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Environmental Noise Directive Draft Action Plan
Strategic Noise Action Plan for the Edinburgh Agglomeration
Document for Consultation
Prepared by the Edinburgh Agglomeration Working Group
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Contents
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 Requirement For Action Plans
2.7 Health Effects
2.8 Public Consultations
3 Noise Action Planning Edinburgh
3.1 Noise Action Planning
3.2 Competent Authorities and Key Partners
3.3 Steering and Working Groups for Action Planning
4 Prioritisation Methodology and Matrix
4.1 Need for and Development of Prioritisation Matrix
4.2 Industrial Noise
4.3 Development of Prioritisation Matrix
4.4 Process of Assigning Noise Management Areas
4.5 Identification of Problems and Situations that need to be Improved
4.6 Industrial Noise
4.7 Airports
4.8 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 Candidate Quiet Area ( CQA) to Quiet Area ( QA)
5.4 Protection of Quiet Area Guidance
6 Mainstreaming Noise Action Planning
6.1 Aligning Initiatives
6.2 Noise Reduction Measures in Force and Projects in Preparation
6.3 Existing Initiatives Aimed at Reducing Noise
7 Next Steps
8 References
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Maps
Appendix 2 The Prioritisation Matrix
Appendix 3 Edinburgh Actions
Appendix 4 Strategic Environmental Assessment
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