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This provision shall apply in cases such as those in which serious interruption or disruption would be caused to road, rail or other
to utilities such as the supply of water,
forms of transport, or
electricity.
gas or
When
a
CNP
a
the
is granted as result of this provision, Authority shall ensure that the quietest practicable working methods are being employed. Conditions in the CNP may specify the use of specially silenced items of PME, acoustic screens and other noise control measures, in cases where their use would have a beneficial effect in reducing noise
levels and would be practicable.
Additional CNP conditions shall restrict the use of noisy
road-breaking equipment and other particularly noisy work during certain Whenever possible, the use of such equipment or the carrying out
hours.
and the
of such work shall not be permitted between 2100 and 0600 hours, loading of spoil into trucks shall not take place between 2300 and 0600 hours. Only in very exceptional circumstances shall the carrying out of such work be permitted after 2300 hours or the loading of spoil after midnight. If these restrictions are not possible the CNP shall state
that all care shall be taken to
that such work is carried out
quickly as possible with due regard for the potential noise intrusion
which may result.
ensure
3.4 Work Having Important Social Implications
as
Where in the opinion of the Authority a CNP application is for work which, by virtue of its magnitude or purpose, has significant social implications and where refusal to grant a CNP may not be in the public. interest, or where the granting of a CNP might arouse considerable public concern, the Authority shall refer the matter for advice to the Secretary for Health and Welfare. In such cases the Authority shall abide by any advice received from the Secretary for Health and Welfare.
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