The Central Bedfordshire Council (Woodside Link Houghton Regis) Development Consent Order 2014

7.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until a written construction environmental management plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The construction environmental management plan must include measures to address—

(a) generation of dust and mud arising during construction;

(b) the monitoring of PM10 particulates, including the taking of appropriate mitigation measures if National Air Quality Strategy objectives are exceeded or are predicted to be exceeded;

(c) the routeing of construction vehicles during construction;

(d) noise and vibration;

(e) safeguarding watercourses;

(f) flooding;

(g) waste management; and

(h) the mitigation of environmental impacts of construction reflecting the proposals of the environmental statement.

(3) In relation to safeguarding watercourses, the construction environmental management plan must require—

(a) the collection, treatment and disposal of all water entering or arising within the Order limits during construction, including the removal of suspended solids from surface water run-off, to ensure that there is no discharge of contaminated or polluted drainage to ground or surface waters;

(b) all foul drainage arising out of the authorised development to be discharged to a public sewer or else to a sealed tank, the contents of which must be removed from within the Order limits in its entirety;

(c) any chemical, oil or fuel storage container within the Order limits for the purposes of the authorised development to be sited on an impervious surface with bund walls, and the volume of the bunded area to be the equivalent of 110% of the volume of the container and to contain within its curtilage all fill and draw pipes, vents, gauges and sight glasses; and

(d) the drainage system of the bund to be sealed with no discharge to any watercourse, land or underground strata.

(4) In relation to flooding the construction environmental management plan must comply with the requirements detailed in the Luton Borough Council and South Bedfordshire District Council Strategic Flood Risk Assessment.

(5) In relation to the generation of mud and dust during construction, the construction environmental management plan must require—

(a) wheel cleaning facilities to be installed and remain in position and be maintained in full working order, to be used by all heavy goods vehicles throughout the construction of the authorised development to minimise the risk that dust, mud or other deleterious matter is transferred to the public highway by vehicles leaving the authorised development;

(b) measures to be taken during construction to minimise the risk that dust or windblown material is carried on to adjacent property, including the watering of all haul and access roads and the spraying of storage heaps or operational construction areas as necessary during dry weather conditions; and

(c) all heavy goods vehicles carrying materials in to or out of the authorised development during the construction of the development to be securely sheeted unless the load is otherwise enclosed.

(6) The construction of the authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the approved construction environmental management plan.