Environmental Noise:

World Health Organisation
Guidelines for Community Noise
WHO, Geneva, March 2000

Noise Induced Hearing Loss:

Health & Safety
'The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005'
Statutory Instrument No 1643
HMSO

International Organisation for
Standardization, Geneva
'Acoustics - Determination of occupational
noise exposure and estimation of noise
induced hearing impairment'
ISO 1999:1990

Health & Safety Executive
'Tables for the estimation of
hearing impairment due to noise
for otilogically normal and
typical unscreened populations of
males and females'
HSE Contract Research Report No 29/1991

Noise Nuisance:

Environmental Protection Act 1990
Chapter 43
HMSO

DoE Information Leaflet
'Bothered by Noise - what you can do about it'
A guide to noise complaints procedures
Department of the Environment

Planning:

Planning and Noise
'Planning Policy Guidance Document PPG24:1994'
Department of the Environment
HMSO

Noise and Vibration Measurements:

British Standards Institution
'Method for rating industrial noise
affecting mixed residential and
industrial areas'
BS 4142:1997

Association of Noise Consultants
'ANC Guidlines - Noise Measurements in Buildings
Part 1: Noise from Building Services ANC-9701
Part 2:Noise from External Sources within Buildings ANC-9801'

Association of Noise Consultants
'ANC Guidlines - Measurement and Assessment of Groundborne Noise & Vibration'
ANC - ISBN 0-9539516-1-8

Transportation Noise:

Building & Buildings
'The Noise Insulation Regulations 1975'
(Incorporating 1988 Ammendment)
Statutory Instrument No 1763
HMSO

Department of Transport
Welsh Office
'Calculation of Road Traffic Noise'
HMSO

Department of Transport
'Calculation of Railway Noise'
1995
HMSO

Sound Insulation in Buildings:

The Building Regulations 2000
Approved Document E1/2/3/4
'Resistance to the passage of sound'
TSO (The Stationary Office)

Robust Details Part E
Resistance to the passage of sound
Robust Details Limited
Edition 2 - January 2005

British Standards Institution
'Acoustics - Measurement of sound insulation
in buildings and of building elements'
BS EN ISO 140:1998

British Standards Institution
'Acoustics - Rating of sound insulation
in buildings and of building elements'
BS EN ISO 717:1997

British Standards Institution
'Sound insulation and noise reduction
for buildings - Code of practice'
BS 8233:1999

Construction Industry Research
and Information Association
'Sound Control for Homes'
(BRE/CIRIA) Report Nos BR238 & CIRIA127

Building Bulletin 93:2003
'Acoustic Design for Schools'
Published by TSO (The Stationary Office)
ISBN 0 11 271105 7

The Steel Construction Institute
Acoustic Detailing For Multi-Storey Residential Buildings
SCI Publication P336