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Westminster Council will today decide whether to enforce a fee-based licensing system that limits a performer's space to just five metres.
Westminster Council is to vote on whether to introduce tougher restrictions for street performers.
Street performers in Covent Garden have warned they may be turfed out by Christmas under the city council’s plans to reduce noise.
On 4th December Westminster Council will vote on a licence which would effectively ban live performances, pushing most performers out of their beloved home. Anyone who has wandered through Covent Garden's famous central London Piazza will be familiar with the sights and sounds of street performers who can always be found performing for the crowd, delighting
Westminster Council first tried to clamp down on certain public performances with a fee-based licensing system in April 2021.