Thank you to those who have emailed me regarding the noise resulting from the Rampion piling work. I have attached a statement from the Rampion Project Team addressing these complaints.
I would be grateful if you could email any complaints you have to [email protected] directly, citing the date, time, approximate source and a brief description of the noise. At present they have a relatively small sample size, so this information will enable them to more accurately correlate complaints with our operations which will help them avoid causing further noise disturbances.
Update:
Rampion have investigated complaints and can confirm that they were not engaged in any piling activity between 04:00 - 06:00 on 13th or 14th September.
The source of the complaints came 400metres north of Shoreham Port, which is too far from Rampion's vessels' engines operating offshore near Brooklands Pleasure Park in Worthing, to be audible. Furthermore, they have received no complaints from the vicinity of their works over these two early mornings.
However, they have received a cluster of complaints in the last week from near the A27 Shoreham Bypass / Mile Oak / Southwick area, which all refer to a low droning / humming noise between around 02:00 - 06:00. This location is not close to any of their construction activities and the complaints have all been made during periods when they were not engaged in piling activity.