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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogger-bank-creyke-beck-offshore-wind-farm-order-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-25",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/318",
  "legislation_title": "The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogger-bank-creyke-beck-offshore-wind-farm-order-2015",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Control of noise during operational phase",
  "text": "(1) The noise emanating from the operation of the Project A converter station (including transformers, cooling fans, switch gear and power lines) must ... not exceed operational noise levels of 35 decibels (including when taken as a whole with the Project B converter station) as given in BS4142 at the nearest receptors identified on the works plans as follows (with grid references shown as easting: northing)—\n(a) Halfway House (504796; 436331);\n(b) Model Farm (504011; 436576);\n(c) Poplar Farm (503727; 435672); and\n(d) Wanlass Farm (504385; 435168).\n(1A) The noise emanating from the operation of the Project B converter station (including transformers, cooling fans, switch gear and power lines) must not exceed operational noise levels of 35 decibels (including when taken as a whole with the Project A converter station) as given in BS4142 at the nearest receptors identified on the works plans as follows (with grid references shown as easting: northing)—\n(a) Halfway House (504796; 436331);\n(b) Model Farm (504011; 436576);\n(c) Poplar Farm (503727; 435672); and\n(d) Wanlass Farm (504385; 435168).\n(2) Noise measurements must be undertaken in free field conditions and expressed as 5 minute L(A)r values.\n(3) All standby generator testing in relation to the Project A onshore works must be undertaken between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday to Saturday, and not at all on Sundays or public or bank holidays, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the relevant planning authority.\n(3A) All standby generator testing in relation to the Project B onshore works must be undertaken between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday to Saturday, and not at all on Sundays or public or bank holidays, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the relevant planning authority.\n(4) To avoid doubt, the grid references in sub-paragraph (1) are approximate and are not intended to provide the position of any noise-monitoring locations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 25(1) substituted (21.11.2025) by The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1264), arts. 1, 9(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 25(1) omitted (21.11.2025) by virtue of The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1264), arts. 1, 9(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 25(1) inserted (21.11.2025) by The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1264), arts. 1, 9(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 25(1A) inserted (21.11.2025) by The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1264), arts. 1, 9(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 25(3) inserted (21.11.2025) by The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1264), arts. 1, 9(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 25(3A) inserted (21.11.2025) by The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1264), arts. 1, 9(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 25 in force at 11.3.2015, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/318/schedule/1/paragraph/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:47:03.364506+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}