planning ahead
With acoustic legislation becoming more stringent and land available for development diminishing, planning permission is harder to secure than ever. However, the expert acoustics and vibration planning team at Pace Consult can navigate this complex process on your behalf, providing support at every stage to ensure your project gets the green light - even under the most challenging of circumstances.
Offering a broad range of acoustic and vibration services, Pace offers pre and post planning application support, either at a specific point in the process, or taking the application through from initial submission to completion.
Services include:
• Environmental impact assessment
• Survey to establish Noise Exposure Categories under PPG24:1994
• Assessment of the requirements of the building envelope against internal noise criteria made within BS 8233:1999 'Sound insulation and noise reduction for buildings'
• Background noise surveys to BS 4142: 1997 'Method for rating industrial noise affecting mixed residential and industrial Areas'
• Vibration monitoring under BS6472:2008
• BS5228: prediction of noise on construction and open sites
• Expert witness for presenting evidence and representing clients at public inquiries and hearings
• Prediction and calculation of road traffic noise for proposed developments
• Mineral planning guidance and noise predictions
