London Borough of Lambeth. Lambeth Depots. Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Statement: Non-Technical Summary.

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1 London Borough of Lambeth Lambeth Depots Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Statement: Non-Technical Summary April 2009

2 This Non-Technical Summary (NTS) sets out the findings of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that has been undertaken to determine how the proposed continued operation of the Lambeth Council Maintenance depots at Vale Street, Angela Davis Industrial Estate and Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate would affect the environment. PURPOSE AND CONTENTS London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement

3 London Borough of Lambeth Lambeth Depots Non-Technical Summary Purpose and Contents of this Non- Technical Summary This Non-Technical Summary (NTS) sets out the findings of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that has been undertaken to determine how the proposed continued operation of the Lambeth Council Maintenance depots at Vale Street, Angela Davis Industrial Estate and Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate would affect the environment. The findings of this assessment are reported in full in an Environmental Statement (ES) that accompanies the planning application, to which readers requiring more technical information should refer. The following sections of this NTS describe: The Background to the proposed developments; The EIA process; The existing environment in and around the three depot sites; The development proposals for each of the three depot sites; and The likely significant effects of the proposed developments and mitigation measures. PURPOSE AND CONTENTS London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement 3

4 BACKGROUND TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS Background to the proposed developments From 1960 to 2007, Lambeth Borough Council s Environmental Services and Transport Fleet were accommodated and provided for at the Shakespeare Road depot in Brixton. In September 2006, the Cabinet of Lambeth Council approved a proposal for the relocation of the Fleet to facilitate the building of the new Evelyn Grace Academy on the northern part of the Shakespeare Road depot site. The options for relocation of the Fleet to a single, permanent site were limited by the availability of appropriate industrial land for a depot. As time was critical and a single site could not be identified, the decision was taken to move the depot facilities temporarily to four separate sites based on a reprovision of the Shakespeare Road configuration. These four sites were: The southern part of the existing Shakespeare Road Depot site to provide accommodation for the refuse fleet: The Angela Davis Industrial Estate to provide vehicle maintenance workshop facilities for the refuse and recycling fleet as well as car parking; The Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate to provide garages for bus parking, offices, workshops and a wash-down and store area and parking to accommodate the street cleansing and transport fleet; Vale Street to provide welfare, offices and stores for recycling fleet staff, a washdown area and parking to accommodate the recycling fleet and mobile libraries. Temporary planning permissions for the four depot sites were initially granted in 2006/2007 by London Borough of Lambeth, however, these are due to expire in April 2010 for the Angela Davis and Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate depots and September 2009 for Vale Street. As a suitable, permanent single site has not as yet been identified, the Council are seeking to extend the period of use of three of the temporary depots (the Mahatma Ghandi and Angela Davis Industrial Estate depots and Vale Street depot) and are submitting new applications for temporary planning permission to continue the use for a further four year period. The circumstances with regard to the Shakespeare Road depot site are somewhat different in that an application for a Certificate of Lawfulness of existing use under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) is now sought that would deem the existing use of the site, as a depot, lawful. This is appropriate as the site has been in use as a depot for a period of more than ten years and the physical changes originally proposed, and permitted under the earlier consent, have not been implemented. In respect of all four sites it is neither proposed to undertake physical development nor change the existing use. 4 London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement

