The aim of this book is to provide some basic information on noise at an easily understood level, together with some practical advice on making noise measurements, simple calculations and interpreting reports, hopefully allowing you to avoid the most obvious errors. This book is primarily focused on England & Wales, though of course the basic principles will be relevant wherever noise measurements are carried out It provides basic advice on environmental and occupational noise and measurements, as well as a simple guide to noise nuisance, and noise and planning