The Planning consent for Anglesey Race Circuit requires the operator to implement a Noise Control and Management System which includes undertaking trackside noise monitoring at a designated location.
Every Planned event must be assigned a category of use and is entered into a noise diary. After each event has taken place, the noise diary is updated with the actual noise recorded by the circuit operator. A copy of the noise diary can be found on the Anglesey Circuit website.
The Circuit Operators are limited to the following number of events each year:
- Contingency = 6 days
- Category 1 days = 50 days
- Category 2 days = 100 days
- Category 3 days = Unrestricted
The use of the circuit by motor vehicles on Contingency Days, Category 1 and Category 2 Days is limited to 3 days in any “rolling” week, apart from on 1 of a maximum 4 days in a year where the circuit has given the local authority 21 days prior notice of such a day’s use.
There are also other restrictions applying to operating times and further advice may be obtained by contacting the Environmental Health Section.
The noise condition relates to 1, 3 5 and 7 Porth Cwyfan, but the circuit are allowed to use a surrogate monitoring location at trackside with trackside noise levels set which equate to noise condition at Porth Cwyfan.
Benefits of this are that the noise levels at circuit are subject to less interference from other sources and from the effects of the wind.
The following tables show the trackside noise limits.
1 Hour LAeq Levels
Category |
Days in use |
House |
Trackside |
Contingency
|
6
|
>63dB
|
>89dB
|
Category 1
|
50
|
63dB
|
89dB
|
Category 2
|
100
|
58dB
|
84dB
|
Category 3
|
Unrestricted
|
51dB
|
77dB
|