Save Castle Combe
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Dear All,
Some of you may know about this.
www.petitiononline.com/306007/petition.html
Regards
PauL C
Some of you may know about this.
www.petitiononline.com/306007/petition.html
Regards
PauL C
From their local rag....
Magistrates have dismissed Castle Combe Circuit’s appeal against the statutory notice served by North Wiltshire District Council and the council has been awarded costs.
The notice was issued on 28th January 2005 to control noise at the Circuit and was dismissed by the Magistrates Court in Chippenham yesterday. The hearing lasted for 3 days; the Court did not vary the Notice and awarded costs to the Council.
There are ten requirements in the schedule attached to the Notice. The Notice seeks to essentially bring self-regulation of the 12 motor racing days, by the Circuit and the Motor Sports Association, under the control of the Council. The British Formula 3, British GT and British Touring Cars which operate at a level of 114dB(A) will be required to reduce the noise level to 108 dB(A) by 1st April 2006. This is the current level at which all other racing at the Circuit operates to.
The Council’s Barrister, Robert Lewis presented the case, with evidence from officers of the Environmental Health Team, an expert witness on exhaust control, and from 11 residents living close to Castle Combe Circuit.
In 1992 the Council had served a Notice to control noisy vehicle activities on days other than race days. At that time the Council was satisfied that self regulation was being applied to control racing events and these were not included in that Notice. However, over the last 5 years, the Council has not been satisfied with the monitoring carried out at the Circuit. The reintroduction of Formula 3 and GT racing in 2001, after a period of 25 years with noise levels 10 dB(A) higher than current racing levels, has led to many complaints about noise nuisance being received from local residents. This, in the opinion of the Council, constituted a Statutory Noise Nuisance.
Cllr Doreen Darby, Deputy Leader of North Wiltshire District Council says, “This is a good decision for the people of Castle Combe. The Council has been satisfied with the noise monitoring regime which the Circuit apply to the weekday activities and have not had cause, since the serving of the Notice in 1992, to make a prosecution.”
“It is hoped that the Circuit can work with the Council to ensure that race days are similarly controlled. This will ensure that there is a balance between the Circuit running their business, and the rights of local residents to enjoy their properties without the need for formal action.”
Magistrates have dismissed Castle Combe Circuit’s appeal against the statutory notice served by North Wiltshire District Council and the council has been awarded costs.
The notice was issued on 28th January 2005 to control noise at the Circuit and was dismissed by the Magistrates Court in Chippenham yesterday. The hearing lasted for 3 days; the Court did not vary the Notice and awarded costs to the Council.
There are ten requirements in the schedule attached to the Notice. The Notice seeks to essentially bring self-regulation of the 12 motor racing days, by the Circuit and the Motor Sports Association, under the control of the Council. The British Formula 3, British GT and British Touring Cars which operate at a level of 114dB(A) will be required to reduce the noise level to 108 dB(A) by 1st April 2006. This is the current level at which all other racing at the Circuit operates to.
The Council’s Barrister, Robert Lewis presented the case, with evidence from officers of the Environmental Health Team, an expert witness on exhaust control, and from 11 residents living close to Castle Combe Circuit.
In 1992 the Council had served a Notice to control noisy vehicle activities on days other than race days. At that time the Council was satisfied that self regulation was being applied to control racing events and these were not included in that Notice. However, over the last 5 years, the Council has not been satisfied with the monitoring carried out at the Circuit. The reintroduction of Formula 3 and GT racing in 2001, after a period of 25 years with noise levels 10 dB(A) higher than current racing levels, has led to many complaints about noise nuisance being received from local residents. This, in the opinion of the Council, constituted a Statutory Noise Nuisance.
Cllr Doreen Darby, Deputy Leader of North Wiltshire District Council says, “This is a good decision for the people of Castle Combe. The Council has been satisfied with the noise monitoring regime which the Circuit apply to the weekday activities and have not had cause, since the serving of the Notice in 1992, to make a prosecution.”