5 The Environmental Impact Assessment process EIA is a process that involves collecting information about how people and environmental resources (collectively known as receptors) are likely to be affected by a proposed development and to put forward measures (often referred to as mitigation) that will avoid, minimise or offset any negative impacts. This information gathering and subsequent assessment of how the development interacts with the environment is required to focus only on environmental impacts or effects that are likely to be significant. Significant impacts are ones that are material or consequential to the Local Planning Authorities consideration of a planning application. The assessment of impacts is undertaken in an impartial manner and the findings are presented in a systematic way in the Environmental Statement (ES), which will be used by the Local Planning Authority (the London Borough of Lambeth) to inform its decision about whether or not the development should be allowed to proceed. EIA is required for certain developments under The Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as defined under The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 SI No. 293 (hereinafter referred to as the EIA Regulations). The process of deciding whether an EIA is required is known as screening. Enviros Consulting Ltd submitted a request for a screening opinion to London Borough of Lambeth Planning Service in September 2006 in relation to the original planning applications for the depot sites, and who determined that EIA would be required. In view of the previous screening opinion the applicant (in this case the Physical Regeneration Department of the Borough Council) has elected to undertake a voluntary EIA and produce an ES to accompany the new, temporary planning applications, despite there being no change of use. After screening, the next stage of the EIA process is to investigate the scope of the EIA in terms of whom and what are likely to be significantly affected and the work required to take forward the assessment of these effects. Given that the planning applications in this instance are for the continued operation of the depot sites for an additional period of four years, the scope of the ES is broadly in line with that produced by Enviros in Where it is anticipated that existing environmental conditions may have changed since 2006/2007 (e.g. increases in traffic on the surrounding road network), additional assessments of have been undertaken using methodologies appropriate to the different environmental topics based on recognised good practice. The environmental topics covered in the ES are: Townscape and Visual; Traffic and Transport; Air Quality; Noise; Land Quality; Flood Risk/Drainage; Archaeology and Cultural Heritage; Socio-economics; and Flora and Fauna. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement 5

6 The three depot sites have already been developed and there are no planned demolition or construction activities associated with their continued use. Therefore, only operational impacts will be considered in this ES. Assessments have been undertaken in relation to the baseline or existing environmental conditions that would be expected were the proposed developments not to go ahead (i.e. that the depots would not continue to be operational) and deal with the effects arising from their continued operation. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS Having characterised the predicted impacts or effects, their significance was evaluated. Significance was generally defined as being at one of two levels: significant - a significant effect is an effect that is of such concern that it should influence the decision as to whether or not the development should be granted planning permission; or not significant (most non-significant effects were scoped-out of the assessment but some effects were sufficiently uncertain that they needed to be assessed in detail - hence the reason why some non-significant effects have been taken right through the assessment process). The findings of the assessment are designed to assist the London Borough of Lambeth, those that it consults and other stakeholders in coming to a view about whether or not, the planning applications should be approved. This decisionmaking is in itself part of the EIA process. 6 London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement

7 The existing sites Angela Davis Industrial Estate The Angela Davis Industrial Estate depot occupies an area of approximately 0.21ha on the south eastern side of Somerleyton Road. The site has a prominent frontage onto Somerleyton Road with two formal entrances providing vehicle access points onto the site. The site is bounded to the north-west by a pedestrian thoroughfare beyond which is the Somerleyton Road Industrial Estate. To the north-east on the opposite side of Somerleyton Road lies two storey terraced housing with a three storey block of flats on the corner of Loughborough Park. To the south-east are three storey blocks of flats. To the southwest lies a railway line with terraced housing beyond that. Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate The Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate depot occupies an area of approximately 0.81ha and is situated close to the Shakespeare Road residual site and the Angela Davis Industrial Estate depot. The site occupies the northern section of the Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate on the western side of Milkwood Road and has a prominent frontage onto Milkwood Road. The site is bounded to the north by the existing 3 storey terraced housing of Milkwood Road and a new residential development. To the east, on the opposite side of Milkwood Road lies two storey terraced housing. To the south is the southern section of the Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate which remains in industrial use. To the west is a railway line which is bounded either side by mature planting. Vale Street The Vale Street depot is approximately 0.38ha in size and occupies the northern section of the existing civic amenity/ depot site with a small frontage onto Vale Street. The site is bounded to the north by two storey terraced houses on Tritton Road, and three storey business premises. To the east (on the opposite side of Vale Street) are two blocks of two storey terraced houses. To the south lies a newly completed housing development consisting of 60(no.) new dwellings in two terraces of two and three storey houses and a four storey block of flats with 32(no.) car parking spaces, hard and soft landscaping works and boundary treatment. The existing civic amenity site is located in the south eastern corner of the depot. To the west is a retaining wall with an elevated landscape strip, beyond which is the West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium. THE EXISTING SITES London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement 7

