Originally Posted by nauli

OK guys, to give you the background....there have been ongoing noise complaints from some nearby residents....there is one guy in particular who is the main complainant. There is a sound monitoring station at the track and there has also been some monitoring near this guy's house. The tipping point was last weekend's Speed Event Series round....unknown to RAC, the Speed Event Series do not adhere to their 92db noise limit (haven't done for years) and as we know there are some very loud cars competing in that series.
Obviously these residents are near an international airport and you would think they are used to jet noise, but this particular guy has been very vocal with his complaints. Remember that the land is part of the airport and the airport authority are very sensitive when it comes to noise issues....so when they receive complaints they take them seriously and RAC pretty well have their hands tied until they get the OK from the airport folk. Noise complaints by locals about the track have been going on ever since the centre first opened.