The Government has “no plans” to change the law to remove the right of new residents to complain about noise from race circuits.
An online petition demanding a mandatory noise complaint waiver for anyone buying or renting a property close to a motorsport venue received support from almost 38,000 people. Any petition raised on the Government website which goes on to exceed 10,000 signatures requires the relevant official department to respond.
In this case the statement read: “Removing the rights of incomers to protect themselves against nuisances would discriminate against them and probably intensify the enquiries made by prospective residents, making transactions more complicated and expensive, as well as increasing the risk of post-transaction litigation about non-disclosure or limited disclosure. The Government has no plans to change the law in this respect.”
The full response can be read at: