A festival of "wholesome hedonism" for 30,000 people will return to the Cotswolds despite concerns about "noise on a Sunday".

The annual Wilderness Festival began in 2011 and organisers have applied for a new premises licence at Cornbury Park in the Charlbury Ward of Chipping Norton.

Councillors at a West Oxfordshire District Council licensing meeting approved the application on Thursday this week.

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Representative of the applicant, Simon Taylor, told those present about a debrief report which referred to "traffic management" and "noise on the Sunday".

Mr Taylor said: "We will work on our traffic management plan and noise management plan."

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He said that debriefs from the 2023 festival were "very, very positive" in spite of the areas for improvement highlighted.

Mr Taylor added: "To compare this event with Glastonbury is not helpful." 

The higher noise level allowed at the festival will be 65 decibels, according to organisers, with a lower minimal level of noise permitted after 2am.

Cornbury Park comprises roughly 5,000 acres and was previously a royal hunting estate.

It was the original location for the Cornbury Music Festival.

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The Wilderness Festival is a camping event which is described as "a four-day party like no other" and a "weekend of escapism, high jinks, and wholesome hedonism".

Tickets are available to purchase for the event, which will take place in early August.

Mr Taylor said: "There is not a single objection to this application from the responsible authorities."

He noted the demographic in attendance tended to be an "older audience".