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Building Compliance Testing Limited can provide you with a range of Noise Surveys, also known as Noise Impact Assessments or Acoustic Reports. If requested, these are normally required as part of a planning application. There are a varying range of specific noise survey and reporting requirement depending on your situation. We discuss these further below.
A noise survey is an important condition of planning permission and a requirement for the evaluation of a potential noise source by environmental health officers. The Control of Pollution Act (1974) identified noise as a type of pollution with the World Health Organisation identifying the impact to health of those who are affected. The impact of noise can refer to residents and commercial premises that
are situated nearby.
Noise Impact Assessments (NIA) predict the impact that noise from a development is likely to have on the surrounding area. A noise impact assessment may be requested for a residential development or a commercial premise which wants to alter their operating hours. Planning Departments at the Local Authority may require the Assessment of Noise prior to granting permission for a development or as a condition of planning.
Types of assessment include:
BS 8233 is a British Standard that provides guidance on the design and assessment of sound insulation and noise reduction within buildings. Titled “Sound insulation and noise reduction for buildings,” it offers recommendations for minimising noise transfer between different parts of a building and for ensuring acoustic comfort within various types of structures, including residential, commercial, and industrial buildings
BS 4142 is a British Standard that provides guidelines and criteria for assessing the potential impact of noise from industrial and commercial sources on nearby residential areas. Titled “Methods for Rating and Assessing Industrial and Commercial Sound,” this standard outlines procedures and criteria for evaluating noise emissions from various sources and their potential effects on the surrounding environment, particularly residential properties.
The scope of the BS5228 is to recommend methods for controlling noise and vibration related to construction and open site operations, which produce significant noise levels. BS5228 allows evaluation of the possible effects of noise and vibration to those who are exposed to it, therefore recommend actions that should be taken to assure an effective establishment of liaison among the developers, site operators and local authorities can be established.