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Article 20

SCHEDULE 6E+W+SLand in which only New Rights etc., may be acquired

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 6 in force at 22.7.2020, see art. 1

(1) Number of land shown on land plan(2) Purpose for which rights may be acquired

Landfall

Plots 01/01, 01/02, 01/03, 01/04, 01/05, 01/06, 01/07, 01/08, 01/09, 01/10, 01/11, 01/13, 01/17, 01/18, 01/19, 01/20, 02/01, 02/02, 02/03

1. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—

(a)construct, lay and install by way of drilling and / or trenching and repair, renew, upgrade, inspect, remove and replace underground electrical cables and ducts, jointing works including transition joint bays and other apparatus together with such telemetry and fibre optic lines, structures, ducting and other apparatus, protection and safety measures and equipment which is ancillary to the purposes of transmitting electricity along such electrical cables (which collectively for the purposes of this schedule are referred to as the “cables”);

(b)effect access to offshore apparatus and carry out works for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the parts of the authorised project that communicate between the onshore and offshore elements of the authorised project;

(c)install, retain, and connect apparatus to connect onshore transmission apparatus to offshore transmission apparatus;

(d)enter and be upon the land and remain with or without plant, vehicles, vessels, machinery, apparatus and equipment which is ancillary to the purposes of transmitting electricity along the cables, or use of the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(e)retain and use the cables, cable ducts and jointing works for the purpose of the transmission of telecommunications and electricity;

(f)pass and repass with or without vehicles, plant, equipment, materials and machinery for the purposes of constructing, laying down, installing, adjusting, altering, using, maintaining, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removing and replacing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(g)pass and repass with or without vehicles, plant, equipment, materials and machinery to access adjoining land and highway for the purposes of laying, installing, adjusting, altering, constructing, using, maintaining, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removing and replacing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(h)place and use plant, machinery and temporary structures within the land for the installation, construction, maintenance, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removal and replacing of the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(i)retain and maintain existing hardstandings and lay down, use, repair, alter and remove hardstandings for the purposes of constructing, laying, installing, adjusting, altering, using maintaining, repairing, replacing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting and removing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(j)retain and maintain existing temporary permissive paths or lay out temporary permissive paths for public use (if applicable);

(k)install, alter, re-lay, maintain, protect, adjust or remove pipes, cables, conduit or apparatus (including the pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus of statutory undertakers); and

(l)alter, lop, uproot and replant trees, shrubs and hedges and other vegetation for the purposes of enabling the right to pass and repass.

Access tracks

Plots 01/14, 01/15, 01/16, 02/06, 02/07, 02/08, 02/10, 02/15, 02/17, 02/20, 03/03, 03/12, 04/04, 05/02, 05/05, 05/09, 05/11, 06/06, 06/08, 06/09, 06/11, 06/13, 07/02, 07/05, 07/07, 07/08, 07/12, 08/03, 08/04, 08/06, 08/12, 09/06, 09/09, 09/10, 09/13, 09/14, 10/07, 10/08, 10/09, 10/10, 11/02, 11/04, 11/07, 11/08, 11/11, 11/15, 12/01, 12/07, 12/09, 13/01, 13/04, 13/06, 13/07, 13/12, 14/01, 14/06, 14/11, 14/13, 14/16, 14/19, 14/22, 14/24, 15/08, 15/10, 15/12, 15/14, 16/01, 16/02, 16/04, 16/06, 16/07, 16/11, 16/14, 17/06, 18/06, 18/07, 18/09, 18/10, 18/11, 18/12, 19/01, 19/02, 19/03, 19/06, 19/08, 19/09, 20/04, 20/05, 20/08, 20/11, 20/18, 21/04, 21/05, 21/07, 21/09, 21/12, 21/13, 21/14, 21/15, 21/16, 22/02, 22/08, 22/09, 22/10, 22/11, 22/16, 23/02, 24/02, 24/03, 24/06, 24/07, 24/13, 24/14, 24/15, 24/17, 24/18, 25/01, 25/03, 25/05, 26/02, 26/04, 26/05, 26/06, 26/08, 26/10, 26/11, 26/13, 27/02, 27/04, 27/06, 27/13, 28/04, 28/05, 29/05, 29/07, 29/09, 29/10, 29/12, 30/02, 30/03, 30/04, 30/05, 30/06, 30/10, 30/11, 31/02, 31/03, 31/04, 31/05, 32/02, 32/03, 32/06, 32/09, 32/12, 32/13, 32/14, 32/15, 33/02, 33/03, 33/04, 33/12, 34/03, 34/04, 34/08, 34/09, 34/10, 34/11, 34/13, 35/11, 35/12, 36/02, 36/05, 36/06, 36/08, 36/09, 36/10, 36/11, 36/14, 36/15, 36/16, 36/17, 36/21, 37/05, 37/13, 37/14, 38/02, 38/03, 38/05, 38/06, 38/08, 38/12, 39/04, 39/05, 39/06, 39/07, 39/15, 39/16, 40/02, 40/03, 41/08, 41/10, 41/11, 41/13, 41/16, 41/22.

1. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—

(a)pass and repass with or without vehicles, plant, equipment, materials and machinery to access adjoining land and highway for the purposes of laying, installing, adjusting, altering, constructing, using, maintaining, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removing and replacing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(b)retain and maintain existing hardstandings and lay down, use, repair, alter and remove hardstandings for the purposes of access to adjoining land and highway;

(c)retain, maintain and use temporary supporting or protective structures and erect temporary supporting or protective structures (including the bridging over or protection of the apparatus of the statutory undertakers) for the purposes of access to adjoining land and highway;

(d)alter, lop, uproot and replant trees, shrubs and hedges and other vegetation for the purposes of enabling the right to pass and repass to and from adjoining land;

(e)retain and maintain existing temporary permissive paths and lay out temporary permissive paths for public use (if applicable);

(f)effect access and egress to and from the highway;

(g)retain, maintain, straighten, widen, repair, alter, upgrade and use existing access routes for the purposes of accessing adjoining land and highway;

(h)remove fences, hedges or other barriers during any period in which construction, maintenance, upgrading, improvement, renewal or removal works are being carried out and for the exercise of the power to access the cables (subject to the prior erection of any temporary stock proof fencing as is reasonably required and the replacement or re-instatement of the fences, hedges or other barriers following the end of each period of the exercise of the rights); and

(i)construct, install, use, retain, maintain, inspect, modify, improve, adjust, repair, replace, extend, test, cleanse and remove temporary or permanent drainage and manage waterflows in any drains, watercourses and culverts.

“adjoining land” for the purposes of this paragraph 1 means such other parts of the land within the Order limits required for the authorised project.

Full cable rights

Plots 01/12, 02/04, 02/05, 02/09, 02/12, 02/14, 02/18, 02/21, 02/22, 02/23, 03/01, 03/02, 03/04, 03/05, 03/07, 03/08, 03/11, 03/13, 04/01, 04/02, 04/03, 04/05, 04/08, 04/10, 04/12, 05/01, 05/04, 05/06, 05/08, 05/10, 06/01, 06/03, 06/05, 06/14, 07/01, 07/04, 07/06, 07/10, 08/02, 08/08, 08/13, 08/17, 08/20, 08/23, 09/03, 09/07, 09/08, 09/12, 09/16, 10/02, 10/05, 10/14, 10/16, 10/17, 11/01, 11/05, 11/06, 11/09, 11/12, 11/14, 12/02, 12/04, 12/06, 13/02, 13/08, 13/10, 13/11, 13/13, 14/02, 14/05, 14/07, 14/09, 14/15, 14/20, 14/27, 15/02, 15/05, 15/07, 15/13, 15/15, 16/03, 16/08, 16/09, 16/10, 16/13, 17/01, 17/02, 17/03, 17/04, 17/07, 18/01, 18/04, 18/05, 18/08, 18/13, 18/14, 19/04, 19/07, 20/01, 20/03, 20/07, 20/10, 20/17, 20/20, 21/01, 21/08, 22/01, 22/04, 22/06, 22/07, 22/12, 22/13, 22/14, 22/15, 23/01, 23/05, 23/06, 23/08, 23/09, 23/11, 23/13, 23/14, 24/01, 24/04, 24/08, 24/11, 24/19, 25/02, 25/06, 25/07, 26/01, 26/03, 26/07, 26/09, 26/14, 26/15, 27/01, 27/07, 27/09, 27/11, 27/15, 27/16, 28/01, 28/03, 29/02, 29/08, 29/13, 30/01, 30/07, 30/08, 30/12, 31/01, 31/07, 31/09, 31/11, 31/13, 32/01, 32/05, 32/07, 32/08, 32/11, 33/01, 33/08, 33/14, 33/16, 34/01, 34/07, 35/01, 35/04, 35/05, 35/07, 35/16, 36/01, 36/04, 36/07, 36/12, 36/13, 36/18, 36/20, 37/09, 37/16, 37/18, 37/22, 38/01, 38/04, 38/09, 38/11, 39/01, 39/02, 39/09, 39/10, 39/12, 39/13, 40/01, 40/04, 40/11, 40/12, 40/14, 40/20, 40/23, 41/03, 41/14, 41/15

1. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—

(a)construct, lay and install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect and remove the cables by way of drilling and / or trenching;

(b)construct, install, use, retain, maintain, inspect, modify, improve, adjust, repair, extend, test, cleanse, and remove temporary or permanent drainage and manage waterflows in any drains, watercourse and culverts;

(c)pass and repass, with or without vehicles, plant, equipment, materials and machinery for the purposes of constructing, laying, installing, adjusting, altering, using, maintaining, repairing, replacing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting and removing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(d)retain and maintain existing hardstandings and lay down, use, repair, alter and remove hardstandings for the purposes of constructing, laying, installing, adjusting, altering, using maintaining, repairing, replacing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting and removing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(e)enter and be upon the land and remain with or without plant, vehicles, machinery, apparatus and equipment which is ancillary to the purposes of transmitting electricity and telecommunications along the cables, or use of the cable ducts and jointing works;

(f)retain and use the cables for the purposes of the transmission of telecommunications and electricity;

(g)place and use plant, machinery and temporary structures within the land for the installation, construction, maintenance, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removal and replacing of the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(h)install and maintain cable marker posts to identify the location of the cables, cable ducts and jointing works as required for routine integrity testing;

(i)remove, store and stockpile materials (including excavated material) within the Order land;

(j)remove fences, hedges or other barriers during any period in which construction, maintenance, upgrading, improvement, renewal or removal are being carried out and for the exercise of the power to access the cables (subject to the prior erection of any temporary stock proof fencing as is reasonably required and the replacement or re-instatement of the fences, hedges or other barriers following the end of each period of the exercise of the rights);

(k)install, alter, re-lay, maintain, protect, adjust or remove pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus (including the pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus of statutory undertakers);

(l)carry out works to lop, fell, cut or coppice trees or remove roots of trees or hedges or shrubs;

(m)retain and maintain existing temporary permissive paths or lay out temporary permissive paths for public use (if applicable);

(n)remove archaeological artefacts where they would prevent or cause it to be materially more difficult or expensive to construct, lay, install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect or remove the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(o)carry out environmental mitigation, remediation and enhancement works;

(p)install, construct, use and remove temporary welfare facilities during any periods of construction, maintenance, repair, replacement, renewal, upgrade and removal of the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(q)when the cables are temporarily unusable, to lay down, install, use, maintain and inspect on the surface of the land electric lines, telecommunications, ancillary equipment and associated works and other conducting media together with conduits or pipes for containing the same in and under the land; and

(r)place temporarily and use plant, machinery and structures on the land in connection with the lighting of the land and the authorised project.

