New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

HAWKESBURY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1989 - REG 37

37 Land affected by aircraft noise

(1) The Council must not grant consent to the carrying out of development on land within a 20 or higher ANEF contour for the purpose of a hospital, school, child care centre or for a residential purpose, unless the Council has taken into consideration the guidelines provided in AS2021 regarding noise reduction and construction requirements.

(2) In this clause:
"ANEF" means the Australian Noise Exposure Forecast within the meaning of AS2021 .
"AS2021" means the Australian Standard AS2021-1994 (Acoustics-Aircraft noise intrusion-Building siting and construction) published on 21 February 1994
"20 or higher ANEF contour" means a noise exposure contour of 20 or higher ANEF as advertised by the Commonwealth Department of Defence (Air Office) in relation to Richmond RAAF Base.