In general, you won’t need planning permission to install soundproofing. If you are installing soundproofing against a shared wall, you will usually need to follow the rules and restrictions set out in the Party Wall Act. In listed buildings and conservation areas, there may be extra restrictions on soundproofing.
Menstrie
Menstrie is a town in the area of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and is one of a string of towns that, as a result of their area at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Towns or simply The Hillfoots. The owners of Menstrie as soon as processed wool from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, business owners from Tullibody set up a carding and spinning mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water as well as power, absent from their own village. In the early 19th century a straight road was improved the flat ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road as well as boost the transport of products to and also from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road push the old route along the foot of capitals. The brand-new roadway, currently the A91, came to be a focus for building of churches, residences, mills and stores. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank as well as Forthvale mills stayed in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population was about 500 however had enhanced to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a company, which included the owners of regional mills and a distillery, funded a branch railway line with Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This signed up with the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa as well as Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own traveler station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Virtually nothing of the station remains and also the railway branch line, which continued to bring products after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse throughout the mid-1980s in favour of road transportation. The Glenochil Distillery had opened up in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the eastern of the town, beside the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has actually advanced this site for more than 250 years though production of whisky quit about 1930. Yeast, at first a by-product of whisky fermentation, had slowly come to be the major item and opted for manufacture of whisky as well as bread. Soft water, locally offered, is still valuable. A substantial bonded stockroom area stays for storage space of whisky as it grows in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has given way to fermentation items originated from yeast. The whisky as well as yeast services are now run by different business, specifically Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) as well as Kerry Group. The latter carries out item development in addition to making at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands however the Elmbank Mill, having been used for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, now houses local business. A furniture factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was ruined by fire in regarding 1968. A road nearby currently bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was residence to family members whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as fabric markets have decreased, Menstrie has actually come to be a commuter dormitory, spreading over the surrounding farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 as well as 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and also 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was estimated as 2872.