2. The right to enter and remain on the land for the purposes of the construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project, and to—

(a)enter upon the land and to create temporary secure areas;

(b)place equipment on the land, including portakabins and welfare equipment;

(c)store plant, materials and equipment;

(d)create car parking sites, site offices, site areas for temporary security and welfare facilities;

(e)effect access and egress to and from the highway;

(f)create fuel storage and bunded facilities for the storage of materials ancillary to the implementation of the authorised project; and

(g)access the underground electrical cables, cable ducts and jointing works and any other land used or to be used in connection with the installation and use of the underground electrical cables, cable ducts and jointing works, over the temporary secure area within the land, for purposes in connection with the installation and use of the underground electrical cables.

3. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—

(a)pass and repass with or without vehicles, plant, equipment, materials and machinery to access adjoining land and highway for the purposes of laying, installing, adjusting, altering, constructing, using, maintaining, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removing and replacing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(b)retain and maintain existing hardstandings and lay down, use, repair, alter and remove hardstandings for the purposes of access to adjoining land and highway;

(c)erect temporary supporting or protective structures (including the bridging over or protection of the apparatus of the statutory undertakers) for the purposes of access to adjoining land and highway;

(d)alter, lop, uproot and replant trees, shrubs and hedges and other vegetation for the purposes of enabling the right to pass and repass to and from adjoining land;

(e)retain and maintain existing temporary permissive paths or lay out temporary permissive paths for public use (if applicable);

(f)effect access and egress to and from the highway;

(g)retain, maintain, straighten, widen, repair, alter, upgrade and use existing access routes for the purposes of accessing adjoining land and highway;

(h)remove fences, hedges or other barriers during any period in which construction, maintenance, upgrading, improvement, renewal or removal are being carried out and for the exercise of the power to access the cables (subject to the prior erection of any temporary stock proof fencing as is reasonably required and the replacement or re-instatement of the fences, hedges or other barriers following the exercise of the rights); and

(i)retain, maintain, install, use, inspect, modify, improve, maintain, adjust, repair, replace, extend, test, cleanse and remove temporary or permanent drainage and manage waterflows in any drains, watercourses and culverts.

“adjoining land” for the purposes of this paragraph 3 means such other parts of the land within the Order limits required for the authorised project.

4. A restrictive covenant over the land for the benefit of the remainder of the Order land to—

(a)prevent anything to be done in or upon the Order land or any part thereof for the purpose of the erection of any buildings or construction or erection of works of any kind (including the foundations, footings or other supportive structures thereto);

(b)prevent anything to be done by way of hard surfacing of the Order land with concrete of any kind or with any other material or surface whatsoever without the consent in writing of the undertaker (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed if the proposed surfacing would not cause damage to relevant part of the authorised project nor make it materially more difficult or expensive to maintain the authorised project);

(c)prevent mole draining or anything to be done by way of excavation of any kind in the Order land nor any activities which increase or decrease ground cover or soil levels in any manner whatsoever without the consent in writing of the undertaker save as are reasonably required for agricultural activities or are required to be carried out by National Grid in order to exercise their rights in relation to their apparatus within the Order land;

(d)prevent the planting or growing within the Order land of any trees, shrubs or underwood without the consent in writing of the undertaker (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed provided that the proposed trees, shrubs or underwood would not cause damage to the relevant part of the authorised project nor make it materially more difficult or expensive to access the relevant part of the authorised project) provided that the growing within the land of any pre-existing trees, shrubs or underwood do not require the consent of the undertaker; and

(e)prevent anything to be done in or upon the Order land or any part thereof which shall or which it is reasonably foreseeable may interfere with the exercise of the other rights set out in this Schedule or the use of the authorised project or in any way render the authorised project or any part thereof in breach of any statute or regulation for the time being in force and applicable thereto.

Crossings required to be undertaken by trenchless crossing

Plots 08/19, 35/13, 37/01, 37/07.

1. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—

(a)construct, lay and install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect and remove the cables by way of horizontal drilling or other trenchless techniques;

(b)construct, install, use, retain, maintain, inspect, modify, improve, adjust, repair, extend, test, cleanse, and remove temporary or permanent drainage and manage waterflows in any drains, watercourse and culverts;

(c)pass and repass, with or without vehicles, plant, equipment, materials and machinery for the purposes of constructing, laying, installing, adjusting, altering, using, maintaining, repairing, replacing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting and removing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(d)retain and maintain existing hardstandings and lay down, use, repair, alter and remove hardstandings for the purposes of constructing, laying, installing, adjusting, altering, using maintaining, repairing, replacing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting and removing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(e)enter and be upon the land and remain with or without plant, vehicles, machinery, apparatus and equipment which is ancillary to the purposes of transmitting electricity and telecommunications along the cables, or use of the cable ducts and jointing works;

(f)retain and use the cables for the purposes of the transmission of telecommunications and electricity;

(g)place and use plant, machinery and temporary structures within the land for the installation, construction, maintenance, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removal and replacing of the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(h)install and maintain cable marker posts to identify the location of the cables, cable ducts and jointing works as required for routine integrity testing;

(i)remove, store and stockpile materials (including excavated material) within the Order land;

(j)remove fences, hedges or other barriers during any period in which construction, maintenance, upgrading, improvement, renewal or removal are being carried out and for the exercise of the power to access the cables (subject to the prior erection of any temporary stock proof fencing as is reasonably required and the replacement or re-instatement of the fences, hedges or other barriers following the end of each period of the exercise of the rights);

(k)install, alter, re-lay, maintain, protect, adjust or remove pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus (including the pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus of statutory undertakers);

(l)carry out works to lop, fell, cut or coppice trees or remove roots of trees or hedges or shrubs;

(m)retain and maintain existing temporary permissive paths or lay out temporary permissive paths for public use (if applicable);

(n)remove archaeological artefacts where they would prevent or cause it to be materially more difficult or expensive to construct, lay, install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect or remove the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(o)carry out environmental mitigation, remediation and enhancement works;

(p)install, construct, use and remove temporary welfare facilities during any periods of construction, maintenance, repair, replacement, renewal, upgrade and removal of the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(q)when the cables are temporarily unusable, to lay down, install, use, maintain and inspect on the surface of the land electric lines, telecommunications, ancillary equipment and associated works and other conducting media together with conduits or pipes for containing the same in and under the land; and

(r)place temporarily and use plant, machinery and structures on the land in connection with the lighting of the land and the authorised project.

2. The right to enter and remain on the land for the purposes of the construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project, and to—

(a)enter upon the land and to create temporary secure areas;

(b)place equipment on the land, including portakabins and welfare equipment;

(c)store plant, materials and equipment;

(d)create car parking sites, site offices, site areas for temporary security and welfare facilities;

(e)effect access and egress to and from the highway;

(f)create fuel storage and bunded facilities for the storage of materials ancillary to the implementation of the authorised project; and

(g)access the underground electrical cables, cable ducts and jointing works and any other land used or to be used in connection with the installation and use of the underground electrical cables, cable ducts and jointing works, over the temporary secure area within the land, for purposes in connection with the installation and use of the underground electrical cables.

3. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—

(a)pass and repass with or without vehicles, plant, equipment, materials and machinery to access adjoining land and highway for the purposes of laying, installing, adjusting, altering, constructing, using, maintaining, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removing and replacing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(b)retain and maintain existing hardstandings and lay down, use, repair, alter and remove hardstandings for the purposes of access to adjoining land and highway;

(c)erect temporary supporting or protective structures (including the bridging over or protection of the apparatus of the statutory undertakers) for the purposes of access to adjoining land and highway;

(d)alter, lop, uproot and replant trees, shrubs and hedges and other vegetation for the purposes of enabling the right to pass and repass to and from adjoining land;

(e)retain and maintain existing temporary permissive paths or lay out temporary permissive paths for public use (if applicable);

(f)effect access and egress to and from the highway;

(g)retain, maintain, straighten, widen, repair, alter, upgrade and use existing access routes for the purposes of accessing adjoining land and highway;

(h)remove fences, hedges or other barriers during any period in which construction, maintenance, upgrading, improvement, renewal or removal are being carried out and for the exercise of the power to access the cables (subject to the prior erection of any temporary stock proof fencing as is reasonably required and the replacement or re-instatement of the fences, hedges or other barriers following the exercise of the rights); and

(i)retain, maintain, install, use, inspect, modify, improve, maintain, adjust, repair, replace, extend, test, cleanse and remove temporary or permanent drainage and manage waterflows in any drains, watercourses and culverts.

