The York Potash Harbour Facilities Order 2016

Construction Environmental Management Plan

6.—(1) No phase of the authorised development is to commence, including any preparatory earthworks or site levelling but excluding ecological mitigation works, until a Construction Environmental Management Plan (“CEMP”) for that phase of the development, drafted in accordance with the principles set out in the outline construction environmental management plan and incorporating the mitigation identified in the governance tracker, has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in consultation with Natural England. The plan must include details of the following unless they have been approved by the MMO under the provisions of Schedule 5 (deemed licence under the 2009 Act)—

(a) a stakeholder communications plan;

(b) details of the methods to control noise arising from construction activities (including temporary acoustic fencing);

(c) details of the methods to be used to control dust and other emissions from the site including a Dust Management Plan;

(d) details of all temporary fencing, temporary buildings, compound areas and parking areas including arrangements for their removal following completion of construction;

(e) details of areas to be used for the storage of plant and construction materials and waste;

(f) details of the facilities to be provided for the storage of fuel, oil and other chemicals, including measures to prevent pollution;

(g) details of any temporary lighting arrangements such detail to incorporate measures described in item 31 of the governance tracker;

(h) measures to ensure that construction vehicles do not deposit mud on any highway;

(i) details of mitigation measures to protect biodiversity interests within the site and adjacent to it during the construction phases;

(j) advisory signage at public access points advising of possible hazards including the potential for sudden noise;

(k) asbestos management strategy (if needed); and

(l) a materials management plan.

(2) The CEMP may be amended in accordance with article 37(2) (approvals pursuant to requirements etc.) provided that such amendment does not diminish the mitigation during construction referred to in the environmental statement.

(3) All construction works must be carried out in accordance with the CEMP as approved from time to time.