Swan's Environmental noise report undertaken on Stepneys shows that the Planning Permission for a residential development should be refused due to the level of noise!
The report states that at day time the site would fall into NEC C and at night time as D. According to the Planning Permission Guidance 24, Planning permission to develop dwelling houses should normally be refused for NEC D and should not normally be granted for NEC C!
Swan is trying to argue that the council has the discretion to increment the noise thresholds so that the site becomes NEC C (which is still very loud) at day and night . But, is that what is best for our community? Would that set precedent for future applications? Is it fair to build what will become someone's home in a location that they know is too loud?
Yes, we want to protect the cultural heritage of this community but also those prospective buyers of the development!
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