School playtime effected because of noise complaints

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-11340226

Surely when choosing to buy a property near a school, one would have been aware of the possibility of noise at playtime.

[Ignitionnet]

Pathetic.

[PeteLockwood]

amazingly selfish

[Mick Fisher]

Ridiculous.

[jb66]

Scandalous

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.

[Osem]

We live close to an infant/junior school and the sound of the children out playing is just wonderful. Anyone who complains about this sort of thing desperately needs to get a life!

[Pauls9]

I'd tend to agree with you Maggie and Osem. Kids should be left to be kids. I recall when I was at nursery school, being reported to my parents because a neighbour didn't like the noise us kids were making while playing in the garden. Seemed grossly unfair at the time, even though the nursery was a normal house in the middle of an estate.

Although we now have six under 12s, plus friends at times, next door playing on their trampoline, shouting and screaming at each other (as well as the father yelling at them whenever some transgression occurs) - all day every day during the holidays and at weekends. It doesn't seem fair to complain. To keep our sanity, we take frequent short breaks away instead.

Originally Posted by Pauls9

I'd tend to agree with you Maggie and Osem. Kids should be left to be kids. I recall when I was at nursery school, being reported to my parents because a neighbour didn't like the noise us kids were making while playing in the garden. Seemed grossly unfair at the time, even though the nursery was a normal house in the middle of an estate.

Although we now have six under 12s, plus friends at times, next door playing on their trampoline, shouting and screaming at each other (as well as the father yelling at them whenever some transgression occurs) - all day every day during the holidays and at weekends. It doesn't seem fair to complain. To keep our sanity, we take frequent short breaks away instead.

I have a 3 year old living next door..when she's having a paddy it's mighty noisy but I brought up kids who were similarly as noisy but the neighbours coped.Actually she's become a bit of a singer..it's rather charming to listen to her as she climbs the slide and plays with her toys.
On the other side we have a mixture of teenagers and smaller children.Listening to them I'm pleased my days of bringing up my own teenagers is over..but it makes me smile rather than get cross.

[Angua]

People who live or move near a primary school should be well aware of the noise. It is not all day and not at weekends. Does seem like the school has acted in haste before proper noise monitoring has taken place. Panicking over a potential noise abatement order without waiting for results. As the winter gets closer the children will be stuck inside often enough without having to juggle breaks around the weather as well. The complainers should be ashamed of themselves and I suspect were it discovered who they are, they will not have a pleasant time.

It is as daft as people moving close to an airport & then complaining about the noise.

[Caff]

Originally Posted by Angua

People who live or move near a primary school should be well aware of the noise. It is not all day and not at weekends. Does seem like the school has acted in haste before proper noise monitoring has taken place. Panicking over a potential noise abatement order without waiting for results. As the winter gets closer the children will be stuck inside often enough without having to juggle breaks around the weather as well. The complainers should be ashamed of themselves and I suspect were it discovered who they are, they will not have a pleasant time.

It is as daft as people moving close to an airport & then complaining about the noise.

Good points.

The owner of a lovely bungalow adjacent to a local, very large primary school tries to sell it durung the summer breaks but it never sells.

I wonder how those residents cope with outdoor PE lessons, after school footy, rugger, cricket and netball matches, sports day, and the annual fete

I'm surprised the local council didn't defend the noise (assuming it wasn't verbally offensive).
Break times are so important for social interaction, refreshment and exercise (and that's just the staff! ).

[Gary L]

It's ridiculous when a complaint about noise from a school playground is upheld.

it's a bit like your complaint about the smell of curry coming from next door being taken seriously.

[papa smurf]

recently a local kids playground was shut and all the swings etc removed because of complaints of the noise of children at play .
what kind of world would it be without the sound of children ?
these people who complain where obviously born as adults so have no memory of the joy of childhood [miserable gits].

[Taf]

A daughter of a woman inherited a new build flat near us got the council recycling centre next door closed for months until "noise reducing walls" were put up (at cost to the council).

Recycling centre had been in situ since I was a young lad, the flats were built about 4 years ago.

Similarily new homes were built opposite a bakery factory that had operated for decades. New residents played merry hell until the bakery installed soundproofing, etc.

These people would expect mufflers to be fitted to aircraft if they moved in to new build homes near the airport.

[Escapee]

I guess it depends which came first, the resident who complained or the school. We had a bit of a scare when the local Labour authority were planning to build a school in the street that I live in. Although in that instance the main concern was the traffic not noise, the fact that I would not buy a house close to a school is clear that I would not wish fo one to be built near me.

It does seem to be a bit of a double standard when it comes to complaint of noise. I recall one of the local pubs receiving complaints from a pensioner complex built directly opposite, and the council were involved with threats to remove the pubs licence.

Were the pensioners justified to complain, the pub had been there for over 100 years and the pensioner complex was newly built. I say the council were to blame for building teh complex near to a busy public house.

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.

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