Decision details

To formalise a recommendation of the Culture and Leisure Overview and Scrutiny Committee to reject a request from the Showman’s Guild of Great Britain to amend the dates for the Grantham Mid-Lent Fair in 2024 and beyond.

That following consideration of the consultation undertaken by the Council and the subsequent recommendation from a meeting of the Culture and Leisure Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 30 November 2023, that the request made by the Showman’s Guild of Great Britain to amend the dates for the Grantham Mid-Lent Fair is rejected.

The Council’s Culture and Leisure Overview and Scrutiny Committee has no decision-making powers and therefore the recommendation made at its meeting on the 30 November 2023 needs to be formalised.

The request to amend the dates for the Grantham Mid-Lent Fair was fully considered at a meeting of the Culture and Leisure Overview and Scrutiny Committee which was held on 30 November 2023.  The alternative option considered was for the fair to remain on the traditional days as set out in the Royal Charter of Grantham 1484.