Consolidation of night-time uses and noise management

Sustaining and protecting noise generating evening and night time cultural venues requires a sensitive approach to managing change in the surrounding area. Encouraging complementary uses to group together will draw people to particular areas and encourage them to stay longer. In clearly defining areas where the "6-to-late" offer is concentrated – theatres, music and performance venues, cinemas, bars, cafes, shops, and restaurants, this shall help to consolidate the city centre and existing clusters that would be accessible to visitors and tourists. The policy has an important role in directing such uses to areas of the city centre and tourism clusters which are easily accessible, attractive to the tourism, leisure and culture industry and which create minimum noise and nuisance to neighbouring residential areas.