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Sound Advice on Noise
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How to get more advice about noise
Listed below are contacts for further advice on
noise.
General advice on noise
National Society for Clean Air and Environmental
Protection
44 Grand Parade
Brighton BN2 2QA
Tel: 01273 878770
Fax: 01273 606626
NSCA Scotland
Floor 10
Nye Bevan House
20 India Street
Glasgow G2 4PF
Tel: 0141 287 6530/6511
Fax: 0141 287 6592
Mediation
Information on mediation and mediation services can be
obtained from:
SACRO
1 Broughton Market
Edinburgh EH3 6NU
Tel: 0131 624 7270
Fax: 0131 624 7269
Mediation UK
Alexander House
Telephone Avenue
Bristol BS1 4BS
Tel: 0117 904 6661
Fax: 0117 904 3331
Community Mediation services in
Scotland
Aberdeen Community Mediation
18 Little Belmont Street
Aberdeen AB1 1JG
Tel: 01224 627201
East Lothian Community Mediation
Port Seton Community Centre
South Seton Park
Port Seton EH32 0BQ
Tel: 01875 815503
Edinburgh Community Mediation
27 York Place
Edinburgh EH1 3HP
Tel: 0131 557 2101
Falkirk Meditation Service
4 Orchard Street
Falkirk FK1 1RF
Tel: 01324 503700
Fife Community Mediation
24 Hill Street
Kirkcaldy KY1 1HX
Tel: 01592 597063
Orkney Resource Project
4B Laing Street
Kirkwall KW15 1NW
Tel: 01856 875815
Scottish Borders Mediation Service
Housing Department
Newtown St Boswells TD6 0SA
Tel: 01835 824000
South Lanarkshire Mediation Service
Brandon Gate
1 Leechlee Road
Hamilton ML3 0XB
Tel: 01698 452773
Stirling Council Mediation ServiceCommunity Services
Viewforth
Stirling FK8 2ET
Tel: 01786 443087
The Ombudsman
Commissioner for Local Administration in
Scotland
23 Walker Street
Edinburgh EH3 7HX
Tel: 0131 225 5300
Fax: 0131 225 9495
or
FREEPOST
Edinburgh EH3 0EE
Scottish Executive
General advice:
Scottish ExecutiveRural Affairs Department
Environment Group
Air Quality Team
1-H North Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Planning:
Scottish ExecutiveDevelopment Department
Planning and Development Control Group
Planning Services Division 2
2-H Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Scottish Executive Planning Helpline:
0345 741 741
Noise from roads and traffic
For complaints about excessive traffic noise from local
roads and road construction noise, approach your local
authority.
For complaints about trunk roads (motorways and A
roads), and traffic noise issues (including traffic noise
insulation), contact:
Scottish ExecutiveDevelopment Department
Transport and Planning Group
Trunk Roads Design and Construction Division
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Complaints about rail noise
If you wish to complain about excessive rail noise,
contact:
Director
Railtrack PLC
Buchanan House
58 Port Dundas Road
Glasgow G4 0LQ
or
The Rail User's Consultative Committee for
Scotland
5th floor
Corunna House
29 Cadogan Street
Glasgow G2 0LQ
You may also approach your local authority if you
believe local rail noise is excessive.
Insulation from railway construction noise and
railway noise
Information on the insulation of homes against noise
from the construction or use of new or altered railways is
available from:
Department of the Environment, Transport and the
Regions
Great Minster House
76 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DR
Noise from aircraft
General enquiries about policy on noise from aircraft
should be directed to:
Department of the Environment,
Transport and the Regions
Aviation Environment Division
1/33 Great Minster House
76 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DR
If you wish to complain about excessive noise from
airports, you should contact the airport operator. In
Scotland, these are:
Head of Aviation
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport
Aviation House
Prestwick KA9 2PL
Tel: 01292 511 052
Managing Director
Glasgow Airport Ltd
Glasgow Airport
Abbotsinch
Paisley PA3 2SW
Tel: 0141 887 1111
Managing Director
Edinburgh Airport Ltd
Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh EH12 9DN
Tel: 0131 333 1000
Managing Director
Aberdeen Airport Ltd
Aberdeen Airport
Aberdeen
Tel: 01224 722331
Airport Manager
Dundee Airport
Dundee
Tel: 01382 643242
Managing Director
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL)
Inverness Airport
Inverness IV2 7JB
Tel: 01667 464227
(Responsible for airports at Barra, Benbecula,
Campbeltown, Inverness, Islay, Kirkwall, Sumburgh,
Stornoway, Tiree and Wick).
Noise from military aircraft
Complaints about noise from military aircraft should be
made to the relevant RAF station.
Alternatively, complaints or enquiries may be made
to:
Ministry of Defence
DAS 4 (SEC)
Room 8249
Main Building
Whitehall
London SW1A 2HB
Claims for loss, injury or damage resulting from
military flying should be made to:
Ministry of Defence
Directory of Claims and Legal
Claims 3, Room 804
Northumberland House
Northumberland Avenue
London WC2N 5BP
Compensation for noise from aerodromes
Enquiries should be made to one of the civil airports
above or, for military aerodromes:
Ministry of Defence
Directorate of Safety, Environment
and Fire Policy
Room 6/182
St Christopher House
Southwark Street
London SE1 0TD
Noise at work
General, written enquiries about noise at work should be
directed to the Health and Safety Executive:
Health and Safety Executive
HSE Information Service
Caerphilly Business Park
Caerphilly
Mid-Glamorgan
CF83 3GG
Fax: 0290 859260
You can also telephone the HSE:
HSE Health and Safety Executive Infoline Tel: 08701
545500
A series of free leaflets concerning noise at work is
available from:
HSE Books
PO Box 1999
Sudbury
Suffolk CO10 6FS
Tel: 01787 881165
Fax: 01787 313995
For specific enquiries, contact the HSE office closest
to your workplace.
HSE
Belford House
59 Belford Road
Edinburgh
EH4 3UE
Tel: 0131 247 2000
Fax: 0131 247 2121
HSE
375 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 4LW
Tel: 0141 275 3000
Fax: 0141 275 3100
HSE
Offshore Safety Division
Lord Cullen House
Fraser Place
Aberdeen
AB25 3UB
Tel: 01224 252500
Fax: 01224 252662
Further reading
Stationery Office Publications
Available from the Stationery Office Bookshop, 71
Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9AZ
Control of Pollution Act 1974
Environmental Protection Act 1990
Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993
Environment Act 1995
National Planning Policy Guidance (NPPG) 1 - The
Planning System in Scotland
Circular 10/99-Planning and Noise
PAN 56 -Planning and Noise
Code of Practice on Noise from Ice-Cream Van Chimes,
DOE, Welsh Office, Scottish Development Department, DOE
Northern Ireland, 1982
Code of Practice on Noise from Audible Intruder Alarms,
DOE, Welsh Office, Scottish Development Department, DOE
Northern Ireland, 1982
Code of Practice on Noise from Model Aircraft, DOE,
Welsh Office, Scottish Development Department, DOE Northern
Ireland, 1982
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