8 THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS The development proposals Angela Davis Industrial Estate The proposed development at the Angela Davis Industrial Estate depot is for a continuation of the current use for a temporary period of four years. The site will continue to accommodate vehicles of the waste transport and street cleaning fleets and will be used as and when vehicles in the transport and cleansing, refuse and recycling fleet require routine maintenance or repair. Following an amendment to the hours of operation specified in the original permission by grant of variation of condition dated 22/11/2007, vehicles will continue to only be permitted to enter and exit the premises between the hours of 0600 and 2200 on Mondays to Fridays and between the hours of 0600 and 1700 on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays other than in exceptional circumstances. No maintenance shall be carried out on the vehicles parked on the site other than between the hours of 0600 and 2200 on Monday to Friday, and between the hours of 0600 and 1700 on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays. There will be no change to the existing Route Management Strategy previously approved by London Borough of Lambeth. The Travel Plan and Site Management Plan have been updated. It is proposed to continue operation of the depot in accordance with these plans. Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate The proposed development at the Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate depot is for a continuation of the current use for a temporary period of four years. The site will continue to accommodate vehicles of the waste transport and street cleaning fleets consisting of 30 social services vehicles and 40 street cleaning vehicles. There is no intention to change the approved hours of working. Vehicles will only be permitted to enter and exit the premises between the hours of 0600 and 2200 other than in exceptional circumstances. There will be no change to the existing Route Management Strategy previously approved by London Borough of Lambeth. The Travel Plan and Site Management Plan have been updated. It is proposed to continue operation of the depot in accordance with these plans. Vale Street The proposed development at the Vale Street depot is for a continuation of the current use for a temporary period of four years. The site will continue to accommodate six 7.5 tonne recycling vehicles, two mobile libraries, five gritter lorries and two park ranger vans. It is proposed to extend the hours of operation of the depot to allow for up to six vehicular movements (three vehicles entering and exiting the site) on Saturdays between the hours of 0600 and Otherwise there is no intention to change the approved hours of working and vehicles will only be permitted to enter and exit the premises between the hours of 0600 and 2200 Mondays to Fridays, other than in exceptional circumstances. The Route Management Strategy will be amended to involve the use of both Martell Road and Rosendale Road for inbound and outbound traffic. The Travel Plan and the Site Management Plan have been updated. It is proposed to continue operation in accordance with these plans. 8 London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement

9 Assessment of effects Townscape and Visual The Townscape and Visual Impact Assessment ( TVIA) within the ES describes the existing townscape character and visual amenity. It also provides an assessment of the predicted effects associated with the continued use of the three development sites for the Lambeth Environmental Services and Transport Fleet, in terms of the potential effects on views (i.e. visual impact) and on townscape character. In summary, Townscape and Visual Impacts of the continued use of the depots is not significant. Townscape Two study areas were defined for the assessment (referred to as Brixton and West Norwood ) which corresponds to a 1km radius from the centre of each of the three application sites. Both study areas are characterised by their overwhelming townscape context. The Brixton study area is highly urbanised and contains large scale developments which include prominent rail and road infrastructure, traditional housing, commercial and retail developments. The West Norwood study area is more suburban and contains extensive areas of traditional housing. The TVIA identified nineteen sub character areas within the Brixton study area and twenty sub character areas within the West Norwood study area. The broad townscape character types from which the sub character areas have been defined include traditional housing, social housing, 20th century suburban housing, public open space, commercial and retail land, as well as institutional land. The Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate lies within the Commercial and Retail Land Character Type and specifically within the Milkwood Road Industrial and Commercial Sub Character Area whilst the Angela Davis Industrial Estate lies within the Social Housing Character Type and specifically within the Moorlands Estate Sub Character Area. The Vale Street Depot is located within the traditional housing character type and within the Rosendale Road Sub Character Area in close proximity to West Norwood Cemetery. The TVIA concluded that for the Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate and the Angela Davis Industrial Estate application sites there would be no significant townscape impacts, as there would be no physical or operational changes to their current uses as depots. The proposed changes to the Vale Street Depot would be the introduction of longer working hours and minor re-routing of the traffic. These changes would not result in any substantial changes to the Rosendale Road sub-character area or any of the surrounding sub-character areas and hence no significant townscape impacts are predicted. Visual A total of six viewpoints were identified in the TVIA to illustrate the potential visual effects of the proposed changes to the application sites. These viewpoints represent views experienced by residents in local neighbourhoods and suburban districts, users of roads and railways and recreational users of public open space. None of the views identified are strategically important views and all of the viewpoints are located close to the three application sites where the greatest visual change would be expected to occur. Residential receptors living in the vicinity of the Vale Street Depot and users of the road network surrounding this application site would experience intermittent views of increased activity and traffic movement as a result of the proposed operational changes. The TVIA concluded that these changes would generate a moderate level of visual effect which would be adverse but there would be no significant impacts. The residential receptors living in the vicinity of the Angela Davis and Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estates and users of the road networks surrounding these two application sites would experience no change to their views. ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement 9

