Over the last 20 years or so, evidence has been emerging that people’s annoyance arising from exposure to aircraft noise has been increasing. This report describes a Further Analysis of the Survey of Noise Attitudes 2014 which was commissioned by the UK Department for Transport. It builds upon the analysis reported in CAP1506 as well as on previous general noise attitude studies.
This report addresses the aims of CAP1506 and expands on that study by examining further non-acoustic factors and their association with aircraft noise along with the factors that may act as mediators. It also investigates the average summer day noise exposure at which annoyance with aircraft noise appears to be more pertinent than other neighbourhood issues.
A major finding is that Heathrow’s runway alternation system, that provides noise respite, is found to be associated with a reduced likelihood of being highly annoyed in relation to those primarily affected by westerly arrivals. Dose response functions estimating the likelihood of being highly annoyed are presented for residents experiencing no respite and respite of at least 8 dB LAeq,8h.
The report describes the approach to the study, the sampling strategy, the determination of the noise exposure, the analytical approach and the results. Supplementary reports and data have been published alongside this revised report (note that CAP1506a and CAP1506b were published alongside CAP1506, and are also relevant to the Further Analysis):
• CAP1506a The 2014 Survey of Noise Attitudes (SoNA) Technical Report (final report)
• CAP1506b SoNA 2014 Data Files (xlsx format)
• CAP2250a Survey of Noise Attitudes (SoNA) 2014: Annoyance Further Analysis Peer Review
• CAP2250b SoNA 2014 Technical Peer Review
This report addresses the aims of CAP1506 and expands on that study by examining further non-acoustic factors and their association with aircraft noise along with the factors that may act as mediators. It also investigates the average summer day noise exposure at which annoyance with aircraft noise appears to be more pertinent than other neighbourhood issues.
A major finding is that Heathrow’s runway alternation system, that provides noise respite, is found to be associated with a reduced likelihood of being highly annoyed in relation to those primarily affected by westerly arrivals. Dose response functions estimating the likelihood of being highly annoyed are presented for residents experiencing no respite and respite of at least 8 dB LAeq,8h.
The report describes the approach to the study, the sampling strategy, the determination of the noise exposure, the analytical approach and the results. Supplementary reports and data have been published alongside this revised report (note that CAP1506a and CAP1506b were published alongside CAP1506, and are also relevant to the Further Analysis):
• CAP1506a The 2014 Survey of Noise Attitudes (SoNA) Technical Report (final report)
• CAP1506b SoNA 2014 Data Files (xlsx format)
• CAP2250a Survey of Noise Attitudes (SoNA) 2014: Annoyance Further Analysis Peer Review
• CAP2250b SoNA 2014 Technical Peer Review
- Status:
- Current
- Review comment:
- -
- Version:
- 1
- Version date:
- 02-Dec-2022
- View file:
This publication features in the following categories.
This publication features in the following series.
Provide page feedback
Please enter your comments below, or use our usual service contacts if a specific matter requires an answer.
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.