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.
Sandwich
Sandwich is a historical community and also civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England. It rests on the River Stour and also has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was one of the Cinque Ports and also still has many original middle ages structures, including numerous listed hostelries as well as gateways in the old town walls, churches, almshouses and the White Mill. While as soon as a major port, it is now two miles from the sea due to the loss of the Wantsum Channel. Its historic centre has been protected. Sandwich Bay is home to nature books and 2 first-rate golf courses, Royal St George's and also Prince's. The town is likewise residence to lots of educational and also cultural events. Sandwich likewise provided its name to the food by way of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, and also words sandwich is currently found in several languages. The local economic situation has gained from substantial financial investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the multinational pharmaceuticals business Pfizer, which has built a r & d centre near Sandwich, using over 3,000 people. Research laboratory experiments at the site have actually aroused adverse comment by animal rights lobbyists. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer revealed it will relocate the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) division to Kalamazoo, Michigan. A number of important medications consisting of Viagra, Pfizer's therapy for impotence as well as Maraviroc, a drug used for therapy of HIV, were developed below. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer introduced that the whole research and development center at Sandwich would be shut within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 work, though it later revealed up to 650 jobs would certainly stay. The College of Kent was thinking about use of the school design site. The UK Government interfered to establish an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is now run as a service park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.