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3.

PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL CASES

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Quiet Working Methods or Other Special Factors

of

any

measures

any other

Applications which contain sufficient details particularly quiet items of PME or any special noise control

which the CNP applicant proposes to employ on the site, or

special factors or exceptional circumstances which the applicant considers may be relevant, may be given special consideration by the

Authority. In considering such special cases the Authority may make allowances, adjustments or corrections to any of the factors in Section 2 and appropriate calculation procedures may be adopted by the Authority having regard to standard acoustical principles and practices.

Any CNP issued under this provision may include conditions such

as details of the special noise control measures to be employed, acoustic

performance specifications for such measures or for particularly quiet

items or PME to be used, maximum noise levels at the NSR or at any other

position, and

other conditions which any

may be considered to be

appropriate by the Authority.

3.2 Work in Remote Areas

If the CNP application is for work on a construction site in a

remote area and the NSR is a passive recreational area, a CNP may be

granted even if the CNL exceeds the ANL.

For the purposes of this section a remote area is one in which very few people will be exposed to the noise and where the Authority. considers that the noise is extremely unlikely to give rise to public

annoyance or complaint.

3.3. Unavoidable Constraints on Working Hours

A CNP may be granted even if the CNL exceeds the ANL if it can

be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Authority that to carry out

the work during restricted hours would cause less public annoyance inconvenience than would be caused by carrying out the work during

non-restricted hours.

or