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control certain changes of use, such as from restaurants to pubs. See
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgipn_id=2003_0252
22 Institute of Acoustics. ‘Good Practice Guide on the Control of Noise from
Pubs and Clubs’ IoA, March 2003.
23 Town Centres Ltd. ‘West End Entertainment Impact Study’ Report for
Westminster City Council, 2001
EDAW ‘West End Public Spaces’ Final Report to Westminster City Council,
October 2001
Tony Travers ‘Managing the Balance: Quality of life in the centre of
London’ Westminster Property Owners’ Association, October 2001
24 ‘Late Night London: Planning and Managing the Late Night Economy’
URBED, CASA and Dr Andy Lovatt for GLA, LDA and TfL, 2002
25 London Assembly Culture Sport and Tourism Committee. ‘Whatever gets
you through the night: 24 hour licensing in London’ Greater London
Authority, December 2002
26 House of Commons: ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and
the Regions Committee. ‘The Evening Economy and the Urban
Renaissance’ Twelth Report of Session 2002-03, HC 396-1, The Stationery
Office, August 2003. One of its more controversial recommendations was
for dispersal of venues, which is not the approach adopted in Government
Planning Policy Guidance Note 6, or this strategy.
27 DEFRA. ‘Implications for noise disturbance arising from the liberalisation
of licensing laws’ Report of research and consultation conducted by MCM
Research Ltd for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
October 2003. See
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/noise/mcm/index.htm
28 London Assembly Environment Committee. ‘Scrutiny of the Mayor’s Draft
Noise Strategy’ Greater London Authority, October 2002, reported,
paragraph 5.10: ‘Some local authorities may have a problem with
recruiting Environmental Health Officers. The Committee met with
residents from Covent Garden and Soho who proposed that licensees
should contribute to the cost of managing, policing and cleaning up these
entertainment management zones.’