Draft Transport Noise Action Plan (TNAP) 2024 to 2028

A Transport Noise Action Plan is required, by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006 ("the 2006 Regulations"), to be produced on a five yearly cycle, based on the results of the strategic noise maps.

The 2006 Regulations requires the Scottish Government to bring about measures which are intended to avoid, prevent, or reduce, on a prioritised area basis, the harmful effects, including annoyance, due to the exposure to environmental noise.

This consultation applies to the draft Transport Noise Action Plan, and seeks the views of those individuals and organisations who hold an interest in noise pollution from roads and railways, and the related transport policy.

Read the consultation paper. The consultation paper contains full background information for this consultation. You may find it useful to read or refer to while responding.

Responding to this consultation

The consultation will run for a seven week period, closing on 30 January 2026.

How to respond

We have created a number of ways for you to engage with this consultation. You can respond online, by email or by post. Details on how you can do this are highlighted below:

Responding to the consultation online

You can save and return to your response at any time while the consultation is open. Please ensure that your response is submitted before the consultation closes at midnight on 30 January 2026.

You will automatically be emailed a copy of your response after you submit it. If you choose this method, you will be directed to complete the Respondent Information Form, which lets us know how you wish your response to be handled and whether you are happy for it to be made public.

Email

Send us your response in an email to drew.hill@transport.gov.scot.

Post

Send your response to:

Drew Hill
Senior Engineer
Environment Climate and Sustainability Directorate
Transport Scotland
177 Bothwell Street
Blythswood New Town
Glasgow
G2 7ER

The deadline for responses is 30 January 2026.

Need assistance?

If you need support in answering this consultation or have a query about the consultation process, you can send your query to: Drew.Hill@transport.gov.scot or in writing to the postal address provided above for postal consultation responses.

Next steps

After the consultation has closed, we will analyse all of the responses received and use your feedback to help develop the final Implementation Plan. We will also publish responses at Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space, where we have been given permission to do.

The responses to the consultation and analysis will be published in due course.