Noise Protocol - MUSIC VENUES
EPA Victoria Publication 1826.4
Noise Protocol - MUSIC VENUES
EPA Victoria Publication 1826.4
Noise From Entertainment Music venues
EPA Victoria Publication 1826.4 – Noise limit and assessment protocol for the control of noise from commercial, industrial and trade premises and entertainment venues (Noise Protocol), was released in July 2021. Part II of the Noise Protocol supersedes the State Environmental Protection Policy No. N-2, commonly called SEPP N-2, for indoor venues and outdoor events in Victoria.
The Noise Protocol is used in conjunction with the EPA Regulations 2021 and the Environment Protection Act 2017 to assess noise emissions from indoor venues and outdoor events on noise sensitive receivers. Importantly operators now have a General Environmental Duty (GED), which means that activities that pose a risk to human health and the environment must be understood and reduced.
Acoustic Compliance Australia has been tasked with assisting the music industry understand their noise emissions and to help it navigate through the requirements of the Noise Protocol, EPA Regulations 2021 and the Environment Protection Act 2017.
EPA Victoria requires venues and events to undertake environmental noise assessments to determine compliance of off-site noise emissions, usually as a result of planning, upgrades or complaints.
While we work closely with EPA Victoria, we report to you.
The Noise Protocol is used in conjunction with the EPA Regulations 2021 and the Environment Protection Act 2017 to assess noise emissions from indoor venues and outdoor events on noise sensitive receivers. Importantly operators now have a General Environmental Duty (GED), which means that activities that pose a risk to human health and the environment must be understood and reduced.
Acoustic Compliance Australia has been tasked with assisting the music industry understand their noise emissions and to help it navigate through the requirements of the Noise Protocol, EPA Regulations 2021 and the Environment Protection Act 2017.
EPA Victoria requires venues and events to undertake environmental noise assessments to determine compliance of off-site noise emissions, usually as a result of planning, upgrades or complaints.
While we work closely with EPA Victoria, we report to you.
To see what an environmental noise assessment typically involves for music venues, please click the link below
Alternatively, call or email us directly with the below links
Some changes between sepp n-2 & the Noise protocol
- Operations per week no longer taken into consideration for music venue classification of day/evening and night time periods
- Formalisation of Agent of Change into the Noise Protocol. This assigns responsibility for noise attenuation measures to the ‘agent of change’ i.e. who is introducing a change to the local noise environment, whether that is a music venue or a residential development
- Noise Sensitive Areas terminology for music noise assessments has been updated to explicitly include childcare centres, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools and tourist establishments
Victoria: Why you need Auralisation
With the introduction of the General Environmental Duty by EPA Victoria, music venues are required to minimise their off-site impacts and can be legally required to reduce noise further, even if their noise emissions are compliant with Noise Protocol noise limits, if it is shown to be reasonable and practicable to do so.
Auralisation provides the ability to hear audio of what the predicted music noise would be at any nearby dwelling or apartment, not just the noise level in decibels. Further it can provide the ability to hear what the predicted noise would be inside dwellings. By incorporating auralisation into noise modelling projects, Acoustic Compliance Australia can provide clarity on if noise emissions are reasonable to manage risk for environmental noise impacts.
Auralisation provides the ability to hear audio of what the predicted music noise would be at any nearby dwelling or apartment, not just the noise level in decibels. Further it can provide the ability to hear what the predicted noise would be inside dwellings. By incorporating auralisation into noise modelling projects, Acoustic Compliance Australia can provide clarity on if noise emissions are reasonable to manage risk for environmental noise impacts.
Noise From Music venues
EPA Victoria Publication 1826.4 – Noise limit and assessment protocol for the control of noise from commercial, industrial and trade premises and entertainment venues (Noise Protocol), was released in July 2021. Part II of the Noise Protocol supersedes the State Environmental Protection Policy No. N-2, commonly called SEPP N-2, for indoor venues and outdoor events in Victoria.
The Noise Protocol is used in conjunction with the EPA Regulations 2021 and the Environment Protection Act 2017 to assess noise emissions from indoor venues and outdoor events on noise sensitive receivers. Importantly operators now have a General Environmental Duty (GED), which means that activities that pose a risk to human health and the environment must be understood and reduced.
Acoustic Compliance Australia has been tasked with assisting the music industry understand their noise emissions and to help it navigate through the requirements of the Noise Protocol, EPA Regulations 2021 and the Environment Protection Act 2017.
EPA Victoria requires venues and events to undertake environmental noise assessments to determine compliance of off-site noise emissions, usually as a result of planning, upgrades or complaints.
The Noise Protocol is used in conjunction with the EPA Regulations 2021 and the Environment Protection Act 2017 to assess noise emissions from indoor venues and outdoor events on noise sensitive receivers. Importantly operators now have a General Environmental Duty (GED), which means that activities that pose a risk to human health and the environment must be understood and reduced.
Acoustic Compliance Australia has been tasked with assisting the music industry understand their noise emissions and to help it navigate through the requirements of the Noise Protocol, EPA Regulations 2021 and the Environment Protection Act 2017.
EPA Victoria requires venues and events to undertake environmental noise assessments to determine compliance of off-site noise emissions, usually as a result of planning, upgrades or complaints.
While we work closely with EPA Victoria, we report to you
To see what an environmental noise assessment of music venues typically involves, please click the link below.
Alternatively, call or email us directly with the below links
changes between sepp n-2 & the Noise protocol
- Number of operations per week no longer taken into consideration for music venue classification of day/evening and night time periods
- Formalisation of Agent of Change into the Noise Protocol. This assigns responsibility for noise attenuation measures to the ‘agent of change’
- Childcare centres, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools and tourist establishments explicitly included as Noise Sensitive Areas for music noise assessments
Victoria: Why you Require Auralisation
Due to the introduction of the General Environmental Duty by EPA Victoria, music venues are required to minimise their off-site impacts and can be legally required to reduce noise further, even if their noise emissions are compliant with Noise Protocol noise limits, if it is shown to be reasonable and practicable to do so.
Auralisation provides the ability to hear audio of what the predicted music noise would be at any nearby dwelling or apartment, not just the noise level in decibels. Further it can provide the ability to hear what the predicted noise would be inside dwellings. By incorporating auralisation into noise modelling projects, Acoustic Compliance Australia can provide clarity on if noise emissions are reasonable to manage risk for environmental noise impacts.
Auralisation provides the ability to hear audio of what the predicted music noise would be at any nearby dwelling or apartment, not just the noise level in decibels. Further it can provide the ability to hear what the predicted noise would be inside dwellings. By incorporating auralisation into noise modelling projects, Acoustic Compliance Australia can provide clarity on if noise emissions are reasonable to manage risk for environmental noise impacts.
