Plans for Boomtown’s Future

We’re planning for Boomtown to grow back out of Downtown and return to the surrounding hills, providing more space for you all to decompress and enjoy all our festival has to offer.  

We’ve officially submitted our plans to the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA).

To view the application follow this link and use our guide to find what you need.

• Host Boomtown annually for the next five years at the Matterley Estate
• Increase the planning permission capacity from 65,999 to 76,999 attendees, which includes 1,000 Sunday tickets reserved for the local community.
• Enhance our commitments to managing impacts on ecology, transport, sound, and lighting, ensuring that Boomtown continues to bring cultural, social, and economic benefits to the local area.
• Deliver a 10% Biodiversity Net Gain, contributing positively to the natural beauty of the South Downs.

This application is the result of over two years of thoughtful planning to ensure we can keep delivering the Boomtown magic while respecting and protecting the South Downs National Park.

If Boomtown has ever given you an experience that you’ll never forget, inspired you to make the world a better place, helped you learn and grow, or even make more conscious choices, and supported your wellbeing, now's a great time to tell those stories. 

The SDNPA has now opened a minimum of 30-days public consultation giving all members of the community an oppurtunity to have their say.

Head over to the link below, check out the planning application, and share a supportive comment.

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The Backstory

Just in case you missed it - we tried to increase capacity back in 2021, but due to new information from the SDNPA, we had to rethink our approach. Fast forward to now, we’ve incorporated all that feedback into a new, improved application.