“It is hoped that the Circuit can work with the Council to ensure that race days are similarly controlled. This will ensure that there is a balance between the Circuit running their business, and the rights of local residents to enjoy their properties without the need for formal action.”
I live just up the road from Combe and am gutted that these pr**s are able to ruin what is now a very popular racing calendar with the vast majority of locals. Unfortunately, you cannot reason with idiiots like this as they are incapable of seeing any side other than their own.
Here's a solution; take the noisiest racing car we can muster to their house on a trailer early on a Sunday morning, park it outside the front door on a public road and rev the balls off it until the fuel runs out. Nothing wrong with that surely ;-)
Dom.
Here's a solution; take the noisiest racing car we can muster to their house on a trailer early on a Sunday morning, park it outside the front door on a public road and rev the balls off it until the fuel runs out. Nothing wrong with that surely ;-)
Dom.
domcross said:
I live just up the road from Combe and am gutted that these pr**s are able to ruin what is now a very popular racing calendar with the vast majority of locals. Unfortunately, you cannot reason with idiiots like this as they are incapable of seeing any side other than their own.
Here's a solution; take the noisiest racing car we can muster to their house on a trailer early on a Sunday morning, park it outside the front door on a public road and rev the balls off it until the fuel runs out. Nothing wrong with that surely ;-)
Dom.
Probably ASBO material these days :-)
As pointed out by a number of people previously on these boards and down at the circuit, there are no regulations on the volume of a car exhaust/engine etc on the open road.
Drivers at CC, exspecially on track days, are often in the peculiar position that they can drive to the circuit in their trackday car but once there, cannot go out onto the track as they break the rules on noise emission. They then drive home through the villiage where the complainants live (and I'm pretty sure it isn't all in Castle Combe itself) completely unregulated and just as noisy as they would have been at the track.
The issue here isn't really the noise made by the cars, it's a very small group of newly arrived NIMBYS who are going out of their way to spoil the enjoyment of the tens of thousands of people who attend meets and trackdays at CC every year.
Peronally I think that there is something going on - something that runs deeper than the noise issue. Given the support that CC received during the case and the subsequent appeal vs. the bleatings of a handful of people who moved to the area knowing that there was a racing curcuit nearby, the results simply don't stack up.
Someone has got it in for CC and under the guise of 'environmental protection' they are sticking the boot in. All IMHO of course.
Drivers at CC, exspecially on track days, are often in the peculiar position that they can drive to the circuit in their trackday car but once there, cannot go out onto the track as they break the rules on noise emission. They then drive home through the villiage where the complainants live (and I'm pretty sure it isn't all in Castle Combe itself) completely unregulated and just as noisy as they would have been at the track.
The issue here isn't really the noise made by the cars, it's a very small group of newly arrived NIMBYS who are going out of their way to spoil the enjoyment of the tens of thousands of people who attend meets and trackdays at CC every year.
Peronally I think that there is something going on - something that runs deeper than the noise issue. Given the support that CC received during the case and the subsequent appeal vs. the bleatings of a handful of people who moved to the area knowing that there was a racing curcuit nearby, the results simply don't stack up.
Someone has got it in for CC and under the guise of 'environmental protection' they are sticking the boot in. All IMHO of course.
dougc said:
Someone has got it in for CC and under the guise of 'environmental protection' they are sticking the boot in. All IMHO of course.
I lived in Bath for many years, and the councils in the area have become prone to clamping down on anything noisy. Ironically they are ahppy to let clubs open all night, and for visitors of these clubs to puke all over my doorstep, but the motorist is evil and will be hounded to hell.
I sold up and left in the end, as I became so hacked off with their constant attacks on anything which involved an egine.
Yes, I would agree. There is a hidden adgenda to the CC ruling. It's a great shame as I love CC, and as it was my local track I spent many hours pounding my M12 round it.
If it goes it'll be a shame.
--Jools (very sad)
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