East Dulwich Islamic Center/ Mosque - Construction works Disrupting Neighbours with Extreme Noise and Air Pollution To Northcross Rd residents.
Northcross road and surrounding roads are primarily occupied by Families with children, first time parents and young creatives and people who work from home. Some who have lived here their whole lives. Others are moving here due to the safety and peace of the area.
The proposed re construction/ Renovation and huge extension/
basement plans being carried out by local Dulwich Islamic Center
which has been going on for the past 7 months is causing distress
to myself, parents, neighbours and to the surrounding
residents.
In particular the extremely loud noise of hammer drill Drilling
into the ground/ concrete/ jackhammers, angle grinders sawing/
grinding metal, scraping of floor loud banging, Beeping of
machinery.
The shouting is particularly disruptive it goes on throughout the
day, All of this starts around 8 in the morning.
The roads being taken up by huge construction vehicles and dirt
left on the street after the day.
Dust is clouding the air throughout the day and night. We have had
to keep our windows closed due to the noise and pollution and sand/
particles in the air which could potentially cause irreversible
damage/ be carcinogenic.
I believe Safety regulations such as PPE are not being observed
and building legalisation act 1984 is being violated. I personally
have not seen a single hard hat being worn, nor is it certain that
ear protection is being worn.
The peace and quiet of personal sanctuary we residents of north
cross road and surrounding area of Northcross and our surrounding
houses in proximity is something myself and neighbours value.
The noise from this renovation is sporadic throughout the day and its unpredictable what days will be quiet. Most of the time it is extremely loud and aggressive vibrations hammering into concrete which is affecting our working days and leisure down times as the work goes into the late afternoon/ early evening.
It is not certain when these renovations will be over.
It is has been stated around Christmas 2026 they will be finished.
They plan to carry out the renovation in stages. It looks as though
this will be an issue that will be ongoing for the next couple of
years or more and therefore I am writing this petition on behalf of
surrounding east dulwich residents to come up with some practical
ideas/ solutions in which we could minimise
Myself and fellow neighbours suggest the islamic centre minimise their plans to only rebuild/ refurnish what is absolutely necessary to save time and to not demolish or dig further than what is needed/ necessary in order to create a pleasant and peace full space for men and women to pray. And to take into consideration the small size of Northcross road which is a residential area compared to the scale of which the mosque will be.
or to have a conversation/ meeting with trustees/ owners if EDIC
to cooperate in creating a solution/ plan that would benefit both
sides.
This ePetition runs from 01/11/2024 to 25/12/2024.
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