Attachment E - David Moore NOISE REPORT

The Surf Club Sunshine Beach
Environmental Noise Level Impact Assessment of Proposed Refurbished and Extended
Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club, Duke Street, Sunshine Beach                                         Page 7 of 31



CRITERIA

Measurements and Calculations

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

•    general requirements of the Queensland environmental protection legislation;
•    Noise Measurement Manual, Queensland Government – Environmental Protection Agency, Version
     4, August 2013; and
•    Australian Standard AS 1055.1-1997, Acoustics – Description and Measurement of Environmental
     Noise, Part 1, General Procedures.

Noise Limit Criteria

For continuous and non-continuous noise the noise limit criteria is that of the Environmental Protection
(Noise) Policy 2008, the ‘background creep’ criteria, which is as follows:

10       Controlling background creep

     (1) This section states the management intent for an activity involving noise.

     (2) To the extent that it is reasonable to do so, noise from an activity must not be –

               a. for noise that is continuous noise measured by LA90,T – more than nil dB(A) greater than
                  the existing acoustic environment measured by the LA90,T; or

               b. for noise that varies over time measured by LAeq,adj,T – more than 5 dB(A) greater than
                  the existing acoustic environment measured by LA90,T.

With respect to the control of the bass frequencies – low frequency noise – the criteria adopted by the
Brisbane City Council is considered the most appropriate – Table 9.3.3.3.G of City Plan 2014, Centre or
Mixed Use Code, refers. In accordance with this criteria and relevant to the following different
classifications of residential, at the boundary of that residential:

     •     low density residential zone;
     •     low-medium density residential zone;
     •     medium density residential zone

the noise limits are:

     •     daytime (0700 to 1800 hours):               65 dB(C) LCeq,adj,11H;
     •     evening (1800 to 2200 hours):               65 dB(C) LCeq,adj,4H;
     •     night-time (2200 to 0700 hours):            60 dB(C) LCeq,adj,9H.

These are the noise limits that have been adopted in this report to account for the low frequency/bass
noise levels of the amplified music which will occur at the Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club.




David Moore & Associates Pty Ltd                                            Our reference: R17049/D3248/Rev.0/21.07.17