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CE6 — Noise and Vibration.

How Kensington And Chelsea actually applies CE6: who leans on it, where it bites hardest, and how often it's invoked. The policy text is the rule; this is the behaviour.

CE6 is a published Kensington And Chelsea planning policy. This page records where it appears in the council's published planning decisions.

Cited under: Kensington And Chelsea Local Plan (adopted)

Kensington And Chelsea · CE6
Where CE6 is quoted — by ward
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More citations ~18
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re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
167
times cited
in parsed decision notices
80%
appeal survival
4 dismissed · 1 allowed at appeal
37 of 76
officer reach
49% of officers recorded in this period
Brompton and Hans Town
top hotspot ward
18 citations
What this policy is about

Policy CE6: Noise and Vibration - The Council will control noise and vibration impacts from new developments and existing sources. It will require careful design and layout to protect sensitive developments, resist developments that fail to meet noise standards, and protect tranquil areas. Developers must also address land contamination and employ a competent person to investigate and mitigate risks.

Plain-English summary of the adopted policy text below. The full text is the rule; this is the gist.

The policy — as adopted

Noise and Vibration

The Council will carefully control the impact of nois amenity both during the construction and operation require new noise and vibration sensitive developm existing sources of noise and vibration. To deliver this the Council will: a. require that noise and vibration sensitive develo and, wherever located, is protected against exis careful design, layout and use of materials to en vibration; b. resist developments which fail to meet adopted c. resist all applications for noise and vibration gen an unacceptable noise and vibration impact on d. require that development protects, respects and borough’s tranquil areas. Development of potentially contamina 24.3.64 The borough has been predominantly re has inherited comparatively few areas of the borough where small scale industry s and wharves were once present. This fo of the industrial legacy of an area and m However, it has also left a legacy of cont 24.3.65 Land contamination on an existing site is 1990. However, when considering a new land contamination is a material planning 24.3.66 Developers will need to employ a compe may be present to site workers, groundw the wider environment and adjacent prop the site (and surrounding properties), an be used to aid the design of a site invest 24.3.67 This site investigation, which must be ca Standard and Environment Agency guid contamination is present, and/or any gro then be expected to produce a strategy t address any risks identified. Further sam contamination, including any soils that a has been implemented, the Council will e suitable for use. They will also be expec monitoring that may be required after the 189 NPPF definition: a person with a recognised relevant type(s) of pollution or land instability, and membership o se and vibration generating sources which affect nal phases of development. The Council will ments to mitigate and protect occupiers against opment is located in the most appropriate location sting sources of noise and vibration, through nsure adequate insulation from sound and local noise and vibration standards; nerating development and plant that would have surrounding amenity; d enhances the special significance of the ated land esidential in nature over 100 years and fortunately f contaminated land. However, there are areas of such as factories, garages, manufacturing works ormer industry and its industrial practices form part may have some archaeological significance. tamination. s dealt with by the Environmental Protection Act w development or the re-development of a site, g consideration. etent person189 to identify any potential risks that water, surface water, future occupiers of the site, perties. They will need to consider the history of nd develop a site conceptual model which will then tigation. arried out in accordance with the relevant British dance, will identify whether any soil or groundwater ound gas. The developer’s competent person will that sets out the steps that will be taken to mpling will be required to show the absence of are to be re-used or brought onto site. Once this expect to receive a report that confirms the site is cted to specify any ongoing programme of e development has been completed. t qualification, sufficient experience in dealing with the of a relevant professional organisation. 24.3.68 The agreed measures to deal with conta the development and the Council will imp planning obligations to secure this. Policy CE7 Contaminated Land The Council will consider the potential risks of cont adequately mitigated before development proceed To deliver this the Council will: a. require the reports and investigations shown in person; b. require a desk top study and preliminary risk as c. require a site investigation and detailed risk ass guidance; d. require a remediation strategy that sets out how going to be addressed;

Verbatim from the adopted Kensington And Chelsea plan · source document. The council's published plan is the authoritative version.

How it lands
98% in approvals · 2% in refusals
167 citations in the selected period
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Where it bites
Brompton and Hans Town18
Royal Hospital16
Abingdon15
What cites it — application types
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What it means in practice

Not filled in yet. This will hold how officers actually argue CE6 case by case, classified from their decision reports — the classification pass hasn't run. Nothing is paraphrased in its place.

What the published record shows

CE6 appears most often in Brompton and Hans Town, Royal Hospital, Abingdon. It appears across 37 of 76 officers recorded in this period. The map shows the pattern for the selected period.

Who cites it — case-officer spreadfrom parsed decision notices · click an officer
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Why it is cited — and what follows
98%
in approvals
163 citations
2%
in refusals
4 citations

This shows the decision reports in which CE6 appears. It does not yet claim that the policy caused those outcomes.

Reason · role · consequence

Not filled in yet — the classification pass over the citing passages hasn't run. When it has, this shows why CE6 was used, whether it supported approval or refusal, and what changed as a result. No conclusion is shown until that classification has been checked.

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Does it hold up? — appeal performance
80% survival
4 dismissed · 1 allowed · 1 split6 PINS appeal decisions cite CE6

From Planning Inspectorate decision letters that cite CE6. Dismissed = the council's refusal stood, the policy held; allowed = overturned. The tighter join — this borough's own refusals citing CE6 traced to their specific appeals — is still to come.

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