Hi All The council have informed the residents in my street that they intend to build a skate board areana across the road from our houses,they have carried out a noise assessment and have informed us that it came out 94db in our front gardens this seems high to me but i cant find any thing which says what the upper level noise limits would be for outside your home and if doors open inside. Thanks All.

Tazz, are you talking about the expected noise from the skate park when completed or the noise during construction? The first is environmental neighbourhood noise, the second is both noise at work and control of noise pollution from a construction site as Alex suggests. They are different beasts with different rules. A single reading of 94db is just that, a single reading. In an everyday sense it tells you nothing more than how loud the noise might be perceived. For example, someone playing a trombone might give a similar reading. At what times of the day and for how long the noise might be apparent are important. You need to clarify the situation and I would recommend that you talk to your local council EHO about this matter. They are best placed to advise you in such circumstances. Look on their website, there will be a link to noise pollution or neighbourhood noise somewhere on the site. p48