BS 4142

New restaurants, takeaways, and bars often require a noise survey and assessment to support a planning application.  The assessment may need to consider noise from fans and air conditioning.  Noise from music, deliveries, drive-thrus, or outside dining areas may also be assessed. ACA Acoustics are experts at undertaking noise assessments for restaurants and takeaways.  We’ve […]

Noise from kitchen extract fans can cause a nuisance to people living near restaurants and other licensed premises.  Planning permission for HVAC equipment will often include a noise condition to be achieved.  Even where there is no planning condition then noisy equipment could be considered a statutory nuisance and need to be controlled.  This guide […]

When applying to your Local Authority for planning consent for a pub, restaurant, factory or any other type of industrial and commercial development, it is common for the Environmental Health Officer (EHO) to request that a BS 4142 noise impact assessment report is submitted with the application.  So, what is a BS 4142 assessment?