Brands Hatch noise upsetting the neighbours
Brands Hatch noise upsetting the neighbours
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Allyc85

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7,225 posts

215 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86039

Why dont they just fk off and live somewhere else its not like there arnt any other places to live in the world and its obviously not their "perfect home" as they shouldnt have moved next to a fking circuit!

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Nick M

3,632 posts

252 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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What gets me is that the races aren't long - it's not like they're enduring several hours of continuous noise.

These days it's too easy to complain about things you don't like because you know someone will have to look into it, rather than being told to FRO and get a life because, in case you hadn't noticed, racing cars make noise....

caz4213

317 posts

240 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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If I'm correct, the track was there before the bloody residents too, so why is it in this day and age THEY get the say? Tell you what, I'll swap with them. I'd be quite happy watching the racing from my bedroom window biggrin

acf8181

797 posts

263 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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caz4213 said:
If I'm correct, the track was there before the bloody residents too, so why is it in this day and age THEY get the say? Tell you what, I'll swap with them. I'd be quite happy watching the racing from my bedroom window biggrin
+1

zac510

5,546 posts

235 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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Not to mention how much it brings to the area. They should be proud of it and respect it, supporting its future.

Shaw Tarse

31,887 posts

232 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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acf8181 said:
caz4213 said:
If I'm correct, the track was there before the bloody residents too, so why is it in this day and age THEY get the say? Tell you what, I'll swap with them. I'd be quite happy watching the racing from my bedroom window biggrin
+1
I'll move in next door.
There ain't any churches near what will be ringing bells unexpectedly are there?

micron750

845 posts

261 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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Palmer will have to be careful the minority will win the the end as Castle Combe found out NIMBYS are just a pain in the ringpiece!!!

Gun

13,432 posts

247 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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NIMBYs really infuriate me, if you moved in after the circuit/airport was built then why should they have the right to demand changes, would you honestly buy a house near a race track for the peace and quiet. tts.

mattikake

5,116 posts

228 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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Isn't this supposed to be one of the main advantages of Democracy? Weeding out self-obsessed attitudes for the greater fairness?

Oh, we live in a Democracy.

fk off?

retrorider

1,339 posts

230 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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I live a couple of miles away from Mallory Park and i would sooner listen to that in the summer,rather than dogs barking,kids screaming and the neighbourhood weekend Flymo Grand Prix...

Mazda Baiter

37,069 posts

217 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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It's only going to be some c nt who wants to sell their house and thinks it might be devalued. fk that. If you live in the immediate area you get a season MSV pass to any event. Bingo. I'd live there like a shot. It's got to be better listening to the odd DFV a few times a year than having kids go past your house sat on skateboards and scooters non-stop from morning 'til evening.

Some people should just be shot.

Also, the government should introduce an act that prevents these mouth breathers from complaining.

Move next to a race circuit - expect noise from engines and tyres.
Move next to a church - expect noise from bells and old people talking outside your house on a sunday morning.
Move next to an airport - expect noise from planes
Move next to a football stadium - expect to hear mouthbreathers on a saturday afternoon.

It's not fking rocket science.

tonytifoso

1,385 posts

252 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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Mazda Baiter said:


Move next to a race circuit - expect noise from engines and tyres.
Move next to a church - expect noise from bells and old people talking outside your house on a sunday morning.
Move next to an airport - expect noise from planes
Move next to a football stadium - expect to hear mouthbreathers on a saturday afternoon.

It's not fking rocket science.
You get that at Cape Canaveral laugh

I couldn't agree more with what you've said.

Edited by tonytifoso on Saturday 21st August 18:30

skeggysteve

5,724 posts

246 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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retrorider said:
I live a couple of miles away from Mallory Park and i would sooner listen to that in the summer,rather than dogs barking,kids screaming and the neighbourhood weekend Flymo Grand Prix...
We were racing at Mallory a few weeks ago and my driver meet a resident of the village who said he'd just walked in because he didn't know what was on.
He obviously wasn't a big race fan but he didn't complain about the noise.
Mallory village is a lot closer to the track than most houses near Brands.

