Lambeth Council has axed the Lambeth Country Show and dropped a last-minute legal appeal in order to allow the rest of the Brockwell Live events programme to go ahead next summer.

Questions had been raised over the legality of major events in Brockwell Park — including Mighty Hoopla , Field Day and Wide Awake — after the council lost a High Court challenge in May . A judge ruled the events exceeded the permitted 28 days allowed under temporary change-of-use rules.

Although the council initially vowed to appeal the decision, with a Court of Appeal hearing due in December, it has now chosen not to contest the ruling. Instead, it confirmed it would cancel the Lambeth Country Show.

It is understood that removing the two-day show brings the remaining Brockwell Live events within t

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