Make confident development decisions with clear acoustic advice from the outset. We help developers, architects and property owners address noise constraints and design comfortable buildings.
Forth Noise & Vibration provides noise impact assessments and acoustic design advice for new developments, conversions and changes of use. We assess noise affecting your site and its neighbours, then advise on layouts, glazing, ventilation and sound insulation.
You work directly with your acoustic consultant and receive a clear technical report to support planning applications or discharge of noise conditions. Practical recommendations help avoid late design changes and keep mitigation proportionate to your project.
Environmental noise assessments for planning and development — quantifying impact and setting out practical mitigation.
Predictive noise modelling using specialist software to test scenarios and de-risk decisions before you build.
Acoustic input at design stage — discharging planning conditions and getting the detail right the first time.
"They cut through a noise objection that had stalled our application for months. The report was clear, robust, and the planners accepted it without question."
"Pragmatic and genuinely expert. They told us what we actually needed rather than over-engineering it, and our workplace noise records are now fully defensible."
"Responsive, independent and easy to deal with. They identified the vibration source quickly and gave us a clear path to fix it."
"Forth Noise gave us a planning condition discharge that stood up to scrutiny. Clear advice, tight timescales, and no last-minute surprises."
Let’s address noise before it becomes a problem.
As early as possible — ideally at pre-application, so noise informs the layout rather than forcing redesign later.
Yes. We routinely work alongside planning consultants, architects and the wider design team, feeding acoustic evidence into the application so the case is consistent and defensible.
Yes. We undertake the measurements, modelling and reporting required to support the discharge of noise-related planning conditions, providing the local authority with clear evidence that the relevant requirements have been addressed.
It quantifies existing and proposed noise, tests the layout against the relevant standards, and sets out practical mitigation so the scheme can move through planning without a noise objection stalling it.
