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The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy Mayor of London 165 shooting is often necessary. Many of the issues considered in Chapter 4F, notably paragraphs 4F.23 onwards, apply in industrial areas, including the use of acoustically soft surfaces. Box 50: Guidance on noise from industry Planning Policy Guidance Note 4: ‘Industrial and Commercial Development and Small Firms’ DTLR, November 1992 states that, in the context of mixed use, many businesses can be carried on in residential areas without causing unacceptable disturbance through increased traffic, noise, other adverse effects. Scale of the development, nature of use and location remain important. Planning permission should normally be granted unless there are specific and significant objections. 4E.20 Established industrial uses are not immune from action on statutory nuisance grounds. Local authorities may issue Abatement Notices in respect of nuisance under the Environmental Protection Act, 1990, except for Part A installations where the noise or vibration emissions have been regulated by a Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) permit, in which case the prior consent of the Secretary of State would be needed. New occupants can bring private actions, following a move into new housing built near existing industry. The continued viability of established, otherwise desirable industrial activities can thus be threatened, although the legal defence is available to the operator that Best Practicable Means have been employed to limit impact (see glossary). This issue is particularly likely to arise where only parts of industrial areas are released for housing. Opportunities should not be lost to achieve noise control at the planning stage of the new development. For example, the housing developer may agree to pay for source noise measures, barrier walls, or other works. It is important that noise surveys are adequately scoped and sufficiently extensive. 4E.21 Regulation of industrial noise is largely a matter for the Environment Agency and the boroughs. The Mayor will work in partnership with local authorities and the Environment Agency where necessary. In particular, the Mayor will consider how noise reduction might be more effectively promoted at the London level, as part of more sustainable design and construction. Quieter ventilation and cooling technologies include using ground water from boreholes for cooling, district cooling networks, passive systems, and better design, installation and maintenance of conventional systems. policy 64 The Mayor will urge boroughs, together with the Environment Agency where it has responsibility for noise control under Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control, to avoid, contain or minimise noise from industrial activity. Particular regard should be paid to the viability of established industrial and distribution uses when giving permission for
166 Mayor of London The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy noise-sensitive uses nearby. Planning briefs, conditions, agreements or other mechanisms should be used to protect incomers, including through contributions to noise reduction at source. policy 65 The Mayor will encourage the London Development Agency to identify, through existing manufacturing networks, any shared problems related to noise and vibration, and, where relevant, bring forward proposals through the Production Industries Commission to promote good practice in noise management. Economic development potential 4E.22 The noise and vibration control sector is relatively small, compared with those dealing with air pollution, water treatment and solid wastes. A national survey of environmental protection expenditure, involving 7,400 companies in extraction, manufacturing, energy and water supply industries, was carried out in 2001. 12 This indicated capital expenditure on noise and vibration control of £98 million in 2001, or 9% of the environmental protection total. Operating expenditure on noise in the same year amounted to £22 million, or 1% of the total. The London Development Agency has conducted an audit of the environmental business sector, in the context of promoting green jobs. This included business support infrastructure and relevant university research centres. The aim was to identify key issues for the sector as a whole. The study will inform future LDA priorities in developing the sector. For instance, a future study of the economic development potential of businesses engaged in sound insulation and noise control could identify capacity, areas of innovation, supply chains, factors governing demand, and economic growth and employment potential. The London Hydrogen Partnership will be examining pathways to fuel cells, which offer scope for noise reduction in many applications. policy 66 The Mayor will encourage the London Development Agency, as resources allow, to examine the economic development potential of businesses engaged in sound insulation and noise control, with an initial focus on sustainable design and construction, and including potential employment in deprived areas. Aggregates 4E.23 Advice on minimising noise from aggregates operations is contained in MPG 11: The Control of Noise at Surface Mineral Workings. 13 Safeguarding river wharves 14 and retaining well-sited railheads are particularly important for the sustainable transport of aggregates, which will be needed to support London’s development. Operational noise should be minimised, but cannot be entirely eliminated. Established use does not provide protection against action under nuisance legislation. The
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