(j)“adjoining land” for the purposes of this paragraph 3 means such other parts of the land within the Order limits required for the authorised project.

4. A restrictive covenant over the land for the benefit of the remainder of the Order land to—

(a)prevent anything to be done in or upon the Order land or any part thereof for the purpose of the erection of any buildings or construction or erection of works of any kind (including the foundations, footings or other supportive structures thereto);

(b)prevent anything to be done by way of hard surfacing of the Order land with concrete of any kind or with any other material or surface whatsoever without the consent in writing of the undertaker (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed if the proposed surfacing would not cause damage to relevant part of the authorised project nor make it materially more difficult or expensive to maintain the authorised project);

(c)prevent mole draining or anything to be done by way of excavation of any kind in the Order land nor any activities which increase or decrease ground cover or soil levels in any manner whatsoever without the consent in writing of the undertaker save as are reasonably required for agricultural activities or are required to be carried out by National Grid in order to exercise their rights in relation to their apparatus within the Order land;

(d)prevent the planting or growing within the Order land of any trees, shrubs or underwood without the consent in writing of the undertaker (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed provided that the proposed trees, shrubs or underwood would not cause damage to the relevant part of the authorised project nor make it materially more difficult or expensive to access the relevant part of the authorised project) provided that the growing within the land of any pre-existing trees, shrubs or underwood do not require the consent of the undertaker; and

(e)prevent anything to be done in or upon the Order land or any part thereof which shall or which it is reasonably foreseeable may interfere with the exercise of the other rights set out in this Schedule or the use of the authorised project or in any way render the authorised project or any part thereof in breach of any statute or regulation for the time being in force and applicable thereto.

Minor crossings inc. highway

Plots 02/11, 02/13, 02/16, 02/19, 03/06, 03/09, 03/10, 04/09, 04/11, 05/03, 05/07, 06/02, 06/04, 06/10, 07/03, 07/09, 08/05, 08/07, 08/15, 08/21, 09/11, 09/15, 10/01, 10/15, 11/03, 11/10, 11/13, 12/03, 12/05, 13/05, 13/09, 14/03, 14/04, 14/12, 14/26, 15/11, 16/05, 16/12, 17/05, 18/02, 20/02, 20/06, 20/09, 20/19, 21/03, 22/03, 22/05, 23/03, 24/05, 24/16, 25/04, 26/12, 27/05, 27/10, 27/14, 28/02, 29/11, 30/09, 31/06, 31/08, 31/12, 32/04, 32/10, 33/09, 33/11, 33/15, 34/05, 34/06, 35/06, 35/15, 36/03, 37/11, 37/17, 37/19, 37/21, 38/07, 39/03, 41/05

1. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—

(a)construct, lay and install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect and remove the cables by way of drilling and / or trenching;

(b)retain, maintain, install, use, inspect, modify, improve, maintain, adjust, repair, extend, test, cleanse, and remove temporary or permanent drainage and manage waterflows in any drains, watercourse and culverts;

(c)pass and repass, with or without vehicles, plant, equipment, materials and machinery for the purposes of constructing, laying, installing, adjusting, altering, using, maintaining, repairing, replacing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting and removing the cables and cable ducts;

(d)retain and maintain existing hardstandings and lay down, use, repair, alter and remove hardstandings for the purposes of constructing, laying, installing, adjusting, altering, using maintaining, repairing, replacing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting and removing the cables and cable ducts;

(e)enter and be upon the land and remain with or without plant, vehicles, machinery, apparatus and equipment which is ancillary to the purposes of transmitting electricity and telecommunications along the cables and cable ducts;

(f)retain and use the cables for the purposes of the transmission of telecommunications and electricity;

(g)place and use plant, machinery and temporary structures within the land for the installation, construction, maintenance, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removal and replacing of the cables and cable ducts;

