Motorsport venues could be under threat - again

[vincematthews]

A judgement in the Supreme court which apparently decided that if you move next to an existing venue, you can then complain about the noise, looks set to create a precedent in Noise Nuisance Legislation. It involves a small track at Mildenhall, Suffolk, not far from the (noisy?) USAF airbase, but could have far reaching consequences for not only motorsport but all public entertainment venues. See:-

http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/west_row_mildenhall_stadium_row_couple_claim_they_had_no_option_but_to_take_their_legal_battle_to_the_supreme_court_1_3376217

http://mildenhalldogs.co.uk/news.php

and

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2012-0076.html

 

[bmnelsc]

I fail to see why people who choose to locate themselves close to a source of pollution (noise, smells, etc) should suddenly have a right to interfere with the existing businesses that create that pollution in the course of their operation. If you don't like the conditions - don't locate yourself there in the first place. We have similar problems with housing developments "near" (across the river that bisects our city) to land fills and industrial areas. By the second year of home ownership they lobby to have the offending industry removed because it interferes with their enjoyment of their property. The homeowners are not winning so far. Perhaps the developers of such communities should be accountable for the tales they tell prospective customers.

 

[majorporsche]

The courts have decided that this does not matter, what matters is that if you make too much noise too often they have you.

 

[arfor]

Two or three months ago, on the Farming Today programme, on Radio 4, there was a report about people who had moved into new houses which had been built adjacent to an active and busy farm. Soon after they had moved in, the new residents complained that the cattle went "moo", and sheep went "baa", the pigs went "oink" and the cockerels went "cock a doodle do". They weren't terribly impressed with the noise which the tractors made either.

Where do these people think their food comes from?

Arfor.

 

[white944]

Waitrose