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The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy Mayor of London 167 continuation of facilities can be put at risk if residential development is permitted nearby without sufficient noise protection. policy 67 The Mayor will urge boroughs to continue working to avoid, contain or minimise noise from aggregates handling activity, in liaison with the Environment Agency where it has relevant regulatory responsibility. Particular regard should be paid to the viability of established aggregates uses when giving permission for 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. Transport routeing and access 4E.24 Local street redesign, traffic management, and area improvement can play important roles in protecting noise-sensitive uses. Routeing and local access require special attention where loading and unloading may occur at night. This includes industrial, distribution, waste management, and aggregates activity. Wider road, rail and air freight transport noise issues are considered in Chapters 4A, 4B, and 4C respectively. policy 68 The Mayor will urge boroughs, in their Unitary Development Plans and other policies, such as on economic development, and in their transport spending programmes, to consider measures that will minimise the potential adverse impacts of industrial, distribution, waste management and aggregates sites on nearby noise-sensitive uses, such as through street improvement schemes. Transport for London will include consideration of noise issues in allocation of transport funding to boroughs. References and notes 1 Volterra Consultants, Table 2b, in ‘Planning for London’s Growth’, GLA, March 2002 2 LPAC, 2000 3 ‘Industrial Capacity’ London Plan Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance, Greater London Authority, September 2003. 4 Enviros, ‘Technical Assessment for Waste Management in London’, Enviros, 2003, ISBN 1 85261 490 0 5 European Commission Directive 2002/49/EC ‘relating to the assessment and management of environmental Noise.’ 25 June 2002 6 Annex 1 to Commission Directive 1996/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control; OJ L 257, 10 October 1996, p.26.
168 Mayor of London The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy 7 In determining BAT across an installation, noise has to be considered and balanced within the wider context of other releases to different media and taking issues such as energy and raw materials into account. Noise cannot therefore be considered in isolation from other impacts on the environment. For noise there are 3 key criteria that influence the determination of permit applications and BAT: ■ underpinning of good practice ■ noise levels should not be loud enough to give reasonable cause for annoyance to persons in the vicinity ■ prevention of creeping ambient (often referred to as creeping background). The concept of reasonable cause for annoyance depends on many factors, including not just the noise level, but also the type and nature of the noise, the nature of the receiving environment, time of day or night etc. The Environment Agency Horizontal Noise Guidance H3 provides advice on the determination of BAT for noise and vibration 8 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. ‘Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control: A Practical Guide - Edition 2’ paragraph 6.9. DEFRA, June 2002 9 Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. PPG10 ‘Planning and Waste Management’ DTLR, September 1999. 10 Available from the Stationary Office, published April 1993 11 ‘Draft Minerals Policy Statement 2: Controlling and mitigating the environmental effects of mineral extraction in England: Annex 2. Noise’, February 2003 http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/ odpm_planning/documents/page/odpm_plan_609221.pdf 12 DEFRA, Environmental Protection Expenditure by Industry: 2001 UK Survey. URS Corporation Ltd for DEFRA, June 2003. See http:// www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/envsurvey/expn2001/index.htm 13 Available from the Stationary Office, published April 1993, currently under review. 14 ‘Safeguarded Wharves on the River Thames’ Greater London Authority, April 2003. The London Port Health Authority has relevant powers, see paragraph 4E.5. See also paragraphs 4D.10-12 on wharf issues.
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