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The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy Mayor of London 235 intensive recreational uses in sites where they can contribute to town centre vitality and viability’ and ‘avoid any significant loss of amenity to residents, neighbouring uses or biodiversity’. Planning Policy Guidance Note No 22 ‘Renewable Energy’ February 1993 (Consultation draft of new statement issued, November 2003) An annex on wind energy gives advice on noise issues to be considered in relation to planning applications for wind turbines. See also Appendix A9, bibliography under Working Group on Noise from Wind Turbines, report for DTI (referred to in November 2003 consultation). Planning Policy Guidance Note 23 ‘Planning and Pollution Control’ February 1997 PPG23 advises that local planning authorities, environmental health authorities and the Environment Agency enter into discussion at an early stage to avoid unnecessary duplication under both planning and pollution control regimes. Mineral Planning Guidance Note 11 ‘The Control of Noise at Surface Mineral Workings’ April 1993 MPG11 provides advice on how the planning system can be used to keep noise emissions from surface mineral workings within environmentally acceptable limits without imposing unreasonable burdens on mineral extraction operators. It provides a method of determining the existing background noise levels and of estimating likely future noise levels. It also gives guidance on appropriate noise limits. The guidance was under review at the time of writing - ‘Draft Minerals policy statement 2: Controlling and mitigating the environmental effects of mineral extraction in England: Annex 2. Noise’ See http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/ odpm_planning/documents/page/odpm_plan_609221.pdf Other guidance ‘Design Manual for Roads and Bridges’ Volume 11 ‘Environmental Assessment’ Section 3, Part 7 ‘Traffic Noise and Vibration’ Chapters 2-8, Highways Agency, August 1994. HA65/94 ‘Design guide for Environmental Barriers.’ HA 66/95 ‘Environmental Barriers, technical requirements.’ ‘Guidance on the methodology for multi-modal studies’ Volumes 1 and 2, DETR, March 2000; and New Approach to Appraisal.
236 Mayor of London The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy ‘Railway Operations and the Environment: Environmental Guidance’ (Office of the Rail Regulator, March 1996) e.g. paragraph 2.3 ‘mitigation of noise nuisance will require measures to be taken by train operators, rolling stock companies, Railtrack (now Network Rail) and the infrastructure maintenance companies for (co-ordinated or joint actions) to be effective.’ The Building Regulations, 2000 (as amended), Part E (2003) (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) specifies sound insulation requirements in respect of both internal sound transmission and external noise. Some details of enforcement (‘Pre Completion Testing’ and/or ‘Robust Standard Details’) are due to be determined in 2004. Building Bulletin 93 ‘The Acoustic Design of Schools’ (Department for Education and Skills, July 2003) provides guidance on required internal noise levels and sound insulation for new school buildings. Key Standards BS 4142: 1997 ‘Method of Rating Industrial Noise Affecting Mixed Residential and Industrial Areas’ provides guidance on assessing the likelihood of complaints about noise impact from industrial development. ‘Rating levels’ of industrial sources are compared with existing background L A90 noise levels. If it is not possible to predict levels at noisesensitive locations around the site, levels at a site boundary may be used. Where the rating level exceeds the background level by 10 dB or more, BS 4142 states that complaints are likely. It states that a difference of around 5 dB(A) is of marginal significance. The lower the value below 5 dB(A), the less is the likelihood that complaints will result and if the rating level is more than 10 dB below the background noise level, this is a positive indication that complaints are unlikely. The rating level of the noise is increased to take account of tones, whines or impulses in the audible noise, for example, from a compressor or transformer. BS 4142 is the subject of review. BS 5228: Parts 1, 2, 3 and 5: 1997; BS 5228-4: 1992: Noise and vibration control on construction and open sites. Provides a method for predicting construction site noise and several parts are Codes of Practice under the Control of Pollution Act, 1974. BS 6472:1992 Guide to evaluation of human exposure to vibration in buildings (1 Hz to 80 Hz) BS 8233: 1999 Code of Practice for Sound Insulation and Noise Reduction for Buildings. It deals with control of noise from outside the
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