There has been talk of JP looking at Cadwell with a view to upgrade it - there a very few nearby houses.
Maybe one day the people who live in Brand Hatch village, that make money out of the racing, will look back and wonder why they let a few idiots ruin it?

Even a small circuit, like Cadwell, employs a fair amount of locals full time and a lot of casuals.
Motorsport bring a lot of money to the local area.

spaximus

4,365 posts

282 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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Lets be honest as well, brands is next to the M25 and M20 as well as various flight paths at times, so why buy a house there if you want peace and quiet.

Allegedly the main culprit for the noise debate at Castle Combe was a recently enobled person who bought a house in the village one down from Combe. Never going there at the weekend they moved in and heard the noisy cars ( they obvoiusly missed the fking huge brown signs with race circuit on them when they handed over the cash). They set in motion events which the local councillors did not want to happen but knowing people as high as the Lord Chief justice maybe got him better advice than a local council employed soliciter and the noise levels are now low and strictly enforced by a direct link into sound meters in the council enviromental offices.

Croft had a similar problem and they lost out. At least Brands is well run and funded so maybe will be able to defend their corner against attack. The law really is an ass when this issue and church bells or mooing cows or cockerals crowing gets any attention from anyone.

PabloTeK

1,073 posts

204 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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I've heard Donington has a curfew which seems odd, considering it's on the flightpath for a 24 hour airport hehe

Allyc85

Original Poster:

7,225 posts

215 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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Mazda Baiter said:
It's only going to be some c nt who wants to sell their house and thinks it might be devalued. fk that. If you live in the immediate area you get a season MSV pass to any event. Bingo. I'd live there like a shot. It's got to be better listening to the odd DFV a few times a year than having kids go past your house sat on skateboards and scooters non-stop from morning 'til evening.

Some people should just be shot.

Also, the government should introduce an act that prevents these mouth breathers from complaining.

Move next to a race circuit - expect noise from engines and tyres.
Move next to a church - expect noise from bells and old people talking outside your house on a sunday morning.
Move next to an airport - expect noise from planes
Move next to a football stadium - expect to hear mouthbreathers on a saturday afternoon.

It's not fking rocket science.
But that common sense mate and that seems to be the problem frownfrown

spaximus

4,365 posts

282 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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PabloTeK said:
I've heard Donington has a curfew which seems odd, considering it's on the flightpath for a 24 hour airport hehe
I was told by a friend on a track day there that when he got to the noise test area he had to wait until a plane went over as they couldn't hear his car. go figure that one out.

mattikake

5,116 posts

228 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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A few thousand residents, several hundred thousand motor-sport fans?

I say we fight.

Last men standing win. Can't say fairer than that.

kiteless

12,557 posts

233 months

Saturday 21st August 2010
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Mazda Baiter said:
It's only going to be some c nt who wants to sell their house and thinks it might be devalued. fk that. If you live in the immediate area you get a season MSV pass to any event. Bingo. I'd live there like a shot. It's got to be better listening to the odd DFV a few times a year than having kids go past your house sat on skateboards and scooters non-stop from morning 'til evening.

Some people should just be shot.

Also, the government should introduce an act that prevents these mouth breathers from complaining.

Move next to a race circuit - expect noise from engines and tyres.
Move next to a church - expect noise from bells and old people talking outside your house on a sunday morning.
Move next to an airport - expect noise from planes
Move next to a football stadium - expect to hear mouthbreathers on a saturday afternoon.

It's not fking rocket science.
It may not have been meant as such, but that ^ is an awfully good rant.

It reminds me of the residents adjacent to Cosford who complain about aircraft noise. The residents adjacent to an airfield that has been in operation for 70-odd years.

mycool

293 posts

231 months

Sunday 22nd August 2010
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fking stupid c unting wkers!

This annoys me more than anything else. As has been said - move next to a race track - expect noise. In reality its probably some stuck up solicitor type who thought they knew it all and then failed to look around the area properly before buying their £1m house. Then they realise their mistake and then whinge and bh until they get thier way. ttS

I like the idea of fighting them to the death - maybe we could arrive there in extremely loud racing cars !