The York Potash Harbour Facilities Order 2016

Ecology

9.—(1) No phase of the authorised development is to commence until written ecological management plans for any ecological mitigation or enhancement measures included in the environmental statement for that phase (including a marine mammal mitigation plan but not including the lagoon habitat enhancement works which are licensed under the DML), drafted in accordance with the principles set out in the outline ecological management plan, and incorporating the mitigation identified in the governance tracker have been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority and the MMO in consultation with Natural England and the Environment Agency.

(2) The ecological management plans must be implemented as approved but may be subject to amendment in accordance with article 37(2) (approvals pursuant to requirements etc.). If amendments to any ecological enhancement or mitigation measures are proposed below the level of high water, the amendments are to be approved by the local planning authority and the MMO in consultation with Natural England and the Environment Agency.

(3) Prior to the decommissioning phase of the authorised development, terrestrial ecological surveys are to be undertaken to verify whether any protected species could be impacted by the decommissioning phase, and to identify any requirement for mitigation to be implemented in order to avoid any adverse impacts. The scope of terrestrial ecological surveys is to be agreed with the local planning authority in consultation with Natural England prior to any ecological surveys being undertaken and, following the surveys, the scope of mitigation including an implementation timetable is to be agreed by the local planning authority in consultation with Natural England. The agreed mitigation must be carried out as agreed.