Policy information sourced from the Southwark Local Plan 2022
P66 Reducing noise pollution and enhancing soundscapes
- Development must:
- Avoid significant adverse impacts on health and quality of life; and
- Mitigate any adverse impacts caused by noise on health and quality of life; and
- Mitigate and manage noise by separating noise sensitive developments from major noise sources by distance, screening or internal layout, in preference to sound insulation.
- Major development adjacent to, or within:
- Designated open space; and
- Designated open water space; and
- Hard landscaped civic spaces with public amenity value; and
- Street markets, should be designed to protect and enhance positive aspects of the acoustic environment. New spaces proposed as part of development should also assess the potential to enhance a place’s character and identity through the acoustic environment and positive public soundscape.
- Major development will be required to demonstrate how the noise pollution impacts created during the construction process will be reduced, mitigated and managed appropriately to minimise harm to present occupiers of the site and adjoining neighbours.
For more information please see the Southwark Local Plan 2022