Fees are to be waived for those wishing to hold street parties as Liverpool prepares to hold “flag waving, marching band playing, scone eating” events to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Liverpool Council has confirmed that through the special bank holiday weekend in June, the usual fee of £2,000 to close a road will not be needed as the monarch celebrates seven decades on the throne. In order to do so, residents will be asked to fill in an online form to start the process of getting the required permissions in place.
Liverpool is the second Merseyside area to waive road closure fees for the jubilee after Wirral Council signed off on a similar scheme earlier this month. Closing a road in Wirral is substantially cheaper on that side of the river, costing just £1,500.
