The Town and Country Planning (North Wales Border Control Post) (EU Exit) Special Development Order 2023

Noise mitigation

Control of noise levels

29.—(1) Noise levels at each of the residential receptors must not exceed the decibel levels at the corresponding time of day outlined in Table 3.

Table 3

Receptor	Daytime noise limit	Night-time noise limit
	(dB LAeq, 1hr)	(dB LAeq, 1hr)
Kingsland Road	54	39
Penrhyn Geiriol	43	42
Tyddyn-Uchaf	41	41

(2) In Table 3—

(a) “daytime” means 7:00 to 22:59, and

(b) “night-time” means 23:00 to 6:59.

Idling

30.  A vehicle must not have its engine idling where it is stationary for more than 5 minutes.

Relevant approval for new activity

31.—(1) Where a new activity is proposed on the land the developer must submit a noise study to the local planning authority and obtain a relevant approval before the new activity may commence.

(2) The noise study must outline if the new activity will negatively change the acoustic character of the noise output from the land.

(3) In this paragraph, a “new activity” means—

(a) the erection of a new building,

(b) the addition of new hard surfacing,

(c) the addition of new plant or machinery, or

(d) where an existing building or hard surfacing is to be used for a different purpose,

where these occurred after the relevant approval required by paragraph 17(2) was obtained.

(4) In sub-paragraph (2), a change in acoustic character includes increases in—

(a) low frequency noise;

(b) tonal noise;

(c) noise intermittency.

Waste management and drainage

32.—(1) Before any new building, repurposed building, or area of hard surfacing is first occupied or first used for any purpose permitted by article 3(1)(a)(i) it must be connected to the appropriate drainage system.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), the “appropriate drainage system” means the system in paragraph 18 that applies to the new element.