Understand your project’s noise constraints before equipment and layouts are fixed. Our acoustic assessments help energy developers and utilities plan workable sites and protect nearby residents.
We assess noise from substations, battery energy storage systems, inverters, heat pumps and associated plant. Baseline surveys and noise modelling establish how proposed equipment could affect neighbouring properties, including during quieter night-time periods.
Forth Noise & Vibration turns the findings into clear advice on equipment selection, positioning and noise control. You get a technical report to support planning and procurement, helping you address noise requirements before they become costly design changes.
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.
