Policy
Neighbourhood noise is currently manged through a range of legislative measures and through informal advice and guidance and formal mediation. The most widely used law is the statutory nuisance provisionof the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Other Acts covering noise include the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993, the Noise Act 1996 and the Clean Neighbourhood and Environment Act 2005 - under which new measures on night time noise form licensed premises came into force in February 2008.
Find out more about Noise Pollution policy.
National Noise Strategy
Environmental Protection UK (formerly NSCA) campaigned for the development of a National Noise Strategy for the UK. A national noise strategy for England is currently being developed by Defra and research has been undertaken to inform this. This strategy is due to be publishedduring 2008. Click here for further details.
Environmental Protection UK's Ten Targets for Tranquillity sets out what we hope the Noise Strategy for England will achieve.
Our Noise Policy Timetable will be published soon, with information about what's happening in noise policy.
Background
Environmental Protection UK has been involved in Defra stakeholder working groups to develop a noise strategy - we presented a suggested outline of the Neighbour and Neighbourhood Noise Strategy in summer 2005. We also worked with Defra to collate input from delegates on the format of a strategy atour spring workshop in 2006.
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