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MUSIC FESTIVAL  
ALBERT PARK  
NOISE MANAGEMENT PLAN 
January 2019 
 
INTRODUCTION 
St  Jerome’s  Laneway  NZ  Ltd  is  proposing  to  hold  an  outdoor  music  festival  in  the 
Albert Park area on Auckland Anniversary Day 2019.   
 
Condition  14  of  the  resource  Consent  requires  the  consent  holder  to  submit  to 
Council  a  noise  management  plan  for  certification  2  weeks  prior  to  the 
commencement of the event.  
 
The following are the management techniques that have been developed to ensure 
that the concert will comply with the requirements of the resource consent and satisfy 
the  requirements  of  Section  16  of  the  Resource  Management  Act  by  adopting  the 
best practicable option to minimise noise to the neighbours. 
 
 
DESIGN LIMITS 
The  resource  consent  for  the  concert  requires  the  following  noise  conditions  to  be 
met: 
 
14. The consent holder shall submit to Council (Team Leader Central 
Monitoring in conjunction with Environmental Heath - Noise) a noise 
management plan for certification 2 weeks prior to the commencement 
of the event.  The management plan shall specify how and where noise 
measurements will be undertaken and may include measurement points 
at the mixing desks (once the locations have been confirmed); reverse 
calculated based on the noise levels in the following condition 

 
15.   The consent holder shall forward the names and contact details of a 
person who can be contacted on the day and who will be present on the 
day and whilst the event is operating and who have the authority to 
adjust noise levels should they measure to be above the noise levels as 



  
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stated in the AUP (Operative in Part) E40.6.5 (70dB LAeq and 80dB LA01) 
at assessment points 5 and 6 identified on the plan below. These 
details shall be provided to the Principal Specialist Environmental 
Health - Noise at Auckland Council at least five days prior to the start of 
the event. 

 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 


 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Figure 1.  Noise Assessment Points 
 
 
16.  The consent holder shall employ the services of a suitably qualified 

acoustic specialist to be onsite during the event to ensure noise levels 
do not exceed the noise level specified in the above condition at points 
5 and 6.  A noise report showing the level of noise at the measurement 
points 5 and 6 (predicted to be most affected (Waterloo Quadrant) shall 
be forwarded to Council (Team Leader Central Monitoring in 
consultation with the Principal Specialist Environmental Health - Noise) 
within five days of the measurements having been taken. 

 
17.  The consent holder shall have monitoring conducted by a suitably 

qualified acoustic specialist to demonstrate compliance with the above 
acoustic conditions.  The consent holder's acoustic consultant shall 
provide an update to a nominated Council representative each hour of 
the event with the noise levels from that hour.  Should this monitoring 
reveal that the acoustic conditions are not being complied with, the 
event organiser shall be advised immediately and suitable mitigation 
measures (as agreed with Council's Principal Specialist Environmental 


  
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Health - Noise) implemented to ensure that the levels are reduced to 
compliant levels. 

 
Assuming all three stages may operate at any one time and based on complying with 
a level of 70dB LAeq and 80dB LA01 at points 5 and 6 as shown in Figure 1, the upper 
design limit at the mixing desks has been calculated at: 
 
Stage 1: 
90dB LAeq as measured at 30m from the stage 
Stage 2: 
85dB LAeq as measured at 25m from the stage 
Stage 3: 
85dB LAeq as measured at 25m from the stage 
 
 
THE PROPOSAL 
There  are  three  stages  proposed  with  Stage  1  facing  in  a  southerly  direction  down 
Princes  Street,  Stage  2  facing  to  the  north  and  Stage  3  facing  to  the  north  west.  
Generally  only  one  stage  would  be  used  at  a  time  although  there  may  be  short 
periods when the use of two stages may overlap.   
 
The  festival  would  operate  from  midday  to  10:30pm  on  Auckland  Anniversary  Day 
with  some  minor  sound  checks  being  carried  out  on  the  previous  day  when  the 
stages were being set up. 
 
 
NOISE CONTROL TECHNIQUES 
In  order  to  minimise  noise  to  the  receiver  points  as  set  out  in  the  conditions  of 
consent (Figure 1 above) it is proposed to have the stage closest to the assessment 
points facing to the south away from the assessment points.     
 
It  is  proposed  to  control  the  music  at  source  by  monitoring  the  noise  at  the  mixing 
desk of Stage 1, which is the controlling noise source, to ensure the level does not 
exceed the design limit as specified above.  In addition, the noise will be checked at 
sites 5 and 6 regularly throughout the festival with times of approximately 2pm, 4pm, 
6pm, 7pm and 9pm being recommended.  These times will be reviewed on the day 
and  may  be  modified  to  reflect  any  significant  deviation  from  the  predicted  levels.  

  
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That  is,  if  the  level  is  well  within  the  design  limit  the  amount  of  monitoring  will  be 
reduced and if the is any exceedance the amount of monitoring will be increased.   
 
In the event the noise level is shown to exceed the design criteria the operator at the 
mixing desk will be advised and the level will be reduced.  This will ensure the noise 
limit is complied with.    
 
Monitoring will be undertaken in accordance with the requirements of NZS6801:2008 
Acoustics - Measurement of environmental sound  and  assessed  in  accordance  with 
the requirements of NZS6802:2008 Acoustics – Environmental Noise
 
 
COMPLAINTS 
A  telephone  number  will  be  available  to  the  neighbours  should  they  have  any 
concerns about noise from the site. 
 
Any  complaint  will  be  handled  competently  and  complaints  received  acted  upon 
immediately  by  checking  the  noise  level  and  if  the  level  is  shown  to  exceed  the 
design criterion the level will be reduced immediately.     
 
A log of any complaints will be kept, which shall include the name and address of the 
complainant, if available, what action was undertaken to resolve the complaint, and 
any response. 
 
 
CONCLUSIONS 
The Noise Management Plan sets out methods that may be adopted to minimise the 
emission  of  noise  from  the  operation  of  the  music  festival.    The  aim  of  the  Noise 
Management  Plan  is  to  put  in  place  management  techniques  that  will  ensure  the 
noise from the music festival remains within the parameters of the resource consent 
and to control any adverse effect for the neighbours.   
 

  
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By adopting the recommended techniques as set out above any noise from the music 
festival  will  comply  with  the  conditions  of  the  resource  consent  and  satisfy  the 
requirements  of  Section  16  of  the  Resource  Management  Act  to  adopt  the  best 
practicable option to minimise any noise from the site. 
 
 
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