School playtime effected because of noise complaints

Originally Posted by Escapee

ps. Looking at that school on Google street view and it looks fairly new to me.

I would agree ,it looks brand spanking new on the website and on street view

http://www.barlbycommunityprimaryschool.co.uk/

bearing that in mind local residents may not have wished for the school to built there and may have objected in the planning stages
Still think that whoever objected is being a bit small minded ,would be interesting to know how many people objected

It may well look new but it is built on the outskirts of the village/town and the playground is opposite the children's play area in the local park..There is a fair bit of open space all around three sides of the school as well.


I like street view..

Originally Posted by Maggy J

It may well look new but it is built on the outskirts of the village/town and the playground is opposite the children's play area in the local park..There is a fair bit of open space all around three sides of the school as well.


I like street view..

yes i had noted that ,it's not like the school is smack in the middle of a housing estate ,i think it has been thoughtfully located

[beeman]

Originally Posted by Caff

I'm surprised the local council didn't defend the noise (assuming it wasn't verbally offensive).

Of cause a council isnt allowed to out right rubbish a complaint it has received without investigating it, however i think this quote from a council rep comes (proberlly) as close as their allowed to in defending the school....

A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire County Council said it was aware of complaints made by some of the school's neighbours to the environmental health department at Selby District regarding "excessive noise".

"We are not satisfied that a statutory noise nuisance exists from what amounts to normal use of the school and playground areas," she added

I think this is more a case to the school acting too rashly after receiving the complaint. They should have waited for the councils investigation.

[PeteLockwood]

regardless of weather people wanted the school or not, fact being if they DID NOT build the school they would complain i would happily sacrifice just a few MINUTES of "quiet time" so my child (and everybody else's) could be educated, this type of thing is typical of this country

[danielf]

Originally Posted by Escapee

The local school threat is long gone, they built a hostel for the homeless on the site instead. Now we only need a short walk to the end of the street to buy our cannabis, cocaine or speed etc.

That's nice. All the mod cons just a short walk away...

[Angua]

New estates above a certain size are just about guaranteed to have a new primary school included as part of the planning gain. So no surprises there. You can also guarantee they will be popular and have a surprisingly wide catchment area with children from all over the locality. No new school will turn down pupils who bring funding as they need as much as they can get.

[Caff]

Originally Posted by beeman

Of cause a council isnt allowed to out right rubbish a complaint it has received without investigating it, however i think this quote from a council rep comes (proberlly) as close as their allowed to in defending the school....



I think this is more a case to the school acting too rashly after receiving the complaint. They should have waited for the councils investigation.

I suspect it's a case of 'Well they are not MY kids so I don't want to hear it' for whatever reason.

The complainers should be invited to the school to share the activities in the school whatever they may be, I think. An extra pair of hands is always welcome at any time - CRBs allowing

[rogerdraig]

they should remove all those governing that school i personaly cant see they can be considered to be putting the children they have responsibilty for first they are just covering thier backs

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Frankly every time the children are out playing I enjoy the sound.There is not enough joy in the world.

Same here.

When was the school built? The reason I ask is that if the school was added after a lot of residents, they may have a legitimate complaint. If it was before, then, TBH, they should have factored it in when they moved.

It's like people moving into new housing estates around Heathrow and Gatwick, then complaining about the noise of the planes.

Also, another example of this. Not nearly as nice as the noise of kids playing, but a few years ago, they installed a new automatic announcer at Lewisham station. Despite no residents living within 100 metres of the station (indeed, beyond a cafe, a dry cleaners, a (frankly disgusting) pub, a bus station and a branch of MFI, there were no buildings within a hundred metres of the station, they started turning off the announcer at 7pm, and reduced the volume to the point were even if you are standing directly beneath the speaker, it is quieter than talking volume, citing complaints from local residents.

Originally Posted by Stuart

Same here.

When was the school built? The reason I ask is that if the school was added after a lot of residents, they may have a legitimate complaint. If it was before, then, TBH, they should have factored it in when they moved.

It's like people moving into new housing estates around Heathrow and Gatwick, then complaining about the noise of the planes.

Also, another example of this. Not nearly as nice as the noise of kids playing, but a few years ago, they installed a new automatic announcer at Lewisham station. Despite no residents living within 100 metres of the station (indeed, beyond a cafe, a dry cleaners, a (frankly disgusting) pub, a bus station and a branch of MFI, there were no buildings within a hundred metres of the station, they started turning off the announcer at 7pm, and reduced the volume to the point were even if you are standing directly beneath the speaker, it is quieter than talking volume, citing complaints from local residents.

Where it is built is on the outskirts of the town next to a bypass.In fact it has three sides which are open spaces..only on one side is housing is next to the school and the playground is away from that side.

[vaishali1997]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Best sound in the world is innocence at play..A child's laugh is priceless and the one thing that no one in their right mind would compare to the really irritating crappy noises we are subjected to all the time.

As for the officials and the governors actually acceding to these complaints they should be ashamed..I'm positive the noise abatement laws were never meant to be used in this manner.

Pity I can't complain about the stupid pigeons and roosting starlings that are incredibly noisy in comparison to the junior and infants school behind my house but there is no way that wild birds can be served with a noise abatement order.

Frankly every time the children are out playing I enjoy the sound.There is not enough joy in the world.

lol but we don't really play; we just chat ))

Originally Posted by vaishali1997

lol but we don't really play; we just chat ))

That's because you are 13..junior school children are more likely to play than teenagers.

[vaishali1997]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

That's because you are 13..junior school children are more likely to play than teenagers.

Lol...wish we were allowed makeup in school...but otherwise people wouldn't concentrate in lessons ... ((

[Hom3r]

The main trouble here is that the council doesn't have the balls to tell them to "GET STUFFED, they are kids playing"