SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 113
Role of Planning System in Noise Control
The planning system should minimise adverse noise impacts on health and well-being through influencing the location, layout and design of new development. Councils should consider noise issues when bringing forward local planning policy through local development plans.
The planning system has a role to play in minimising the potential for adverse impact upon health and well-being through noise, by means of its influence on the location, layout and design of new development and consideration of the amenity impacts. Accordingly, councils should consider noise issues in bringing forward local planning policy through local development plans (LDPs).
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