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Real-time construction noise and vibration monitoring and Section 61 consents for sites across Exeter, East Devon, Teignbridge and the wider South West. We supply the monitors, run the live dashboard, send the alerts and write the BS 5228 reports, and handle the council on your behalf.
Exeter and Devon
Exeter and the towns around it are growing quickly: city centre and riverside regeneration, the new community at Cranbrook, the science park and employment land along the M5, and housing on the edge of most Devon towns. Much of it is close to existing homes, and Exeter City Council and the neighbouring districts commonly attach noise conditions to planning permissions and expect a Section 61 consent or construction management plan with monitoring for larger or noisier phases, with BS 5228 as the basis.
Exeter is a short drive from our Bristol base, so installs, site visits and complaint investigations across Devon can be arranged quickly, and the dashboard is live before we leave site. We also prepare Section 61 applications and the noise reports needed to discharge planning conditions for Devon sites.
Local authorities we work with:
What we do in Exeter
Monitoring, Section 61 applications, or both, for sites across Exeter and Devon. Here is what each includes.
Core service
Class 1 noise and vibration monitors on the site boundary, reporting to a live dashboard over 4G.
Consents and planning conditions
Section 61 prior consent under the Control of Pollution Act 1974, and the noise and vibration reports needed to discharge planning conditions set by Exeter City Council and the Devon districts. We prepare them and handle the council for you.
How it works
Location in Devon, programme, nearest homes and any noise limits already imposed. We quote a fixed weekly price per monitor, usually within one working day.
Monitoring positions, early-warning levels and the alert list are agreed with you, and with the council where the condition or consent needs it.
A consultant drives down from Bristol and mounts the units on a fence post, hoarding or tripod. They connect over 4G and the dashboard is live before we leave.
Alerts go to your team and reports to the client or council. If the readings start climbing, a consultant calls to work out what to change on site.
Why us
A specialist service from acoustic consultants, members of the Institute of Acoustics, who have worked on planning and construction noise since 2016 and know BS 5228, Section 61 and what the Devon councils look for.
A fixed weekly rate per monitor, covering the unit, data connection, dashboard, alerts, reporting and consultant support. Standard installations carry no set-up fee, and Section 61 work is a fixed fee.
Exeter is under two hours from our Bristol base, so a consultant can usually be on a Devon site within a day or two to install, commission or investigate a complaint.
Questions from Exeter sites
More general questions are answered on the main FAQ, and there are practical guides in our articles.
A Section 61 consent is not compulsory, but Exeter City Council and the neighbouring districts often expect one, or a construction management plan with noise limits and monitoring, for major demolition, piling or out-of-hours working, and many planning permissions carry a condition requiring it. Carrying out the works in line with an agreed consent protects the contractor from Section 60 action on those works. We write the application and get it agreed with the council.
Planning conditions and consents from Exeter City Council and the Devon districts normally limit noisy work to weekday daytimes and Saturday mornings, with nothing noisy on Sundays or bank holidays. Your own hours are written into the condition or consent, and anything outside them should be agreed with the council in advance. The monitoring record shows the hours were respected.
Typically within a few working days of instruction. Exeter is under two hours from Bristol, the units connect over 4G, and fitting takes under an hour, so the dashboard is usually live the day we visit.
All of Exeter and the surrounding area, including Cranbrook, Exmouth, Topsham, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Crediton, Tiverton, Cullompton, Honiton and Okehampton, plus Torbay and Plymouth and the rest of Devon and Cornwall.
Yes. We monitor PPV (peak particle velocity) on the same dashboard as noise. Typical reasons in Devon are piling or demolition near older housing, listed buildings and the historic centre of Exeter.
Articles
Plain-English articles on screening, BS 5228, Section 61 and handling complaints on construction sites.
Get a quote
Tell us where in Devon the site is, when it starts and what limits apply, and we will come back with a fixed weekly price per monitor or a fixed fee for a Section 61 application, normally within one working day. No obligation.
