An inner west priest has chimed back at noise-averse neighbours in a religious racket over plans to install a set of new bells inside a century-old church.
Concerns over noise impacts and “loss of sleep” have been raised in response to a development application by St Augustine’s Church in Balmain to increase the number of church bells it rings out during religious events including weddings, funerals and Sunday masses.
St Augustine’s Catholic Church in Balmain is seeking to increase the number of bells in its tower.Credit: Wolter Peeters
The 119-year-old church currently has one bell and is seeking to increase to a set of eight inside the教堂的38米高的高铃铛塔。
教堂向内部西部议会提交的计划将在8.30am至下午9点之间进行铃声，每天最多20分钟，每天最多进行五次铃铛，每天举行五个铃铛。
根据计划的增加，将在新的钟声中加入“钟声”。在数字化和分离越来越大的时代”。 class =“”> There is currently one bell in the tower, but the parish would like to increase that to eight.Credit: Wolter Peeters
Some submissions to council stated the noise could also disturb babies trying to sleep in homes, which are located as close as 20 metres away from the site.
Parish priest Father Peter Smith hit back at opponents, arguing some of the complaints had “no science around them”.
Advertisement“The church is 100 metres from a noisy pub that goes all晚上，让人们说铃铛会唤醒婴儿，或者会让人们在晚上保持清醒有点兴奋。 srcset =“ https://static.ffx.io/images/qunzoom_0.092%2C$ multiply_0.9788%2C$ ratio_1.5%2C$ WIDT H_756％2C $ x_0％2C $ y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86％2cf_auto/e4613071d92aa4dee3ce5b4e5b4e5b4e5d0fa3c243c243e97Ac， https://static.ffx.io/images/qunzoom_0.092%2C$ multiply_1.9577%2C$ ratio_1.5%2C$ WIDTH_75 6％2C $ x_0％2C $ y_0/t_crop_custom/q_62％2CF_AUTO/e4613071d92aaa4dee3ce5b4e5b4e5b4e5d0fa3c243e97aac 2x“高度=“ 494”宽度=“ 740”/> balmain教区的牧师彼得·史密斯（Peter Smith）说，噪音是生活在该地区的一部分，那里有许多酒吧。 信用：沃尔特·皮特（Wolter Peeters）
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Concerns by residents have been echoed by council, which, in early feedback to the church’s plans, raised concerns over its noise modelling and potential “unreasonable noise amenity impacts on the surrounding residential area”.
Praxis Acoustics, which carried out noise modelling on behalf of the church, said council’s feedback was “wholly inappropriate”, claiming it was using噪声政策通常适用于在这里不应适用的工业企业。
加载声学公司还指出，当前的钟声“没有声音，持续时间或时间控制，在空气中自由到100年中。
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