Paragraph 9 Construction hoursI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), no construction works are to take place except between—

(a)

08:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday; and

(b)

08:00 to 13:00 on Saturday;

unless otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority.

(2)

The following works are permitted outside the hours referred to in sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

works that cannot be interrupted or emergency works; and

(b)

works which do not cause noise that is more than 5dB above the pre-construction ambient noise at the nearest residential property to the Order limits, subject to lower cut-off values of 65dB, 55dB and 45dB LAeqT from site noise alone, for the daytime, evening and night-time periods, respectively, determined in accordance with Annex E of BS 5228-1:2009+A1:2014.

(3)

Any emergency works carried out under sub-paragraph (2)(a) must be notified to the relevant planning authority within 72 hours of their commencement.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 10.3.2022, see art. 1