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December 2008 headlines (issue 28)

Delivery truck noise leads to compensation
Noise from refuse vehicles accessing a new depot is unacceptable, says the High Court.

Skateparks need not be noisy
Skateparks should not create any noise nuisance provided they are built more than 200m from properties, Alan Saunders told an IoA meeting in Winchester last month.
l www.alansaunders.com

Government urges use of ‘wellbeing’ powers
Councils have failed to use an obscure legal power that could be used to aid local environment quality.
l www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/evaluationwellbeingpower

England action planned
Outgoing Defra environmental noise head Wendy Hartnell told the recent Epuk noise update conference of progress on English action plans.

Wendy Hartnell heads off
Defra environmental noise chief Wendy Hartnell is leaving to join DECC, the climate change and energy department. Hartnell took over from Jo Bray in 2005. A replacement has not yet been announced.

Licensing: What is public nuisance?
Lawyers are going to the High Court to test the meaning of public nuisance in licensing cases.

Westminster swats Mosquitos
Westminster City Council is backing calls to ban a controversial Mosquito device which emits annoying signals to disperse groups of young people.

Noisemap and Tompsett splits from Atkins
Newly launched Noisemap Ltd has bought all rights to the Noisemap environmental noise mapping software from consultant Atkins.
l Website: www.noisemap.com

Premises closed
The first Premises Closure Order to be served in England and Wales took place in east London just one week after the power was introduced.
l Guidance can be found at www.respect.gov.uk/members/article.aspx?id=12676

Epic tyre win for Epuk
The European Parliament’s internal market committee has voted to support proposed legislation that would make tyres quieter and more energy efficient. Epuk is among the groups that have hotly argued that tyres should be quieter.

BAA promises to stick to limits
A Government announcement on whether it will support expansion at Heathrow is now due in January. Compliance with noise limits is a major constraint on the expansion.

Airport action planning: fears voiced
Epuk is urging Government to clarify draft noise action planning guidance for airport operators.

Noise complaints suppressed in Planning Bill
Epuk has expressed disappointment that the Planning Bill has been passed with clauses that will limit the ability to complain about noise and dust nuisance.

Tees Valley councils get together for survey
The five Tees Valley local authorities (Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton) have carried out a survey of occupational noise levels within the entertainment and leisure industry.
l More details http://tinyurl.com/6f7937

Cardiff works late
Cardiff City Council’s recently launched an out of hours noise service which has proved to be a success.

Tens in Parliament
Government has been questioned on Temporary Event Notices in Parliament.

Campbell UKASsed
Campbell Associates has announced that its calibration laboratory is now UKAS accredited.
l website www.campbell-associates.co.uk

Vanguardia grows
Environmental acoustics expert David Trevor-Jones has joined Vanguardia Consulting’s management team, headed by Jim Griffiths and John Staunton. The enlarged firm also opened a London office near London Bridge last month.
l website www.vanguardia consulting.co.uk

Cutting glass noise
A new HSE publication has been published aimed at managers, buyers, designers and manufacturers of recycled glass collection equipment. Noise during collections can reach 120db
l Reducing ‘kerbside’ glass collection noise risks in the waste and recycling industry can be viewed on www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/waste16.pdf

Stansted appeal
Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) has lodged an appeal with the High Court challenging last month’s decision by the Government to sanction an additional 10 million passengers a year on Stansted’s existing runway.
l www.stopstansted expansion.com

Freight mapping
Hackney has introduced an online freight mapping facility aimed at cutting noise nuisance.
l www.hackney.gov.uk/fg-gis.htm

Surrey councils agree
Surrey County Council has signed up to an agreement to cooperate on possible future development of Gatwick Airport.

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