Paragraph 23 Monitoring of complaintsI1

In the event that justified complaints for noise nuisance are received by the local planning authority, the undertaker must, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority, at its own expense, employ a consultant approved by the local planning authority to carry out an assessment of noise from the authorised development, whether relating to noise from construction or operation of the site. The assessment must be carried out to an appropriate methodology agreed with the local planning authority and the results of the assessment must be submitted to the local planning authority within 28 days of the assessment along with suggested remedial measures if considered necessary. The assessment must include a comparison of measured data with the maximum noise levels specified in the scheme approved under requirement 22 (noise during the operational phase) and also include all data which was collected for the purposes of the assessment and certificates of the measuring instrument’s calibration. Any remedial measures considered necessary to comply with the maximum noise levels must be implemented in accordance with a programme agreed in writing by the local planning authority.