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charlie beckett's avatar

It's so refreshing to have local journalism that doesn't automatically back the NIMBY anti-development, anti-fun agenda. There is noise from my local park during events but for an inner city area it's not particularly noticable unless you listen for it. The evangelical church next door is MUCH nosier! Likewise, I have been to Genesis but completely get the point of the redevelopment - that bit of Whitechapel is already a wonderful architectural mess so I can't see this being an aesthetic problem. I'd rather knock down the building and keep a cinema

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Reena's avatar

I'm an acoustic consultant and I have friends that do festival monitoring. The main issue are not the main overall levels mentioned in your article but low frequency levels. These can make your windows rattle and get in your head. Local authorities normally have criteria to limit low frequency noise, as these frequencies can travel long distances easily and be heard miles away.

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Ricky Nathvani's avatar

Hi Reena, I also recorded dBC at many of the same locations including close to the main stage, as linked to above. None of my readings crossed the 90 LCeq threshold but do feel free to play around with my data and code in cased I missed anything!

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Reena's avatar

We acousticians can be quite pedantic, but at least you used a sound level meter and not an app, so well done for that.

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Chris Patten's avatar

Northern Ireland 'property developer'. Are they named?

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Geoff's avatar

Thank you Ricky Nathvani! In a debate marred by lack of transparency (mostly on the part of Lambeth council IMHO), open data and code is such a breath of fresh air.

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Melanie Griffith's avatar

Hello. As a resident living five minutes from Brockwell Park, I can tell you that the slightly pedantic insistence on measuring decibels over a 15 minute period during a festival, is nothing compared to living with that level of noise every day for four days on the trot. It may not exceed the set levels, but it starts with the sound check at 10.30 and goes on for twelve hours til 22.30. For four days. It becomes the soundtrack of your life. Then a few days grace then mighty hoopla for two days. Please take a look at protect brockwell park website for a detailed and informative look as to why inner city parks may not be the best place for huge festivals that are bigger than Glastonbury.

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Lauren Gallo's avatar

The government's London-centrism forever strikes again. Honestly, improving transportation across the UK is a good investment in the long-term. Am I naive in thinking London will be just fine?

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Chris Dawes's avatar

Hmm…this doesn’t work very well for me. I’ll try another approach. The linked website doesn’t tell me what the Bakerloo Line Upgrade and Extension IS. And “contact us” just takes me to the Southwark Council website. Maybe the campaign just wants unconsidered support, but I can’t give that and, if I had any influence, would give it little weight. What is the proposal?

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Chris Dawes's avatar

I clicked through to the “Bakerloo Line Upfrade and Extension” which I’m likely to

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Chris Dawes's avatar

I clicked through to the Bakerloo Line Upgrade and Extension (which I’m likely link and found lots about how good it

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