Waiver goodbye?
It's a common occurrence: denizens who willingly set up digs next to a motorsport facility and then complain about the noise. Someone in the UK is doing something about it...An e-petition is currently circulating in the UK to introduce a mandatory noise complaint waiver for anyone who buys or rents a property close to motorsport venue.
The petition, to be handed over to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, says there are many cases of people knowingly moving within close proximity of motorsport venues, only to try to have their planning permission revoked or have them closed completely when they take exception to the noise.
The petition goes on: “It is extremely detrimental to the UK's motorsport heritage, when all the motorsport venues start disappearing. Motorsport and the associated mechanical/engineering business is a key British export and second to none in the world of motorsports.
“As such, anyone who wishes to buy or rent a property within a determined distance of a motorsport venue should have to read and sign legislature that waives their right to complain about the noise from the nearby venue. If they do not wish to be bothered by something that was a fixture of the community long before they arrived, they should not move there in the first place.”
What do you think? Do we need a similar petition circulation here?
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