The Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 Power Station Order 2015

Sustainable fuel transport management plan

35.—(1) The authorised development must not be brought into commercial use until a written sustainable fuel transport management plan has been submitted to and, after consultation with the relevant highway authorities and Canal & River Trust, approved by the planning authority.

(2) The plan submitted and approved must set out measures to be taken by the undertaker during the operation of the authorised development to promote the sustainable transport of fuel and combustion by-products by means other than road, including by rail and barge.

(3) The plan submitted and approved must include—

(a) details of measures to promote sustainable modes of transport;

(b) details of arrangements for monitoring and recording transport movements by mode of transport;

(c) details of a review regime;

(d) a requirement to undertake an assessment of the costs of upgrading the existing wharf facility at the Ferrybridge Power Station site, including a description of the refurbishment work required and a breakdown of the costs of that work.

(4) The approved plan must be maintained and operated during the operation of the authorised development.

(5) Every five years during the operation of the authorised development, the undertaker must carry out an appraisal of the viability of upgrading the existing wharf facility in the context of the evaluation of the potential for fuel and ash transportation by water.