The Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 Power Station Order 2015

Control of operational noise

24.—(1) The authorised development must not be commissioned until a written programme for the monitoring and control of noise during the operation of the authorised development has been submitted to and, after consultation with the Environment Agency and Selby District Council, approved by the planning authority.

(2) The programme submitted and approved must specify—

(a) each location from which noise is to be measured;

(b) the method of noise measurement, which must be in accordance with British Standard 4142:2014;

(c) the maximum permitted levels of noise at each monitoring location; and

(d) provision requiring the undertaker to take noise measurements as soon as possible following a request by the planning authority and to submit the measurements to the planning authority as soon as they are available.

(3) The level of noise at each monitoring location must not exceed the maximum permitted level specified for that location in the programme, except—

(a) in the case of an emergency,

(b) with the prior approval of the planning authority, or

(c) as a result of steam purging or the operation of emergency pressure relief valves or similar equipment of which the undertaker has given notice in accordance with subparagraph (4).

(4) Except in the case of an emergency, the undertaker must give the planning authority 24 hours’ notice of any proposed steam purging or operation of emergency pressure relief valves or similar equipment.

(5) So far as is reasonably practicable, steam purging and the operation of emergency pressure relief valves or similar equipment may only take place—

(a) between 0900 and 1700 hours on weekdays (excluding bank holidays);

(b) between 0900 and 1300 hours on Saturdays (excluding bank holidays).

(6) Where the level of noise at a monitoring location exceeds the maximum permitted level specified for that location in the programme because of an emergency—

(a) the undertaker must, as soon as possible and in any event within two business days of the beginning of the emergency, submit to the planning authority a statement detailing—

(i) the nature of the emergency, and

(ii) why it is necessary for the level of noise to have exceeded the maximum permitted level; and

(b) if the undertaker expects the emergency to last for more than 24 hours, it must inform local residents and businesses affected by the level of noise at that location of—

(i) the reasons for the emergency, and

(ii) how long it expects the emergency to last.