Hello all, I thought I'd run my situation past you to see if there any
avenues I haven't explored in relation to my problem. I have recently
brought a lovely house down the end of a very quiet lane in a rural area
that is (unfortunately) very close(100 m max) to the side of an industrial
estate. there has over the years been some problems with noise from some of
the units on the boundary of the site especially with a timber company that
frequently flouts the regulations and stores timber outside of the units,
causing noise (from fork lifts trucks)to the residents in our lane that is
excessive. many of the units on the site are in very poor condition, made
from asbestos and with many holes. the industrial estate dates back from
the 2nd world war and was used for storage of green goddesses(and still is).
unfortunately when the MOD sold it on as an industrial estate the council
didn't place any restrictions on it use and thus there are no restrictions
on the older units hours of use ect. our house and others in the our lane
date from the early 1800's well before the estate came into being. as the
owners of the estate have re-built the older units, the planning permission
has been granted only with restrictions in place. the unit nearest to us
has not been used for some years due to its poor condition (the side of the
unit has come off and is open directly towards our house hence the loud
noise), but has over the last 2 months been filled with timber with a very
noisy fork lift operating all day and through the rear of the unit as it is
more convenient to them(even though it causes us lots of noise). the
history of the timber company's relation with the householders in our lane
is poor and they are not bothered about the amount of noise they produced
over the years. I bought the house knowing of the noise problem and with
the intention of living with it if nothing could be done about it...but
obviously I am going to try and get the noise level down if possible.
generally the site is very quiet, only the hum of a timber drying machine
during the mornings and occasional distant fork lift noise...until recently
with this unit near us coming into use. (sorry about the disjointed
information, I am dyslexic!)

is there anything that can be done about the noise other than speaking to
the owners of the site, the council etc? what is our legal position? dose
anything jump out at you that may be a way of reducing the noise? do
industrial estates have a right to make as much noise as they like?

Any advice greatly appreciated!

many thanks in anticipation.

Steve

On Sat, 29 May 2004 13:20:05 +0100, put
finger to keyboard and typed:

is there anything that can be done about the noise other than speaking to
the owners of the site, the council etc?

Other people can answer the legal aspects of your query better than I
can. But... whatever the legal position, any steps they suggest are
*not* alternatives to speaking to the owners and/or the council - they
are *additional* steps to take after speaking to the owners/council,
if this fails to resolve the problem. So the first thing to do is to
contact the owners, and make them aware of your concerns. Even if they
do nothing, the fact that you have asked them to do something will
assist your case later should it become necessary to involve the law.

On a slightly different point, what times of the day does the noise
occur? If it's during normal working hours, then your case is likely
to be much weaker than if it's during evenings and weekends. From a
personal point of view, I once lived in a mixed residential/commercial
area, and actually found it beneficial - they made all the noise when
I was out at work and thus couldn't hear it, and I didn't have any
human neighbours to annoy me with noisy stereos (or to be annoyed by
mine) in the evenings.

Mark
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"Mark Goodge" wrote in message
house.net...
On Sat, 29 May 2004 13:20:05 +0100, put
finger to keyboard and typed:

is there anything that can be done about the noise other than speaking to
the owners of the site, the council etc?

Other people can answer the legal aspects of your query better than I
can. But... whatever the legal position, any steps they suggest are
*not* alternatives to speaking to the owners and/or the council - they
are *additional* steps to take after speaking to the owners/council,
if this fails to resolve the problem. So the first thing to do is to
contact the owners, and make them aware of your concerns. Even if they
do nothing, the fact that you have asked them to do something will
assist your case later should it become necessary to involve the law.


i have spoken to the owners and they do initialy seem helpfull and would
prefer not to have complaints...but as to weather they will do anthing
remains to be seen...the council is my next stop...i was just interested in
wether there are any other options open to me....ie, does the fact that the
house has been here one hundred years before the estate bare any wieght?
ect...

On a slightly different point, what times of the day does the noise
occur? If it's during normal working hours, then your case is likely
to be much weaker than if it's during evenings and weekends. From a
personal point of view, I once lived in a mixed residential/commercial
area, and actually found it beneficial - they made all the noise when
I was out at work and thus couldn't hear it, and I didn't have any
human neighbours to annoy me with noisy stereos (or to be annoyed by
mine) in the evenings.

Mark

we get noise from 6 am till 9pm mon to sat...but not continuously every day.
being a rural area and the fact our nearest neighbours are over 200 metres
away we get total silence when there are no fork its operating! so it is
intrusive.

Steve