The following templates contain most of the main points that may need to be included:

Letter No.1 – To Local Councillors, MPs, MEPs and other Politicians

Dear *** *****,

The laws of statutory nuisance are being mis-used.  This legislation was never intended to threaten professionally operated bon-a-fide businesses involved in the useful regional provision of popular public amenities that also contribute towards road safety, sporting skills development, charity fund-raising and the re-education of motoring delinquency etc …. just because such activities happen to naturally create a degree of noise.  This however is a problem that is growing exponentially and one that must be addressed before all public facility for outdoor activity is destroyed.  The situation is particularly critical within motorsport of all types.

A recent appeal court decision (Croft promosport V Watson/Wilson) has provided case law that threatens all sporting and entertainment venues, even those of exceptional longevity, whereby newcomers to the locality are free to complain regarding established practices, even where the complainants were fully aware of the likely circumstances (in terms of traffic and noise etc) before taking up residence and even where they may previously have benefited from or contributed to the development of the facility.

In this way, the amenity of hundreds of thousands of people is being reduced or altogether lost for the selfish gains of a few where injunctions for reduced usage, awards for supposed damages and inflated court costs can quickly render such facilities unviable. It is clear too that independent assessment of subjective matters is not being encouraged or allowed and alternatives to litigation not being pursued.  This law is a rich hunting ground for unscrupulous legal operators.  Furthermore, the repeated use of the appeal process and the overturning of legal judgements indicates that the law itself is immature, especially where the in-depth processes of planning considerations and public enquiries may quickly be swept aside as irrelevant.

It is the writer’s belief that Local Authorities, Politicians and the Constabulary have a duty of care to predict and make arrangements to avoid the increasingly prevalent conflict between (often unavoidable) sources of noise production and householders etc, by allocating sufficient facilities for such legitimate activities as motor sports, whereby the public amenity is protected from attack and given rights associated with their reasonable need, historical use and natural evolution.

This development of the all-too-prevalent compensation culture is most damaging to the wider public interest and I would welcome your advice as to how best to begin the process of action to have these laws suitably modified.

Yours sincerely,

**** ******

Letter No.2 – To the local Police Force / Local Authority Departments

Dear *** *****,

It has come to my notice that complaints relating to the inappropriate use of motorised vehicles designed for use on tarmac or off-road situations continue to be a common feature of media reports and give rise to both public and Police concern.

It is my belief that regional authorities together have a duty of care to actively assist in the provision of facilities where such legitimate pastimes may safely occur and where disturbance to dwellers may be minimised.  If locations are not approved, it is obvious that inappropriate use will continue whereby a small number of people will be allowed to persist in tainting the reasonable activities of many other law-abiding citizens.

However, such facilities have become extremely sparse due to the mis-use of Statutory Nuisance laws leading to closures and injunctions through noise claims etc.  The writer therefore requests that a list of all such approved locations and the categories of motorsport catered for be provided for this region and that your wider strategy in this respect be formally stated at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely,

**** ******