The Scottish Government have opened a consultation on proposed changes to the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006. These require the Scottish Government and some airport operators to map noise from transport and industrial sources (environmental noise) and produce action plans to to reduce noise impacts on a prioritised basis. Under current regulation, strategic noise maps are produced every five years, covering densely populated areas (agglomerations), major airports, roads and rail. The Scottish Government say compiling noise maps currently takes three years, giving insufficient time to formulate noise action plans and mitigate noise before the next cycle begins. Therefore part of the proposed revision is to extend the mapping cycle to every ten years. A consultation is also currently open for noise action plans in the five agglomerations.
Full consultation is here - open until February 11th