10 Traffic and Transport The transport effects relating to the continued temporary use of the three depots sites in Lambeth have been assessed. This has been done by considering relevant accident records and the effect of the number of vehicle trips generated by the depots on the local networks. The assessment has shown that on the local roads there are no existing road safety problems and therefore the continuation of use of the depots is not predicted to result in road safety effects. The effects on the local road networks from vehicle trips generated by the depots are shown to be below the thresholds where they could be considered significant. Proposed re-routing of depot vehicles as part of the planning application for Vale Street will in effect reduce the existing effect on Martell Road by defusing the traffic movements between Martell Road and Rossendale Road. In summary, it has been shown that the existing depot traffic is not having a significant environmental effect on the local highway network. Air Quality An assessment of effects associated with air quality as a result of the continuing operation of the three depot sites at their current temporary locations for a further 4 years has been undertaken. This has considered the existing baseline air quality in the local area and has involved a quantitative assessment of the effect of the vehicles from depots on the local air quality and the potential change of route for the vehicles entering and leaving the Vale Street depot. Data regarding the traffic levels on the roads surrounding the sites have been taken from the Transport Assessment which accompanies the planning applications for each site. The levels of traffic generated by the development are not predicted to significantly alter over this four year period; therefore the assessment of future conditions has considered the same number of vehicles, although the traffic figures for Vale Street also take into account the proposed use of the depot on Saturdays. The Vale Street assessment will also assume that all vehicles will travel down Rosendale Road as well as Martell Road. The assessment has found that Air Quality Objectives (AQOs) for NO2 are predicted to be exceeded at receptors close to the roads accessing the Angela Davis Industrial Estate depot, under scenarios modelled for both 2009 and 2013, both with and without the depot in operation. NO2 levels are also predicted to be exceeded at receptors close to the roads accessing the Mahatma Ghandi depot under scenarios modelled for 2009 and 2013, but only as a result of the operation of the depot. There are no predicted exceedences of the AQOs at receptors close to the roads accessing the Vale Street depot, irrespective of whether the depot is operational or not, under scenarios modelled for both 2009 and The effect of the depots on the surrounding air quality is therefore assessed as not significant for the Vale Street and Angela Davis Industrial Estate depots but significant for the Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate depot. The potential use of Rosendale Road instead of Martell Road by traffic from the Vale Street depot would not results in exceedences of the Air Quality Objectives at receptors located along Rosendale Roads. Noise This Noise assessment only considers the noise related effects in relation to the Angela Davis Industrial Estate and Vale Street depots: the permitted hours of operation at Angela Davis Industrial Estate have changed and there have been historical noise complaints in relation to the operation of this site; proposals for the Vale Street depot include changes to the operational hours and routing of haulage traffic to include Saturdays. 10 London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement

11 Since there have been no complaints in relation to noise due to the operation of the Mahatma Gandhi Industrial Estate depot and there are no proposed changes to operations at this site, it is considered that this site is operating with no significant noise effects on nearby receptors. Noise levels were measured at residential receptor locations in the vicinity of both the Angela Davis Industrial Estate and Vale Street depot sites, as follows: Angela Davis Industrial Estate Somerleyton Road, (approximately 140m north, down Somerleyton Road from the site entrance) Mayall Road, (approximately 25m southwest of the site, on the opposite side of the Brixton-Herne Hill railway line) Somerleyton Road (opposite the site entrance, at a distance of approximately 17m). Vale Street Vale Street (approximately 20m east of the site, opposite the site entrance) Martell Road (approximately 175m north of the site) a Rosendale Road (approximately 250m northeast of the site). Noise monitoring was undertaken on a typical working day (2nd April 2009), between the hours of 06:00 and 22:00. Noise levels were recorded continuously, using five minute monitoring periods for the duration of the survey. The effect of the proposed continued operation of the sites as depots upon existing residential receptors was assessed by comparing the noise levels involving depot related traffic with the noise levels recorded during periods with no depot related traffic. The periods involving depot related traffic were identified based on on-site traffic counts taken at both sites during the working day. Based on the results of the above, it was found that for daytime operations (between the hours of 07:00 and 22:00) on weekdays at both sites, the effect of site related traffic results in an increase of not more than +3dB in average noise levels, and the effect was therefore deemed to be not significant (a noise change of 1-3dB(A) is considered a slight impact, a noise change of 3-5dB(A) is considered a moderate impact, in accordance with the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Volume 11, Section 3). It was found that, for early morning operations (referred to as night-time operations, during the period 06:00-07:00hrs) on weekdays at both depots, the effect of site related traffic leads to an increase of not more that +3dB in average noise levels. The effect of night-time traffic noise on weekdays as a result of the operation of both depots during the period 06:00-07:00hrs has also been assessed with respect to the World Health Organisation ( WHO) criteria for maximum noise levels external to residential properties. For all receptors at the Angela Davis Industrial Estate depot, the effect of site related traffic on maximum noise levels is considered significantly less, in terms of both the number and level of exceedances of the WHO criterion of 60dBLAmax, with respect to the existing baseline traffic, and hence not significant. However, at Vale Street, operation of the depot involves the dispatch of a minimum of 10x HGVs during the period 06:00-07:00hrs. This is comparable or slightly higher, in terms of both the number and level of exceedances of the WHO criterion, and hence overall has been assessed as a significant effect. Proposals for Vale Street also include operations on a Saturday, between 06:00-14:00hrs. The London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement 11

12 proposals include operation of a maximum 3x HGVs during the day (i.e. maximum 3x HGV movements in the morning period hrs, and maximum 6x HGV movements, in and out, during the daytime period hrs). Assessment of the potential noise increase at Receptors 4-6 showed that the increases would be less than +3dB at all receptors, and hence not significant, with the exception of Receptor 5: Martell Road, during the night-time period, when the increase would be +3.8dB. However, the proposal includes the potential re-routing of site related traffic via Rosendale Road. The expected increase in noise levels on Rosendale Road (due to all 3 HGV movements) was predicted to be less than +3dB and therefore this effect could be mitigated by re-routing all traffic during this period down Rosendale Road. Land Quality As the sites have been in industrial use in the past, there is potential for contamination to be present from on-site soils. Potential effects of contamination on groundwater, surface water, current and future site users, visitors and structures and services are considered in this assessment. Hardstanding across the entirety of the site s surface is likely to mitigate the majority of risks to the identified receptors, where present. Appropriate measures incorporated into the ongoing use of the site will reduce potential risks to a level which is not significant. However, there is a risk to human health from potential soil gas/ vapours and volatile contamination and to buildings/ structures and services from potential soil gas/ vapours, acid, sulphate and hydrocarbon contamination. For the sites, the reasons for the omission of ground gases/ vapours as a consideration of the original planning decision should be confirmed. For the Vale Street site, it is recommended that an asbestos register is produced for the on-site buildings or that one is confirmed as in place. With all control measures in place and any recommended measures undertaken, it is predicted that the continued use of the sites will have no significant effects on the identified receptors. Flood Risk/Drainage Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25): Development and Flood Risk, sets out government policy and requirements for managing flood risk where a new or redevelopment is planned. All of the three depot sites are located within Flood Zone 1 (Low Risk) but do not meet the size threshold (greater than 1 ha in area) to require a Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) to be prepared. All surface water run-off is discharged to the existing sewerage system at each site. There will be no additional demolition or construction at any of the three depot sites and as such the impermeable surface areas at each site will not increase. It is therefore not expected that current run-off rates will increase. It is concluded that there will be no significant adverse effects associated with flooding or drainage as a result of the proposed developments. Archaeology and Cultural Heritage The Archaeology and Cultural Heritage assessment within the ES describes the existing baseline with regard to historic environment features relevant to the three application sites and provides an assessment of the predicted effects associated with their continued use as depots for Lambeth Environmental Services and Transport Fleet, in terms of the potential effects on archaeology and cultural heritage. Baseline information was complied by means of a desk based assessment and includes data held by the Greater London Sites and Monuments Record, historic plans and details of conservation areas published as part of the London Borough of Lambeth UDP. There are no records of archaeological remains or Listed Buildings within the curtilage of the three 12 London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement

13 sites. Neither are the three depot locations within Conservation Areas, although all three are in close proximity to a Conservation Areas or a Conservation Area concomitant with a Registered Historic Park and Garden. The application solely relates to the temporary, continued use of and operations at existing facilities. There are no proposals for works that would materially affect archaeological remains, Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas or Registered Historic Parks and Gardens. Consequently no significant effects arise from the works that are the subject of the planning application. Socio-economics An economic impact assessment has been undertaken to establish the potential economic effects of the proposals for each of the depot sites. This has drawn on a variety of publicly available reports and national statistics to gain a comprehensive understanding of the socio-economic baseline and sensitivity of the Borough of Lambeth. The temporary applications propose to retain the current use of the three sites as depots. This will ensure that the current activities associated with the operation of the depots can also be retained and existing jobs supported. As the applications are only for temporary permissions, there is also the potential that the sites may revert to alternative employment use in the future, with additional, potential positive employment benefits for the local economy. As essentially no change is proposed to the current situation, no potential significant effects have been identified with respect to socio-economics. Flora and Fauna Ecological surveys of the site carried out by Enviros in 2006 demonstrated that the three application sites have no more than local value for biodiversity conservation. This is primarily due to the lack of any well established vegetation, a dominance of built structures and hardstanding and their location within a wholly urban context. Given the nature of the proposals, the assessment indicates that no significant effects to any valued ecological receptors would be likely to occur as a result of the proposed schemes. All three sites have the potential to support nesting birds within some of the trees and buildings, which are legally protected. There is also a stand of Japanese knotweed on the Angela Davis Industrial Estate, the disposal of which is covered by waste legislation. There is however no potential for contravention of the legislation under the current proposals. Summary of Significant Effects Environmental Topic Receptor and summary of significant effects Opportunities to avoid/enhance significant effects Noise Air Quality The proposed operation of the Vale Street depot between the hours of 06:00 and 07:00 on weekdays, will generate average maximum noise levels that are significantly higher than the existing baseline average maximum noise levels at receptors on Vale Street, Martell Road and Rosendale Road (particularly given that 10 no. HGV s exit the site in this time). Although the residential receptors are already exposed to sleep disturbance effects, operation of the depot at this hour adds a significant number of additional maximum noise events. The operation of the Mahatma Ghandi Industrial Estate depot is predicted to result in large changes to the concentrations of N02 resulting in a substantial adverse effect on N02 concentrations which are not otherwise predicted to exceed Air Quality Objectives for this location. This is therefore assessed to be a significant effect. Delaying the opening of the Vale Street depot until 07:00 on weekdays could prevent significant noise effects on local residential receptors. The use of less polluting engine/fuels for the vehicles which use the Mahatma Ghandi depot could assist with reducing the effects from the depot vehicles on air quality in the local area. London Borough of Lambeth: Environmental Statement 13

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