Paragraph 5 Control of noise during solution mining and gas operationI1

England and Wales

(1)

Operation of the authorised development must not begin until a written scheme for noise management including monitoring and attenuation of the authorised development has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.

(2)

The scheme for noise management submitted in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) must require that the site-attributable noise during solution mining and gas operation shall not exceed a rating free-field noise level equivalent to the daytime and night-time background noise levels for each noise sensitive receptor detailed in Table 9.9 and Section 18.5.2 of the Environmental Statement (Document Ref. 6.1) with exception of the noise sensitive receptors set out in Table 12 below.

Table 12

Receptor	Night-Time dB LA90	Maximum Permissible Daytime Operational Free-field Rating Noise Levels dBLAeq1hour (07.00 – 23.00)	Maximum Permissible Night-Time Operational Free-field Rating Noise Levels dBLAeq15 mins (23.00-07.00)
3 – Drakelow Farm	32	34	34
4 – Halfway House	32	33	33
7 – Brownhayes Farm	30	37	37
8 – Drakelow Hall Farm	31	32	32
10 – Drakelow Gorse Farm	30	33	33
14 – Newholme Farm	31	33	33

(3)

The undertaker must implement the schemes for noise management approved in accordance with sub-paragraph (1).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 5.4.2017, see art. 1