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ID sylw: 107026

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ministry of Defence

DTC RESPONSE:

Section 9.1, Policy Direction 29 – Pollution
The MOD supports the inclusion of a reference within this policy direction to ensuring that new development
proposals do not have an adverse impact on existing operations. It is vital that the ‘agent of change’ principle
referenced in Paragraph 200 of the NPPF is applied to planning applications for noise-sensitive uses to
ensure that appropriate mitigation is put in place so that long-established development and uses are not
compromised as a result of noise complaints from new development. The MOD would like to see this policy
direction developed into a strongly worded policy which requires robust noise assessments for potentially
noise-sensitive developments, that take into account all relevant sources of noise.