Noise Pollution
Summary
Excessive noise can make life a misery. It is a source of irritation and stress for many people and can interfere with rights to peaceful enjoyment of their homes.
The council takes problems of noise seriously and it has a range of duties and legal powers which can help. These include:
- Measuring noise levels from commercial, industrial and recreational sources to check whether meet acceptable standards
- Investigating noise complaints and taking action for noise abatement
- Planning controls - imposing noise controls when planning applications are considered, working to prevent noise levels from ‘creeping’ up due to successive developments over a period of years
- Licensing controls - imposing noise controls on places of public entertainment when licence applications are considered
- Construction noise controls - promoting good practice on demolition and building sites
Further Information
See our main Noise Control page.