street party from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th of June 2022. East Riding Council are yet to update their guidance on street parties from 2011 but it might be worth contacting them if you are thinking of having a street party where you are wanting close the road.
Here are a list of tips and tricks to help you organise a great street party. The following details have been published by the government for street party rules for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022:
- Plan early
- Get residents involved and share around the tasks and jobs
- If you want to close the road you should contact East Riding Council at least a month before
- Street parties should be for residents and neighbours only
- Publicity should be kept for locals in the street concerned be for residents
- Hold the street party in a quiet residential location, a communal garden or local green space
- Street parties should be self-organised
- No formal risk assessment is needed
- You may need to complete an application form, but check with your local council as rules will defer around the UK
- No licences are normally necessary unless the sale of alcohol is involved. If you plan to sell alcohol you will need to check whether you need a Temporary Events Notice
- If you want to close your road, all your council needs to know is where and when the road closure will take place. Alternatively, you can keep the road open and organise a ‘Street Meet’ instead of on a driveway or in your front garden (more on that below)
- Some local councils will lend you signs and cones, or you can hire or buy signs
- There is no requirement from government to have insurance though East Riding strongly suggests it in their guidance from 2011.
We will be writing much more about the subject of the The Queen’s Jubilee and bringing you more information on what is planned in the area.
In the meantime happy planning!