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Noise: Guidance to local authorities

Guidance to Local Authorities in England - Noise Act offence for licensed premises
2008, PDF 150 KB

Guidance to local authorities in England on the powers available to them to deal with night noise emanating from dwellings and licensed premises which exceeds the “permitted level” of noise prescribed under the Noise Act 1996 as amended by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005.

Neighbourhood noise policies and practice for local authorities – a management guide
2006, PDF 700 KB

Guidance produced by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and Defra to encourage and enable better and more consistent standards of practice among enforcement authorities.

Guidance on Section 69 to 81 and Section 86 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
2006, PDF 190 KB

Guidance on local authority powers to deal with intruder alarms and to defer serving noise abatement notices under section 79(1)(g) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

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Page published: 18 April 2008

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs