Information Response - Acoustics

NOISE SOURCES
Cars
The proposed business will result in an increase of vehicles utilising the premises.
The existing carpark is predominantly orientated towards Gibson Road. Any noise emissions will be
short-lived, as customers will exit their vehicles and enter the premises. Anticipated vehicle noise levels
could be considered similar to what is expected for the locality. Refer figure 1 below.

Music and Voices
Council’s key concerns relate to the emission of noise from voices and music. Given the proposed use is
for an indoor sport and recreation use, several mitigation techniques are proposed and discussed in
further detail below.




Figure 1: Carparking Location.

AUSTRALIAN NOISE STANDARDS
The Local Government Toolbox provides a range of information for Queenslanders including noise
pullution levels. It outlines some common noise levels:

    •   quiet residential area – 40 decibels
    •   large office – 50 decibels
    •   washing machine – 50-75 decibels
    •   lawn mower – 65-90 decibels (Queensland Government, 2020).

Safe Work Australia is an Australian Government statutory agency established in 2009 under the Safe
Work Australia Act 2008. Their primary responsibility is to improve work health and safety and workers'
compensation arrangements across Australia. Their guide for mitigating noise within workplaces
contains a table of common noise sources and their typical sound ratings. This table can be used to draw
comparisons to the proposed business:



Urban Planners Queensland
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