The evolution of noise policy and noise management in England during the life of the UK's Institute of Acoustics

摘要

The UK's Institute of Acoustics is 40 years old this year. One year before it was founded, the first UK Government guidance document on Planning and Noise was published. That year also saw the advent of the Land Compensation Act which allowed the Noise Insulation Regulations to be laid which provided a means for compensating those affected by noise from new roads. In the same year as the IOA was founded, the Control of Pollution Act was published consolidating the statutory noise nuisance regime and the following year saw the first version of BS 5228 - the code of practice on construction noise and the Noise Insulation Regulations revised. This paper will examine the evolution of noise policy and noise management in England during the lifetime of the IOA including the publication, during early 2014 of new Planning Practice Guidance on Noise.