The following message has been received by Alan, Jill and Hamish from council officers, regarding the building of the 74 bed care home at the former Westmead House site….
Dear Councillor
Further to your reply, the information from my previous response can be shared although I would summarise the main points as follows:
A Notice has been served on the developer of the site under the Control of Pollution Act 1974. This notice sets the hours of working for noise-generating activities which are as follows:
Monday – Friday: 8am – 6pm
Saturday: 8am – 1pm
No noisy works on Sundays or Bank Holidays.
An officer has visited the site to investigate reports of work taking place on the afternoon of Saturday 19th December 2015. On this occasion, high winds prevented the crane being used during much of the morning hours. Therefore, the work to remove the blocks from the highway and prevent them causing an obstruction needed to be completed in the afternoon.
The Notice does allow for works outside of the hours in exceptional circumstances, for example where a road closure is required in order to manage traffic movements. Where this is the case, the Council will be notified in advance and it has been recommended that a letter drop be carried out in order to inform residents.
If residents are being disturbed by noise outside of the working hours above, this can be reported by calling 020 8770 5000
. Details of how the Council responds to noise complaints can be found on the Council website https://goo.gl/8SMDzO
It has been agreed that, during the Christmas period, all works on the site will cease on Tuesday 22 December and will not resume until Monday 4th January 2016.
Regards
Dave Trew
Pollution Control Team Leader
Enforcement
Kingston and Sutton Shared Environment Service
London Borough of Sutton | 24 Denmark Road | Carshalton | Surrey | SM5 2JG