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“Using the Pop Code (the environmental nuisance regulations governing rock concerts) is inappropriate.”
Instead, he suggested the noise assessment used criteria the stadium development would easily meet.
But Mr Powlson said that, in fact, he had used pop concert codes as well as planning guidance to check whether the stadium would affect its neighbours.
The impact was considered “moderate adverse” at worst thanks to the stadium’s enclosed design, he concluded.
He declined to answer why no roof had been used as in Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium to contain noise despite referencing it in his evidence.
RECAP on the public inquiry so far by visiting www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-stadium/
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