 


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18.


BS4142:1997 “Method for rating industrial noise affecting mixed residential and industrial areas” (BSI 1997);


BS8233:2014 “Sound insulation and noise reduction for buildings. Code of practice” (BSI 2014);


Calculation of Road Traffic Noise (Department of Transport 1988); and


Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB), Volume 11, Section 3, Part 7 “Noise and Vibration” (Highways Agency (HA) 2011).


EN-1 states in paragraph 4.1.5 that:


“Other matters that the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) may consider important and relevant to its decision-making may include Development Plan Documents or other documents in the Local Development Framework. In the event of a conflict between these or any other documents and an NPS, the NPS prevails for the purposes of IPC decision making given the national significance of the infrastructure”.


Data sources Table 26.4.Data Sources Features


Data


East Anglia ONE Chapter 26 Noise and Vibration and Appendices


East Anglia THREE Chapter 27 Traffic and Transport


Year 2012


Coverage


Development boundary


Confidence High


Notes


Baseline noise survey information


Assessment methodology


Converter Station noise emission levels


2014


Development boundary


High Baseline traffic flows


Construction and operational development traffic flows


Impact Assessment Methodology 19.


For the purpose of the noise and vibration impact assessment the study area is the onshore electrical transmission works (including access), outlined in Chapter 5 Description of the Development plus the following buffers:


  


Landfall 75m;


Onshore cable route 80m; and Converter station – 120m.


Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014


East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm


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