Notting Hill Carnival Strategic Review - Intelligent Space

This strategic evaluation was made possible by the positive willingness of key Carnival interest groups
and stakeholders to engage with the review. I would therefore first like to thank members of the
Mayor’s Carnival Review Group for their commitment and invaluable contributions and perspectives. I
would also like to thank officers from the statutory agencies for their co-operation and willingness to
share their knowledge and insight in relation to the operational planning activities for Carnival:
Metropolitan Police Service, London Underground Limited, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea,
St. John Ambulance, London Fire and Emergency Protection Authority, Transport for London,
Westminster City Council, British Transport Police, London Ambulance and London Buses. Finally,
recognition and thanks must go to a passionate and truly committed Carnival community, to those who
responded to the Carnival Review Group’s public consultation, to those who attended the public
hearings and to those who set aside time to address members of the Review Group at these hearings 7 .
The challenge for the Notting Hill Carnival and its future lies in the extent to which the views and
sometimes competing interests of a diverse range of people, organisations and groups can be
addressed and accommodated so as to achieve consensus on the solutions to issues that are by no
means insurmountable if the will is there. This strategic review and the Mayor’s stated commitment to
support the infrastructural development of the Carnival in London therefore represents a significant
and positive advance towards the long-term security of the world’s second biggest carnival of
Caribbean culture and celebration.
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A list of the hearings and presenters is set out at appendices 6 and 7 of this report.
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