Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83749

Noise Act 1996: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland on the adequacy of the Noise Act 1996.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Noise Act 1996 gives local authorities powers to serve warning notices to deal with noise from dwellings and licensed premises that exceeds a permitted level between 11pm and 7am. There have not been any recent discussions on the adequacy of the Noise...
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