Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department provides support to local authorities to help them investigate complaints from local residents of Low Frequency Sound Noise nuisance.

Defra commissioned the University of Salford to produce a Procedure for the Assessment of Low Frequency Noise Disturbance. This document, which is available here: https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/493/1/NANR45-procedure_rev1_23_12_2011.pdf is considered the best practice standard for professionals investigating low frequency noise complaints, and we consider that it remains fit for purpose.