UK Noise Association

15/06/2026

Aviation Night Noise Effects (ANNE)
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a2693b856960b0542c0b153/anne-subjective-study-report.pdf
A seminal new report on the impact of night noise for the Department for Transport by a team led by Professor Charlotte Clark was published last week.
The study has two parts. Just the first part has been published. It was a large-scale survey carried out among residents living around eight UK airports to assess the impact of night flights on sleep disturbance and annoyance.
The second part, to be published later, will look at sleep disturbance in more detail.
The eight airports studied were:
Bristol Airport (BRS)
East Midlands Airport (EMA)
Glasgow Airport (GLA)
London Gatwick Airport (LGW)
London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
London Stansted Airport (STN)
London Luton Airport (LTN)
Manchester Airport (MAN)
The findings
30% of people indicated that they were bothered, disturbed, or annoyed by road traffic;
24% by aircraft/airports/airfield noise;
22% by neighbours outside their homes;
14% by neighbours inside their homes.
Numbers highly annoyed by aircraft noise in the photo

11/06/2026

A major new report from the CAA has found that people get annoyed at much lower noise levels than previously thought.
https://www.caa.co.uk/media/znmfqdoa/cap-3131-aviation-noise-attitudes-survey-2023-2024.pdf

05/06/2026

6th July Noise Webinar

Here are the details of a webinar we are putting on with the IOA and the Institution of Environmental Sciences to mark the 3rd anniversary of the publication of The Neglected Pollutants by the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee on noise and light pollution (the event will only cover noise).

6th July , 500-6.30, on Teams

https://www.the-ies.org/events/neglected-pollutants-3-years-effects-noise-human-health (includes how to book)

The current Government has not followed up on the report which contained many excellent recommendations. The aim of the event is to highlight these recommendations. Lord Krebs, a key member of the committee, will be the keynote speaker. UKNA Chair John Stewart will also be speaking along with somebody from the IOA. Agenda below.

16/05/2026

The University of Salford has launched an investigation into neighbour noise, As part of it, it is inviting people to fill in this questionnaire:

12/05/2026

More details on our website and link to the organisers of Noise Action Week. Still time to get involved!

www.uknoiseassociation.com

10/05/2026

The UK Noise Action Week will launch tomorrow (11th May) with a presentation from internationally recognised expert Professor Charlotte Clark, who will share the latest evidence on how noise pollution affects our health. Webinar 12 - 130pm
https://www.the-ies.org/events/noise-action-week-launch-event

17/04/2026

For those who missed last night's UECNA Webinar where Eulalia Peris, the author of the European Environment Agency's noise report, gave an excellent talk on the report. It sparked so much interest that the webinar overran by 15 minutes!

1 like. "UECNA webinar on European Environmental Noise Report"

08/04/2026

Our latest newsletter out today. Also includes:

News of a major survey that shows local authorities receive 350,000 noise complaints a yr

An assessment of the Government's Transport Strategy

News of Sownd Affects - a new noise organisation making waves

https://www.uknoiseassociation.com/uploads/4/1/4/5/41458009/the_bottom_rung_spring_2026.pdf

23/03/2026

More than 305,000 annual noise complaints recorded in England & Wales - 850 complaints per day - but a drop since 2021 which covered COVID-19 lockdowns (when complaints went up), according the 2026 suvey by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

Explore national noise complaint data in the 2026 Noise Complaint Data Briefing, including key findings and emerging noise trends across England and Wales.