Appendix O - SDAP Code Responses (002)

  Performance outcomes                                Acceptable outcomes                                         Response
  controlled road or type 1 multi-modal corridor in   1. to meet the following external noise criteria at
  habitable rooms.                                       all facades of the building envelope:
                                                         a. ≤60 dB(A) L10 (18 hour) façade corrected
                                                              (measured L90 (8 hour) free field between
                                                              10pm and 6am ≤40 dB(A))
                                                         b. ≤63 dB(A) L10 (18 hour) façade corrected
                                                              (measured L90 (8 hour) free field between
                                                              10pm and 6am >40 dB(A))
                                                      2. in accordance with chapter 7 integrated noise
                                                         barrier design of the Transport Noise
                                                         Management Code of Practice – Volume 1
                                                         Road Traffic Noise, Department of Transport
                                                         and Main Roads, 2013.

                                                      Note: To demonstrate compliance with the acceptable
                                                      outcome, it is recommended that a RPEQ certified
                                                      noise assessment report is provided, prepared in
                                                      accordance with the State Development Assessment
                                                      Provisions Supporting Information – Community
                                                      Amenity (Noise), Department of Transport and Main
                                                      Roads, 2013.

                                                      If the building envelope is unknown, the deemed-to-
                                                      comply setback distances for buildings stipulated by
                                                      the local planning instrument or relevant building
                                                      regulations should be used.

                                                      In some instances the design of noise barriers and
                                                      mounds to achieve the noise criteria above the
                                                      ground floor may not be reasonable or practicable. In
                                                      these instances, any relaxation of the criteria is at the
                                                      discretion of the Department of Transport and Main
                                                      Roads.


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