Sources of Noise from Food and Beverage Uses

Noise associated with restaurants, cafés and hot food takeaways can emanate from a variety of sources, the main ones being: vehicles – e.g. deliveries loading/unloading, starting and revving of engines, screeching of tyres, sounding of horns, radios playing, opening and closing of doors, manoeuvring; people – the comings and goings of patrons and staff (talking, shouting, playing music) and, in particular, potential loitering of patrons late at night if near other late night uses such as pubs or nightclubs; and noise and vibration from plant and equipment (such as extraction systems, externally mounted refrigeration plant).