ACCON carried out comprehensive noise, air
quality and daylight assessments for the proposed
redevelopment of land on the Pronto Trading
Estate on Uxbridge Road. The purpose of these
assessments was to determine to what extent
these issues would constrain residential
development on the site.
A 24 hour noise assessment was carried out to
determine to what extent traffic noise constrains
the development of the site. The calculated and
modelled noise levels placed the development in
Noise Exposure Category A during the day and
night for most for the proposed development with
the closest two blocks within NEC C. In order to
mitigate the noise levels from the road traffic it
was recommended that the window system to
habitable rooms should have a SRI of 32 dB(A).
The development site itself is within an Air Quality
Management Area. The detailed air quality
assessment considered the overall levels of
hydrocarbons, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and
particulates (PM10) in the vicinity of the site.
Verified predictions indicated that at locations
within the development site the air quality limits
would not be exceeded. The calculations also
indicated that the impact of traffic associated with
the development would be negligible.
Daylight, sunlight and overshadowing calculations
in accordance with the BRE guidelines identified
that the development would not significantly
reduce the amount of sunlight received by the
closest existing residential property. Calculations
also showed that the existing properties will
continue to receive the minimum amount of
recommended sunlight.
The overshadowing assessment identified that two
gardens would be impacted with the development
in place.
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