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.
Wallingford
Wallingford is a historical market town as well as civil parish located to the south of Oxford on the River Thames in England. Historically situated in the region of Berkshire, it was moved to Oxfordshire for the purposes of management in 1974. Wallingford is positioned 12 miles (19 km) north of Reading, 13 miles (21 km) south of Oxford and also 11 miles (18 kilometres) north west of Henley-on-Thames. The community's population was 11,600 in the 2011 census. The community has played a crucial function in English history starting with the surrender of Stigand to William the Conqueror in 1066, which resulted in his taking the throne as well as the creation of Wallingford Castle. The castle and the town enjoyed imperial status and thrived for much of the Middle Ages. The Treaty of Wallingford, which finished a civil war referred to as The Anarchy in between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, was signed there. The community then got in a period of decline after the arrival of the Black Death and befalling of favour with the Tudor monarchs before being contacted once more throughout the English Civil War. Wallingford held out as the last staying Royalist stronghold in Berkshire prior to surrendering after a 16-week siege. Fearing that Wallingford Castle could be made use of in a future uprising, Oliver Cromwell purchased its damage. Since then Wallingford has actually ended up being a market community and also centre of neighborhood business. At the centre of the community is a huge free market square with the battle memorial and 17th century arcaded town hall to the south, the Corn Exchange theatre to the east and many look around the edges. Off the square there are alleys and streets with more stores and a number of historic inns. Although it was a town, Wallingford once had 14 churches; now, there are 3 ancient churches within the Church of St Mary-le-More as well as St Leonard, a contemporary Roman Catholic church, a Quaker Meeting House dating from 1724 and also Baptist, Methodist as well as neighborhood churches.