Noise consultant Louise Alderson, had the unusual assignment of monitoring noise levels from baby lambs and their mothers on a farm in Cumbria following a planning application to build a housing development on nearby fields – owned by the same farmer. Environmental Health Officers (EHO) from the Local Authority had raised concerns that noise from the annual spring lambing could be deemed too loud for the new residents who wanted to enjoy a rural setting – but possibly not that rural. “It is one of the more unusual jobs I have been awarded,” agreed Louise. “Once the lambs are born they are transferred to lambing sheds with their mothers but the EHO was worried that the combined noise they made would impact on the amenity of future home owners if planning permission was g

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