Welcome to the Scottish Noise Mapping Website
The Scottish Government has produced these maps in response to the European Parliament
and Council Directive for Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise
2002/49/EC, more commonly referred to as the Environmental Noise Directive
(END). This directive deals with noise from road, rail, and air traffic, and from
industry. It focuses on the impact of such noise on individuals, complementing existing
EU legislation, which sets standards for noise emissions from specific sources.
The three main objectives of the Directive are as follows.
- To determine the noise exposure of the population through noise mapping.
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To make information available on environmental noise to the public.
- To establish
Action Plans based on the mapping results, to reduce levels where necessary, and
to preserve environmental noise quality where it is good.
To embrace their responsibility to deliver the requirements of the END legislation
the Scottish Government published the
Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006.The Scottish legislation
describes a two round process to manage environmental noise.
Key Tasks in the Scottish Legislation – Round 1
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Task |
Detail |
Due Completion Date |
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One
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Produce strategic noise maps for major roads, rail, airports, and industry by
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June 30 2007 (completed)
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Two
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Competent Authorities to draw up Action Plans to manage noise
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18 July 2008
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This site will allow you to view the maps (for a full list of the maps provide please
click here) and the draft guidance in respect
of the Draft Guidance on Action Planning. Should you wish to provide feedback on
any aspect of the maps or the Draft Guidance on Action Planning you may do so by
following the links as shown either on the maps (as the post code pop-up appears)
or on the feedback tab which will appear on each page.
The interactive viewer contains maps that show calculated levels of road, rail,
aircraft and industrial noise traffic noise across the
Glasgow and Edinburgh agglomerations and the main transportation road and rail links.
The area to be viewed can be chosen by Post Code. To access the maps, and for more
information click here
You may be interested in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and these can be
found here.