Policy information sourced from City of London Local Plan
DM 21.3 Residential Environment
- The amenity of existing residents within identified residential areas will be protected by:
- resisting other uses which would cause undue noise disturbance, fumes and smells and vehicle or pedestrian movements likely to cause disturbance;
- requiring new development near existing dwellings to demonstrate adequate mitigation measures to address detrimental impact.
- Noise-generating uses should be sited away from residential uses, where possible. Where residential and other uses are located within the same development or area, adequate noise mitigation measures must be provided and, where required, planning conditions will be imposed to protect residential amenity.
- All development proposals should be designed to avoid overlooking and seek to protect the privacy, day lighting and sun lighting levels to adjacent residential accommodation.
- All new residential development proposals must demonstrate how potential adverse noise impacts on and between dwellings will be mitigated by housing layout, design and materials.
- The cumulative impact of individual developments on the amenity of existing residents will be considered.
For more information please see the Local Plan