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The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy Mayor of London 239 A6 requirements of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 related to noise, and relevant international obligations notified to the Mayor Mayor’s powers and responsibilities Section 370 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 requires the Mayor to prepare and publish a “London ambient noise strategy”. This must contain: ■ ■ ■ information about ambient noise levels in Greater London, an assessment of the impact of the Mayor’s other strategies on ambient noise levels, and a summary of action taken or proposed to the taken by the Mayor to promote action to reduce ambient noise levels, and the impact of such noise levels on those living and working in Greater London. In this context, “ambient noise” may be taken to include industrial noise, as well as noise from road, rail, air and water transport, and vibration. Certain types of noise are specifically excluded (e.g. noise from construction works which may be controlled by a local authority). In addition, ■ ■ ■ The Mayor is required by section 370(6) to consult the Environment Agency. Providers of air navigation services are required to consult the Mayor on matters specified in section 371 (aircraft routes and management procedures). Section 372 makes the Mayor, acting on behalf of the Greater London Authority, a consultee under the Civil Aviation Act 1982 in relation to certain aerodrome matters. Consultation is covered generally under Section 42. Consultation is required first with the Assembly and ‘functional bodies’ (Transport for London, Metropolitan Police Authority, London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, and the London Development Agency, which are statutorily required to have regard to the Mayor’s strategies) - and then with London boroughs and the City of London. The Mayor is also required to consider consulting others active in London - voluntary bodies, racial, ethnic, national and religious groups and businesses. Sections 41(4) and (5)(a) state that the Mayor shall, in preparing this and other specified strategies, have regard to the need to ensure that the strategy is consistent with national policies and with such
240 Mayor of London The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy international obligations as the Secretary of State may notify to the Mayor for this purpose. Legal considerations as to information on ambient noise in London Section 370(2)(a) of the GLA Act 1999 requires a London ambient noise strategy to include ‘information about ambient noise levels in Greater London and the impact of such noise levels on those living and working in Greater London’. The extent of such information is not defined. However, the nature of noise is that it can vary widely from place to place. This depends on many factors, including proximity to road or rail vehicles, aircraft, industrial plant and other sources, the amount of screening provided by buildings or other obstacles, and the nature of ground surfaces. Considerable amounts of data can be considered necessary to provide useful, meaningful and representative information. The Mayor has examined the availability of historical and contemporary data. He is grateful for the assistance of stakeholders, borough Environmental Health officers, and consultants (including Turner S. ‘Selection of Areas for Noise Monitoring and Mapping’ Stanger Science and Environment, 27 March 2001; Grimwood C, and Skinner C. ‘A review of London-related data from the 1990 and 2000 National Noise Incidence Studies’ BRE Report no. 204053f. BRE Acoustics Centre for GLA, May 2002; Grimwood C, and Skinner C. ‘A review of London-related data from the 2000 National Noise Attitude Survey’ BRE Report no. 205824f. BRE Acoustics Centre for GLA, May 2002). Evidence from attitude surveys of Londoners, noise measurements and other data have been considered. Chapter 2 contains a summary of information which the Mayor considers useful in informing the strategy’s policies and proposals. However, it is not claimed that the information that it has been possible to assemble with the resources available amounts to a comprehensive fulfilment of the strict legal terms of the GLA Act. The Mayor has had regard to the duty to act responsibly in using resources. The Government announced in its Rural White Paper in 2000 that it intended to consult on a National Ambient Noise Strategy, and that a strategy would ‘include mapping the main sources and areas of noise - a major new exercise for which we have put aside £13m (for England).... We aim to complete the mapping by 2004’. Given the prospective availability of such mapping, and that mapping London could otherwise cost of the order of £1 million, the Mayor did not consider it prudent to undertake such major expenditure in advance of the Government’s work. The Mayor will, of course, review the strategy if findings from noise mapping, or other work, indicate that it is necessary to do so.
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