KILVEY HILL QUIET AREA 28 PORTAL
Kilvey Hill - Let's Have A Think About It - Still a Designated Quiet Area

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🏛️ STATUTORY REQUIREMENT TO REVIEW · ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE (WALES) REGULATIONS 2006

QUIET AREA 28 REMAINS DESIGNATED · FUTURE REVIEW COMING IN 2027

Quiet Area 28 (Kilvey Hill / Swansea Urban Woodland) was formally designated by Welsh Ministers under the Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006 and remains designated. There is a statutory requirement to review quiet areas, with the next review expected to begin in 2027 in dialogue with local authorities and stakeholders, and the points raised have been noted for consideration.

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⚖️ STATUTORY NOTICE · CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT 1974

SWANSEA COUNCIL HAS SERVED A SECTION 60 NOISE NOTICE ON SKYLINE WORKS

Swansea Council Pollution Control has served a formal Section 60 Abatement Notice restricting construction works audible at the site boundary to specified weekday and Saturday hours, with all audible work prohibited on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

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Key Documents Referenced on the Leaflet

SOURCE S02 • STATUTORY GUIDANCE

WG12523 — Procedure for the Designation of Quiet Areas

The official Welsh Government procedure document setting out the soundscape, nature, and visual criteria for Quiet Areas in Wales.

SOURCE S03 • STATUTORY MAP

Official Welsh Government Quiet Areas Map

Swansea & Neath Port Talbot Agglomeration Quiet Areas Map designating Kilvey Hill as statutory Quiet Area 28 (Swansea Urban Woodland).

WHAT DOES A QUIET AREA ACTUALLY PROTECT?

Tranquillity
Tranquillity
Nature & Natural Sounds
Nature & natural sounds
Open Green Space
Open green space
Public Access
Public access
Health & Wellbeing
Health & wellbeing
Restorative Escape
Restorative escape

A Quiet Area is more than a noise limit. It recognises the value of soundscape, nature, landscape, public access and wellbeing — the qualities that make an urban green space restorative for people and wildlife.

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