Existing Guidelines and Policies

We have regularly made reference to existing guidelines and policies in place to protect individuals and communities from traffic noise and disturbance. Access to some of the key documents can be obtained through 'Useful Links' in the right hand column. At least one of our contributors works in the property development and design fields and is able to confirm that these policies are used on a daily basis by local authority planning departments throughout the country, to control development. One particularly relevent document is Planning Policy Guidance 13: Transport, and one simple and concise section from PPG 13 is section 46:

'...because of concerns over disturbance to residents'

Surely not the most difficult piece of text to understand?