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Environmental Noise Directive Action Plan: Strategic Noise Action Plan for the Glasgow Agglomeration - Document for Consultation

DescriptionDraft Noise Action Plan for the Glasgow Agglomeration
ISBN (Web Only)
Official Print Publication DateMay 2008
Website Publication DateMay 25, 2008

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Prepared by the Glasgow Agglomeration Working Group
ISBN 978 0 7559 1704 4 (Web only publication)
This document is also available in pdf format (512k)

Appendix 1 maps in pdf format
Candidate Noise Management Areas (CNMA): Glasgow Roads (pdf format, 10.5mb)
Candidate Noise Management Areas (CNMA): Glasgow Railways (pdf format, 7.3mb)
Candidate Quiet Areas for Glasgow (pdf format, 7.4mb)

Contents

Responding to this consultation paper

1 Introduction
1.1 The Purpose of This Document

2 Background and Context
2.1 The European Directive on Environmental Noise
2.2 The Legal Context
2.3 Introduction to Strategic Noise Maps
2.4 Data Reported to the European Commission
2.5 Description of the Agglomeration
2.6 Estimate of the Number of People Exposed to Noise
2.7 Requirement For and Of Strategic Action Plans
2.8 Health Effects
2.9 Public Consultations

3 Noise Action Planning Glasgow
3.1 Noise Action Planning
3.2 Competent Authorities, Key Partners and Key Stages
3.3 Steering and Working Group

4 Prioritisation Methodology and Matrix
4.1 Need for and Development of Prioritisation Matrix
4.2 Industrial Noise
4.3 Airports
4.4 Development of Prioritisation Matrix
4.5 Assigning Candidate Noise Management Areas
4.6 Process of Assigning Noise Management Areas
4.7 Identification of Problems and Situations that need to be Improved
4.8 Industrial Noise
4.9 Process of Assigning Noise Management Areas CNMA to NMA

5 Quiet Areas
5.1 Introduction to Quiet Areas
5.2 Current Research into Quiet Areas
5.3 Protection of Quiet Area Guidance

6 Aligning Noise Action Planning
6.1 Aligning Initiatives
6.2 Planning and Noise
6.3 Noise Reduction Measures in Force and Projects in Preparation
6.4 Existing Initiatives Aimed at Reducing Noise
6.5 Glasgow City Council's Regional Transport Strategy on Noise Impact
6.6 Glasgow Analysis - Transport

7 Next Steps

8 References

Appendix 1 Maps

Appendix 2 The Prioritisation Matrix

Appendix 3 Glasgow Actions

Appendix 4 Strategic Environmental Assessment

Appendix 5 Bibliography

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