The problem with the private members club route is that you will have to have memberships and exclude casual members of the public.

It is this way around the PEL requirement that causes the authorities the most concern and has been the subject of many undercover visits (or entrapments).

As the wish of the partipants and the licensees is not to exclude the public, perhaps a more constructive route can be taken? Perhaps an appeal from all parties to local councillors to allow the event to continue as it is, until a meeting can be arranged to find a solution?