# NOISE ABATEMENT RESPONSE LETTER
Date: 22 February 2034
Parties: Riverside Events Ltd and Eastmere Borough Council
## 1. Purpose and parties
Riverside Events Ltd, company number 09741026, responds on 22 February 2034 to Eastmere Borough Council's environmental health officer about the letter dated 14 February concerning the Lantern Yard venue, 6 Mill Lane, Eastmere EM2 4QJ. The company has appointed Operations Director Dana Cole as the contact for this response.
## 2. Facts, scope and terms
Riverside understands that three residents reported amplified music on 10 and 17 February between 21:30 and 22:45. The company has not accepted that a statutory nuisance occurred, because the reports have not yet been independently measured, but it takes the concerns seriously and will cooperate with a lawful investigation.
## 3. Process and responsibilities
The venue's two ticketed events ended at 23:00 under the premises licence. The sound system has a limiter set at 94 dB(A) at the mixing desk, the rear doors are to remain closed after 20:00, and the licence requires a trained supervisor to record checks; the company will review whether those controls were followed on both dates.
## 4. Evidence, records and safeguards
By 1 March, Riverside will appoint an independent acoustic consultant to take readings at the nearest residential façade during one event and one quiet period. It will preserve the event schedules, limiter logs, staff checklist and complaint records, while sharing personal data only where lawful and necessary for the council's functions.
## 5. Review, escalation and outcome
Pending the consultant's report, the company will reduce bass-heavy programming after 21:00, move speakers away from the rear wall, add a door marshal, and publish a duty phone number, 01632 555 018, for immediate concerns. These voluntary steps are offered without admission of nuisance or waiver of any defence.
## 6. Reservations and practical protections
Riverside invites the council to provide dates, times, measurement methodology and any statutory notice it considers necessary. The company will consider a reasonable protocol for access and testing, will not contact complainants in a way that pressures them, and will respond to the consultant's findings within 10 working days of receipt.
## 7. England and Wales law and completion
This completed fictional response is dated 22 February 2034 and is governed by England and Wales law. It is not an appeal against a formal abatement notice; if one is served, Riverside will observe the applicable deadline and obtain advice. Dana Cole will send the council a progress update by 8 March 2034.