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Annex B Certificate of Incorporation & Environmental Management Systems Certificates CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY Company Number. 7876913 The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales, hereby certiﬁes that VEOLIA ES LEEDS LIMITED is this day incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 as a private company, that the company is limited by shares, and the situation of its registered ofﬁce is in England and Wales. Given at Companies House, Cardiff, on 9th December 2011. The above information was communicated by electronic means and authenticated by the Registrar of Companies under section 1115 of the Companies Act 2006 1 Veolia ES Leeds Ltd. – Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility, Former Wholesale Market Site, Cross Green Industrial Estate, Leeds 9 NOISE AND VIBRATION 9.1 Introduction This Chapter is a summary of Appendix E which contains a Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment (NVIA) prepared in relation to the proposed development. The aim of the NVIA is to predict the noise levels associated with the construction and operation of the proposed facility and to assess the likely noise levels at the nearest sensitive receptors. The assessment outlines the mitigation measures to be undertaken in order to achieve the noise limits specified by LCC’s Environmental Health Officer at the nearest sensitive receptors. • assess the noise and vibration impacts from the construction of the facility; • predict the noise levels at the nearest residential receptors from the operation of the proposed facility and from vehicle movements associated with the development on public roads; • undertake an assessment at the closest residential properties in accordance with the requirements of BS 4142; • determine the internal noise levels within the closest offices to the facility, and at a proposed Vocational Academy to be located to the north of the facility; and • recommend noise mitigation measures, if required. Appendix E describes a summary of relevant national and local policy guidance and details of consultations undertaken. The methodologies used to identify and assess the potential significant effects of the proposed development during the construction and operational phases are then detailed before a description of the baseline conditions is provided. Potential impacts are then presented, before mitigation measures are identified and an assessment of residual effects undertaken. A summary of the assessment is then provided, together with relevant conclusions. 9.2 Assessment Methodology LCC were consulted with regard to the most appropriate assessment methodology. 9.2.1 Baseline Noise Measurements To quantify the prevailing baseline noise climate, measurement surveys have been carried out at locations representative of surrounding sensitive receptors. 9.2.2 Site Construction Noise Construction noise predictions have been carried out based on the methodology outlined in BS 5228-1: 2009 ‘Code of practice for noise and vibration control on construction and open sites. Part 1: Noise’. BS 5228 predicts noise as an equivalent continuous noise level averaged over a period such as 1 hour (LAeq,1h). Details pertaining to construction plant have been sourced from VES for employment in the construction noise assessment. Noise levels generated by construction activities are regulated by guidelines and subject to Local Authority control. No UK national noise limits exist for construction noise. However, guidance on acceptable noise levels is provided in British Standard BS 5228: 2009. BS 5228 contains a methodology for assessing the significance of impact of construction noise in ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT July 2012 95 Veolia ES Leeds Ltd. – Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility, Former Wholesale Market Site, Cross Green Industrial Estate, Leeds relation to the ambient noise levels for residential properties. This is known as the ABC method. The criteria for significance is provided in BS 5228-1: 2009. 9.2.3 Construction Vibration Ground vibrations may cause reactions ranging from ‘just perceptible’ through ‘concern’ to ‘alarm’ and ‘discomfort’. The subjective response varies widely and is a function of situation, information, time of day and duration. Buildings are reasonably resilient to ground-borne vibration and vibration-induced damage is rare. Vibration-induced damage can arise in different ways, making it difficult to arrive at universal criteria that will adequately and simply indicate damage risk. Damage can occur directly due to high dynamic stresses, due to accelerated ageing or indirectly, when high quasi-static stresses are induced by, for example, soil compaction. Vibration due to specific construction work has been estimated at sensitive receptors using example measured source data and the appropriate propagation relationship taken from BS 5228-2: 2009 ‘Code of practice for noise and vibration control on construction and open sites. Part 2: Vibration’. The estimated vibration due to construction works on site are compared to the target limits specified in BS 5228-2 Annex C2 to determine the significance of the vibration effects in terms of nuisance. Effects classified as moderate or major are classified as significant; those classified as negligible or minor are not significant. The estimated vibration due to construction works on site are compared to the target limits specified in BS 7385-2 to determine the significance of the vibration effect in terms of cosmetic building damage. 9.2.4 Operational Plant Noise LCC confirmed that a BS 4142 assessment be undertaken for the operation of the RERF, with the preferred Rating Level from operations to be 5 dB(A) or more below the background noise level at nearest residential receptors (meaning that complaints are unlikely). A noise propagation model has been developed in the SoundPLAN suite of programs, which implements a range of calculation methods, including the ISO 9613-2 calculation method for industrial noise sources. The model consists of a three dimensional representation of the proposed facility and the surroundings and has been employed to calculate noise levels at surrounding sensitive receptors due to noise breakout from the facility buildings, noise emission from external plant and activities, and noise emission from HGVs on site. The assessment of the significance of the noise impacts at residential properties has been based on the guidance in BS 4142: 1997 ‘Rating industrial noise affecting mixed residential and industrial areas’ and LCC’s local requirements. 9.2.5 Operational Plant Vibration As the operational RERF will not include any potentially significant sources of vibration, operational vibration effects have been scoped out of the assessment. 9.2.6 Construction and Operational Traffic Noise The magnitude of the impact of noise associated with road traffic generated by the construction and operation of the proposed development has been assessed by calculating the change in the traffic noise levels on the ELLR. ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT July 2012 96 Veolia ES Leeds Ltd. – Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility, Former Wholesale Market Site, Cross Green Industrial Estate, Leeds The calculations employ the methodology provided in Calculation of Road Traffic Noise (CRTN), which is the standard methodology adopted in the UK for the calculation of noise levels from road traffic and are based on traffic data included in the Transportation Assessment (Appendix C). It is generally accepted that changes in road traffic noise levels of 1dB(A) or less are imperceptible; changes of at least 3dB(A) are required for perceptibility. An increase of 10dB(A) is generally perceived as a doubling in loudness. 9.3 Baseline Conditions 9.3.1 Noise Four measurement locations were selected to represent the closest noise sensitive receptors from the proposed site: • Receptor 1: 225 Cross Green Lane, representative of residential properties to the west of the site. • Receptor 2: On Halton Moor Road, at a location representative of the nearest residential properties to the site. • Receptor 3: On Newmarket Lane, at a location representative of the western façade of offices on Felnex Square. • Receptor 4: Newmarket Approach, to the north of the site at the location of the southern boundary of the proposed Vocational Academy. These receptors, and the proposed application site boundary, are illustrated in Figure E1 in Appendix E. Further detail regarding the instrumentation employed, meteorological conditions and the protocol adopted during the noise surveys is provided in Appendix E. A full set of the monitoring results is provided in Appendix E. As may be expected, measured levels during the daytime period are greater than those measured during the night time period due to the dominant influence of road traffic noise at most locations. 9.3.2 Vibration It is noted that (unlike noise) the assessment of acceptability of new sources of vibration to be introduced to an area does not rely on comparison between existing and future predicted vibration levels. Therefore, no measurements of existing ground borne vibration levels have been undertaken. ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT July 2012 97 Veolia ES Leeds Ltd. – Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility, Former Wholesale Market Site, Cross Green Industrial Estate, Leeds 9.4 Assessment of Impacts 9.4.1 Construction Noise Receptor Locations Noise levels resulting from construction activities were predicted at two selected receptors. These receptors were chosen as being representative of the closest noise sensitive properties in different directions

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