Housing schemes hit by Birmingham Airport expansion
06.09.08
Two appeals involving the development of land close to Birmingham Airport have failed because of the potential for future occupiers to be harmed by aircraft noise, planning reports. The schemes would have involved the construction of 16 apartments and between 55 and 57 houses.
The masterplan for the expansion of the airport proposes a threefold increase in passenger numbers requiring a total of 205,000 air transport movements compared with 109,000 in 2006. Various noise measurements and calculations were undertaken by the planning appellants and the council and the former placed weight on the effectiveness of a new 12m high bund which they claimed would attenuate noise levels.
However, despite these measures, an inspector ruled that in 2030 the whole of the appeal site would be subject to a level of noise exposure where planning permission should not normally be given unless material considerations weighed firmly in favour of the development.
The occupants would be subject to unacceptable levels of noise during the day and at night only the use of mechanical ventilation would ensure that the future occupiers could secure a peaceful night’s sleep. This, he ruled, would be unacceptable and the appeals were dismissed.
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