The Mayor's Ambient Noise Strategy - Greater London Authority

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The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy Mayor of London 205 policy 90 policy 91 policy 92 policy 93 policy 94 policy 95 The Mayor will urge the Government to ensure that responsibilities for noise mapping, measurement, action planning and management are accompanied by realistic programme funding, incentives and necessary legal powers. Past under-funding, and equalities issues, should be recognised in future allocation of resources and duties, including with respect to infrastructure condition. The Mayor will urge the Government, as part of National Ambient Noise Strategy, to: ■ Assess the differential costs, in higher density urban relative to other areas, of both increments of noise reduction, and reducing noise to such guideline levels as it may promulgate; and ■ Allocate noise mitigation funding not simply on the basis of the numbers of people within noise mapped exposure bands, but having regard to the costs of noise reduction, recognising where costs may be higher in urban rather than suburban areas, and higher for the worst-affected. Recognising the pioneering role envisaged by Parliament when it required the Mayor to prepare the country’s first citywide Ambient Noise Strategy, and the noise impacts associated with the capital’s ‘gateway’ role, the Mayor will request the Government to establish a pilot London Ambient Noise Fund, to support local activity. The Mayor will invite each London borough to develop an exemplar pilot environmental noise project in each part of London to demonstrate the feasibility of practical local noise-targeted improvement, related to people’s priorities. Boroughs are encouraged to work together and with the Mayor to make a joint case to Government for the necessary resources, having regard to the contribution which ‘before and after’ assessment could make to national noise strategy development, including costing implementation. Recognising the particular scale and mix of both external and internal noise problems associated with London’s housing, issues of availability and affordability, and the noise impact associated with the capital’s ‘gateway’ role, the Mayor will urge the Government to establish a pilot London Domestic Noise Fund, to support local activity. The Mayor considers that any fine income resulting from noise-related offences should be recycled into improved noise-related services. Other ‘polluter pays’ levies should feed through to actual mitigation and compensation.
206 Mayor of London The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy Training and staffing 5.30 More staff and more training will be required if effective strategy implementation is to be achieved. This will be particularly important as London accommodates more of national development demand with more higher density mixed-use projects. Borough Environmental Health Officers are the established body of staff with understanding of London’s complex noise environments. However, demands on their time are many, and concerns have been expressed over available staffing. Targeted bursaries to encourage take-up of training by groups currently under-represented in the environment-related professions could play a role, including for courses with ‘crossover’ potential between acoustics and the music industry. Training in noise management for town planners, traffic engineers, parks and housing managers, and other specialists would help to ensure that opportunities to secure cost-effective improvements are not missed. The profile of ‘sound-conscious design’ needs to be raised among architects, landscape designers and other disciplines. Soundrelated skills may also need to be more extensively applied in businesses dealing with heating and ventilation, in design, manufacture, installation and maintenance. policy 96 The Mayor will urge the Government to ensure that imposition of noise management duties is accompanied by adequate resources, including for enforcement, extending staff skills and capacity building. A Mayor’s Sound Award 5.31 Many environmental accreditation schemes exist. Noise has not generally been a focus. Environmental Management Systems assist organisations in meeting environmental commitments. The European Eco Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) requires a policy statement, an environmental programme, management system and a regular audit cycle. All of these must be validated by an accredited external EMAS verifier. The Building Research Establishment, Construction Industry Research and Information Association and others, the British Standards Institution and its international counterparts publishes guides and standards on noise and vibration. The combining of technical, administrative and other measures at the urban environmental level is less recognised. The Mayor will consider the scope for a competition or award scheme to raise the profile of sound-related design and noise management, and encourage innovation for London. proposal 28The Mayor will examine the potential role of a competition or award scheme in encouraging innovation and exemplary practice, such as in sound-related design or operation, among a variety of organisations across the city.
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