Noise Emissions from Farm Types and Spatial Planning

The problems with noise disturbances in the sphere of agricultural homesteads increased noticeably in the latest past. Higher sensitisation, structural changes and (wrong) spatial planning developments are the main reasons for this. The call for a noise focused spatial planning judgement basis arose in parallel to publication of the "Practise Guide Sound Technology in Agriculture" in 2013. This new manual was the first available document for detailed noise assessments of agricultural homesteads, but to date guidelines for spatial planning concepts in early stages of agricultural construction planning are still lacking. Partly the practise is confronted with the fact that problems concerning noise emissions often arise very late during building permit proceedings. Subsequently time delays, rising building costs and additional necessary sound insulation measures are potential impacts. Within the scope of the objective project data of the relevant farm noise sources (dependent on the respective farmtype) is compiled, furthermore emission models are generated and hereafter proved by field measurement campaigns. With the striven release of an additional "Farm Noise Manual" statements concerning the compatibility of expected sound emissions/immissions from projected farms with the surrounding land use planning should be possible in the future.