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3 Noise Action Planning - Glasgow
3.1 Noise Action Planning
The END requires the designation of a competent authority to be responsible for the development of Action Plans. The END (Annex 5) lists the minimum requirements for the content of each Action Plan. The Glasgow Action Plan must address priorities in those areas of interest and should be drawn up in consultation with the public. It must include at least the following detailed in Table below:
Table 4 Environmental Noise Directive minimum Action Plan contents and location in this document
No | Description | Location in this document |
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1 | A description of the agglomerations, the major roads and major railways taken into account. | Section 2.5 Appendix 1 |
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2 | The authority responsible | Section 3.1 |
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3 | The legal context | Section 2.2 |
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4 | Any limit values in place in accordance with Article 5 | None |
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5 | A summary of the results of the noise mapping. | Section 2.4 |
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6 | An evaluation of the estimated number of people exposed to noise | Section 2.4 |
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7 | Identification of problems and situations that need to be improved. | Section 4 |
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8 | A record of the public consultations organised in accordance with Article 8(7). | Continuous This document |
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9 | Any noise-reduction measures already in force and any projects in preparation. | Section 6 |
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10 | Actions which the competent authorities intend to take in the next five years, including any measures to preserve quiet areas. | Section 4.6 Section 5 Appendix 4 |
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11 | Long-term strategy. | Appendix 3 |
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12 | Financial information (if available): budgets, cost-effectiveness assessment, cost-benefit assessment | Section 4.6 |
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13 | Estimates in terms of the reduction of the number of people affected (annoyed, sleep, disturbed, or other) | Section 2.6 |
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However, it must be borne in mind that just as the published noise contours are strategic (see Section 2.3 for further explanation) the resulting Action Plans must also be strategic in nature.
3.2 Competent Authorities, Key Partners and Key Stages
The Scottish Government is the Competent Authority for END and is responsible for drawing up Noise Action Plans. While for Airports it is the Airport operator who is the Competent Authority. In the development and preparation of the Noise Action Plans, the Scottish Government has worked with key partners involved in END.
The key stakeholders/partners who were involved in round one Action Planning are as follows:
- The Scottish Environment Protection Agency ( SEPA)
- Local Authorities within agglomerations
Glasgow agglomeration:
- East Dunbartonshire Council
- East Renfrewshire Council
- Glasgow City Council
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Renfrewshire Council
- South Lanarkshire Council
- West Dunbartonshire Council
Edinburgh agglomeration:
- City of Edinburgh Council
- East Lothian Council
- Midlothian Council
In addition:
- Local Authorities not in agglomerations for local road issues
- Regional Transport Partnerships
- BAA Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport
- Transport Scotland
- Network Rail
- For qualifying Airports, the airport operators are responsible for drawing up their own Noise Action Plans.
The airport operators in Scotland have worked very closely with the Scottish Government's consultants to produce the required noise maps and have been fully involved in the Action Plan process in terms of both producing Action Plans for individual Airports and Action Plans for the agglomerations.
3.3 Steering and Working Groups for Action Planning
The Scottish Environmental Noise Steering Group ( SENSG) is a group with representation from all parties involved in environmental noise. The group comprises representatives from the Scottish Government, Hamilton & McGregor, Acoustic Consultants, local authorities, SEPA, BAA, Transport Scotland and Network Rail. The primary aim of SENSG has been to provide a forum for all key partners to review the development and progress of Action Plans and to determine the prioritisation of control measures.
SENSG acts as the core group to oversee the consistent development and implementation of all Action Plans. SENSG established three working groups to assist in the preparation of Action Plans and these groups feedback on a regular basis to the core group and this process will continue through the Action Planning process. There is a Glasgow agglomeration working group, an Edinburgh agglomeration working group and a Transportation Action Planning working group. All three groups have representation on the core steering group.
Airport operators have a key role to play in Action Planning and have been able to input to all working groups. The airport operators have also been represented on the Transportation working group. The Scottish Government's nominated noise mapping consultants, Hamilton& McGregor, assisted in the development of noise maps for the four major airports in Scotland with the raw noise data (.csv files) prepared by the Civil Aviation Authority ( CAA) for Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen Airports. Glasgow Prestwick airport decided they did not wish to participate in this first round of mapping and Action Planning as annual passenger numbers still do not breach the 50,000pa requirement. This data was then transferred to Hamilton & McGregor who assisted the airport operators in the preparation of their respective maps. The airport operators are as follows:
British Airports Authority ( BAA) who operate and represent Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen airports.
The diagram on the following page illustrates the reporting structure for Action Planning and also clarifies the responsibilities for delivering the Action Plans.
The Action Plan comprises four key stages which are detailed below:
1. Analysis of the strategic noise maps;
2. Further investigation and analysis;
3. An evaluation of existing UK, Scottish and Local Policies, Plans and Programmes;
4. An evaluation of potential mitigation measures.
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