Approved report

4 C D Developments
Environmental Traffic and Rail Noise Level Impact Assessment for Proposed Residential Unit Development,
54 Elm Street and 5 Pearl Street, Cooroy                                                                     Page 8 of 35



CRITERIA

Measurements and Calculations

All noise level measurements were conducted generally in accordance with the following:

   general requirements of the Queensland environmental protection legislation;
   Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy 2019;
   Noise Measurement Manual, Queensland Government – Environmental Protection Agency, Version
    4, August 2013; and
   Australian Standard AS 1055-2018, Acoustics – Description and Measurement of Environmental
    Noise.

All traffic noise level measurements were conducted in accordance with the following:
   Australian Standard AS 2702-1984, Acoustics – Methods for the Measurement of Road Traffic
    Noise; and
   Transport Noise Management: Code of Practice, Volume 1 – Road Traffic Noise, Queensland
    Department of Transport and Main Roads, Issue 2, November 2013.
All traffic noise calculations were performed in accordance with the following:

   Calculation of Road Traffic Noise, Department of Transport, Welsh Office, HMSO, 1988; and

   Australian Standard AS 3671-1989, Acoustics – Road Traffic Noise Intrusion – Building Siting and
    Construction.

Noise Limits - Rail

In accordance with the Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning
State Development Assessment Provisions, State Code 2: Development in a railway environment:

PO25 Development involving an accommodation activity minimises noise intrusion from a railway.

AO25.1 A noise barrier or earth mound is provided which is designed, sited and constructed:

    1. to meet the following external noise criteria at all facades of the building envelope:

    a) ≤ 65 dB(A) LAeq,24H facade corrected;
    b) ≤ 87 dB(A) (single event maximum sound pressure level) facade corrected;

    2. In accordance with the Civil Engineering Technical Requirement – CIVIL-SR-014 Design of
       noise barriers adjacent to railways, Queensland Rail, 2011.

    OR all of the following acceptable outcomes apply:

    AO25.2 Buildings which include a habitable room are set back the maximum distance possible from
    a railway.

    AND

    AO25.3 Buildings are designed and orientated so that habitable rooms are located furthest from a
    railway.

    AND




David Moore & Associates Pty Ltd                                                Our reference: R21046/D3569/Rev.0/2.07.21