Noise and Air Quality Impact Assessment W D Milligan 31 July 2014

                                                                                     MWA Environmental


                                        CONTENTS TABLE

1.0     INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 1
  1.1 PURPOSE OF REPORT ................................................................................. 1
  1.2 SITE DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................... 1
  1.3 SURROUNDING LAND USES ..................................................................... 2
  1.4 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................... 2
2.0     NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT........................................................... 4
  2.1 EXISTING NOISE LEVELS .......................................................................... 4
  2.2 REVELANT NOISE CRITERIA ................................................................... 6
  2.3 NOISE MODELLING .................................................................................... 8
     2.3.1  METHODOLOGY .................................................................................. 8
     2.3.2  SOURCE NOISE DATA ......................................................................... 9
     2.3.3  RESULTS OF NOISE MODELLING................................................... 10
     2.3.4  DEVELOPMENT GENERATED TRAFFIC NOISE ........................... 13
  2.4 SUMMARY OF NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT..................................... 13
3.0     ODOUR IMPACT ASSESSMENT ...................................................... 14
  3.1 ODOUR ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY .............................................. 14
  3.2 RELEVANT ODOUR AMENITY GUIDELINE ........................................ 14
  3.3 DESCRIPTION OF ODOUR MODEL ........................................................ 15
     3.3.1  METEOROLOGICAL DATA............................................................... 15
     3.3.2  GEOPHYSICAL DATA ........................................................................ 16
     3.3.3  ODOUR EMISSION RATES ................................................................ 17
     3.3.4  ODOUR SOURCE REPRESENTATION............................................. 19
  3.4 ODOUR MODELLING RESULTS.............................................................. 20
  3.5 SUMMARY OF ODOUR IMPACT ASSESSMENT .................................. 21
4.0     DUST IMPACT ASSESSMENT .......................................................... 22
  4.1 DUST ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY .................................................. 22
  4.2 RELEVANT DUST GUIDELINES ............................................................. 22
  4.3 DESCRIPTION OF DUST MODEL ............................................................ 22
     4.3.1  METEOROLOGICAL DATA............................................................... 22
     4.3.2  GEOPHYSICAL DATA ........................................................................ 23
     4.3.3  DUST EMISSION RATES.................................................................... 23
     4.3.4  DUST SOURCE REPRESENTATION ................................................ 23
     4.3.5  AMBIENT DUST CONCENTRATIONS ............................................. 24
  4.4 DUST MODELLING RESULTS ................................................................. 24
  4.5 SUMMARY OF DUST IMPACT ASSESSMENT ...................................... 26
5.0     TOP FORESTRY ROAD DUST .......................................................... 27
6.0     CONCLUSION .................................................................................... 28


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Ridgewood 12-002                                                                              31 July 2014