Decision details
Debate on Petitions Committee's Report on Control of Noise from Wind Turbines
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly, Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
Petition wording:
We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to pass a statute controlling the noise nuisance from wind turbines during anti-social hours. We ask for the implementation of respite periods during which time turbines would be switched off.
Noise respite periods are common
in public health legislation. They are called for by the World Health
Organisation in their Community Noise report; and are currently implemented in
the U.K. on airport operations, construction sites and factories and other
evening and overnight noise nuisance.
We ask that this applies to
turbines above 1.3 MW, and that respite periods be between 18.00Hrs to 06.00Hrs
for turbines within 1.5 Km of individual residences; and 22.00Hrs to 06.00 Hrs
for turbines within 2Km of communities. Authorities within Wales determining
applications under 50MW Plate Capacity, and the Infrastructure Planning
Commission determining those over 50MW should make developers aware of this
Public Health restriction which may affect individual turbines.
Lead petitioner:
James Shepherd Foster
Number of signatures:
1074
Decision:
The item started at 16.38
NDM5036 William
Powell (Mid and West Wales)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Petitions Committee on the Control of Noise from Wind Turbines, which was laid in the Table Office on 30 May 2012.
Note: The Welsh Government response to the report was laid on 4 July 2012.
The motion was agreed
in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Publication date: 11/07/2012
Date of decision: 11/07/2012
Decided at meeting: 11/07/2012 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly