Our Advanced Noise Reduction Solutions can save many thousands of pounds on the cost of industrial noise control.

could save you thousands of pounds

Noise Consultants

Although this page focuses on the service we provide as planning noise consultants, we also specialise in working as industrial noise consultants. Our consultants are expert at reducing workers’ noise exposures as well as abatement of factory noise that is causing nuisance to nearby residents. For details on our industrial noise consultancy services, click on industrial noise at work or industrial noise nuisance. Much of the information on the noise nuisance pages applies to planning noise issues as well, including the noise control examples page.

Planning Noise Control Consultants

Planning noise is becoming an increasingly important issue. Exceptionally high demand for houses in the UK means that new developments are increasingly being planned close to noisy factories and industry. In some cases, loud noise emitted by an industrial unit can prevent planning permission being granted. By providing much higher noise reductions than other types of acoustic solution, our advanced noise solutions can achieve planning permission in cases where it would be refused otherwise.

Example: Planning permission for converting a disused mill into flats was initially refused due to high levels of fan noise from a nearby industrial factory. An acoustic solution using silencers and an acoustic barrier (acoustic wall, acoustic fence, etc.) had been suggested by other noise consultants, but this was rejected because it could not provide enough noise reduction. By suppressing the noise generating mechanism at source, our advanced noise solution achieved a very large noise reduction, sufficient to gain planning permission. The developer paid for the fan noise control measures.

For more information and examples on how our noise consultants can help with planning noise control where a fan is the main source, click on Industrial Noise Nuisance.

As well as providing highly effective noise control solutions, our consultants can also carry out planning noise surveys, prediction and environmental impact assessments.

Example: The Local Authority was concerned about noise pollution from a new UK telecommunications transmission facility planned for a quiet green field site. To obtain planning permission to build the facility, the company had to comply with a very low night time noise limit set by the Local Authority. Our noise consultants carried out extensive environmental noise predictions and used the results to provide noise specifications for each of the equipment suppliers to meet in order to achieve the overall limit. The aim was to avoid noise nuisance complaints. This aim was achieved successfully.

For a quotation, or to find out how our company can help you with planning noise reduction or measurement, please click on planning noise consultants.

Environmental Noise Control and Reduction

The standard types of solution usually used for environmental noise control are an acoustic screen, acoustic wall, noise barrier, silencer, etc. Some of our technologically advanced industrial noise reduction solutions provide both considerable cost savings and higher noise reductions than these standard types of solution. For details, click on noise nuisance reduction.

Environmental noise pollution is one element of IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) in the UK. IPPC sets limits on environmental noise levels at site boundaries. This means that to comply with IPPC, some companies are being asked to implement an environmental noise control solution even though noise levels are not high enough to cause noise nuisance. Our advanced noise control solutions can considerably reduce the cost burden imposed by IPPC.

For a quotation, or to find out how our company can help you with planning noise reduction or measurement, please click on planning noise consultants.

If you are a private resident suffering noise nuisance from an industrial or commercial business, instead of ringing us, please click on noise consultants advice where you’ll find lots of information and advice.