Planning Conditions to Mitigate Noise Disturbance

In certain cases, the harmful effects of noise and disturbance from restaurants, cafés and hot food takeaways can be overcome by planning conditions attached to a grant of permission. Conditions designed to prevent noise disturbance could include the following: restrictions on hours of opening; restrictions on the use of land within the curtilage of the premises (e.g. open areas to the front or rear of the premises such as smoking areas or beer gardens); installing and/or Upgrading the various elements of the building such as walls, floors, windows, doors, floors and ceilings etc to increase sound reduction performance of the structure; installation of self-closing external doors; the siting, installation and maintenance of any necessary equipment; and restrictions may be required on times of servicing as well as commercial collections and/or deliveries to proposed development.