However, he said the authority “needs to open people’s eyes to litigation because we are living in such litigious times now”.

The board said it is also recruiting two new staff members to help groups navigate paperwork and requirements.

Last year, the old UK Christmas market was canceled due to health and safety concerns.

The Lincoln Christmas Market, which was first held in 1982 and attracts more than 300,000 people over four days, has closed in 2023 due to overcrowding concerns.

A motion to overturn the decision was rejected by Labor councilors in Lincoln, who argued that “having so many people in a small area can be inconvenient”.

Karl McCartney, then Tory MP for Lincoln, criticized the decision at the time, saying it was “wrong on every level”.

In the past two years, several events around Lincolnshire have fallen victim to rising costs and public safety concerns, including the Lincolnshire Christmas Market, the Woodhall Spa 1940s Festival and the Lincolnshire Steam Rally.