Lomond Quarry Falkland Hills Road Balsillie Avenue Balgillie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3HD
Compliance with Condition 17 of Planning Permission 21/00287/EIA -Within six months of the date of implementation of this planning permission, a scheme for the monitoring of noise generated from the site shall be submitted for the written approval of Fife Council as Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented as approved within two months of its approval. The scheme shall provide for:- Attended measurements by a competent person of LAeq, 5 minutes levels over a typical period with the main plant and machinery in operation, likely 1 hour in duration at each location.- Attended measurements to be undertaken at intervals representative of changes in operations at the site, including Phase 1 and Phase 2 operations. Intervals in attended measurements should not exceed six months.- The logging of weather conditions, including rainfall, wind speed and direction during the attended measurements. - Attended measurements in order to determine compliance with the noise limits set out below:Ingrie Farm Cottage - 45 dB LAeq, 1hrBallinghall Mill Farmhouse - 45 dB LAeq, 1hrEast Cottage, Ballinbriech Terrace - 45 dB LAeq, 1hrNo. 2 Paterson Cottages - 50 dB LAeq, 1hrNo. 50 Ramsay Gardens - 50 dB LAeq, 1hrNoise from the development caused by initial soil stripping and/or landscaping operations prior to the commencement of mineral extraction shall not exceed 70dB Laeq, 1 hour (free field) at any noise sensitive premises. This noise limit shall only be permitted for a maximum of eight weeks in any 12-month period following commencement of development and for a maximum of eight weeks in the final 12-month period of site decommissioning and reinstatement. Otherwise, the noise limit in Condition 17 of the planning permission hereby granted shall apply.