{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-anglia-three-offshore-wind-farm-order-2017/schedule-1/paragraph-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-anglia-three-offshore-wind-farm-order-2017/schedule-1/paragraph-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/826",
  "legislation_title": "The East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-anglia-three-offshore-wind-farm-order-2017",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Control of noise during operational phase",
  "text": "(1) No part of Work No. 67 may commence until written details that provide for the insulation of that part against the transmission of noise and vibration have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. Work No. 67 must thereafter be implemented in accordance with the approved details.\n(2) The rating level of operational noise immissions (including any relevant penalties for tonal or impulsive noise in accordance with BS4142:2014) from Work No. 67 alone (including transformers, air handling units and cooling fans) must not exceed 5dB above the background (LA90,1hr) level during the daytime (07:00 – 23:00) and 35 dB LAeq,15 min during the night time (23:00 – 07:00) at Bullenhall Farm (610287, 246601) Hill Farm (609088, 245652) and Woodlands Farm (609597, 246806).\n(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to any emergency event, maintenance and repairs or to any commissioning or testing event previously notified to the relevant planning authority.\n(4) Within three months of the completion of commissioning of any part of Work No. 67, the undertaker must submit measurements to the relevant planning authority taken in the vicinity of the relevant property or properties specified at sub-paragraph (2) to confirm the rating level of operational noise immissions do not exceed the levels specified in sub-paragraph (2), including details of any remedial works and a programme of implementation should the immissions exceed the stated levels.\n(5) Measurements must be undertaken in accordance with the equipment specifications, measurement procedures and monitoring equipment positioning guidelines outlined in BS 4142:2014.\n(6) For the purposes of this requirement, “completion of commissioning” means the date when the circuits have been fully tested and verified that they are able to transmit their rated power capacity to the grid connection point and National Grid has issued an FON (final operation notification) to the generator.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 26 in force at 29.8.2017, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/826/schedule/1/paragraph/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:55.389095+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."
}