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Environmental Noise

Why Environmental Noise Matters

Environmental noise is more than just an inconvenience - it can affect people’s health, wellbeing, and quality of life. High levels of environmental noise can lead to community complaints, planning objections, permit application refusal, and even legal action. Excessive exposure has also been linked to sleep disturbance, stress, and long-term health issues.

By assessing and managing environmental noise, you can:

  • Protect communities from nuisance and disturbance
  • Improve relationships with neighbours and stakeholders
  • Meet permit and planning conditions
  • Reduce the risk of costly delays, fines, or enforcement action

Types of Environmental Noise Assessment

We can undertake a variety of environmental noise assessments. The type of assessment you require depends on the specific circumstance - whether you're experiencing noise complains from local residents, planning a new development, or submitting a permit application. We not only have considerable experience providing a range of environmental noise assessment, but specialise in actually resolving noise problems. Our typical environmental noise projects include:

Noise Impact Assessments - assess the noise impact of existing or proposed developments, plant installations, and operational changes, including BS4142 and BS8233 assessments.
Continuous Noise monitoring - including for construction, demolition and infrastructure projects, or for industrial premises.
Planning Application Support - providing clear, objective noise reports to help secure planning permission for residential, commercial, or industrial projects.
Permit Application / Variation Support - providing noise assessments to support environmental permit applications, variation applications or noise management plans.
Noise Nuisance & Complaint Investigations - tailored assessments to investigate the presence and cause of noise nuisance and complaints.
Noise Source Identification & Control Investigations - identifying and diagnosing sources causing environmental noise issues and providing effective, low cost Noise Control solutions.

If you have a requirement for an environmental noise assessment or investigation, we can help!

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