(h)install and maintain cable marker posts to identify the location of the cables and cable ducts as required for routine integrity testing;

(i)remove store and stockpile materials (including excavated material) within the Order land;

(j)remove fences, hedges or other barriers during any period in which construction, maintenance, upgrading, improvement, renewal or removal are being carried out and for the exercise of the power to access the cables (subject to the prior erection of any temporary stock proof fencing as is reasonably required and the replacement or re-instatement of the fences, hedges or other barriers following the end of each period of the exercise of the rights);

(k)install, alter, re-lay, maintain, protect, adjust or remove pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus (including the pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus of statutory undertakers);

(l)carry out works to lop, fell, cut or coppice trees or remove roots of trees or hedges or shrubs;

(m)retain and maintain existing temporary permissive paths or lay out temporary permissive paths for public use (if applicable);

(n)remove archaeological artefacts where they would prevent or cause it to be materially more difficult or expensive to construct, lay, install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect or remove the cables and cable ducts;

(o)carry out environmental mitigation, remediation and enhancement works;

(p)install, construct, use and remove temporary welfare facilities during any periods of maintenance, repair, replacement, renewal, upgrade and removal of the cables and cable ducts;

(q)when the cables are temporarily unusable, to lay down, install, use, maintain and inspect on the surface of the land electric lines, telecommunications, ancillary equipment and associated works and other conducting media together with conduits or pipes for containing the same in and under the land; and

(r)place temporarily and use plant, machinery and structures on the land in connection with the lighting of the land and the authorised project.

Minor crossings inc. highway required to be undertaken by trenchless crossing

Plots 08/10, 10/11, 12/10, 14/18, 19/05, 27/08, 28/08, 35/03, 35/09.

1. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—

(a)construct, lay and install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect and remove the cables by way of horizontal drilling or other trenchless techniques;

(b)retain, maintain, install, use, inspect, modify, improve, maintain, adjust, repair, extend, test, cleanse, and remove temporary or permanent drainage and manage waterflows in any drains, watercourse and culverts;

(c)pass and repass, with or without vehicles, plant, equipment, materials and machinery for the purposes of constructing, laying, installing, adjusting, altering, using, maintaining, repairing, replacing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting and removing the cables and cable ducts;

(d)retain and maintain existing hardstandings and lay down, use, repair, alter and remove hardstandings for the purposes of constructing, laying, installing, adjusting, altering, using maintaining, repairing, replacing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting and removing the cables and cable ducts;

(e)enter and be upon the land and remain with or without plant, vehicles, machinery, apparatus and equipment which is ancillary to the purposes of transmitting electricity and telecommunications along the cables and cable ducts;

(f)retain and use the cables for the purposes of the transmission of telecommunications and electricity;

(g)place and use plant, machinery and temporary structures within the land for the installation, construction, maintenance, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removal and replacing of the cables and cable ducts;

(h)install and maintain cable marker posts to identify the location of the cables and cable ducts as required for routine integrity testing;

(i)remove store and stockpile materials (including excavated material) within the Order land;

(j)remove fences, hedges or other barriers during any period in which construction, maintenance, upgrading, improvement, renewal or removal are being carried out and for the exercise of the power to access the cables (subject to the prior erection of any temporary stock proof fencing as is reasonably required and the replacement or re-instatement of the fences, hedges or other barriers following the end of each period of the exercise of the rights);

(k)install, alter, re-lay, maintain, protect, adjust or remove pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus (including the pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus of statutory undertakers);

(l)carry out works to lop, fell, cut or coppice trees or remove roots of trees or hedges or shrubs;

(m)retain and maintain existing temporary permissive paths or lay out temporary permissive paths for public use (if applicable);

(n)remove archaeological artefacts where they would prevent or cause it to be materially more difficult or expensive to construct, lay, install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect or remove the cables and cable ducts;

(o)carry out environmental mitigation, remediation and enhancement works;

(p)install, construct, use and remove temporary welfare facilities during any periods of maintenance, repair, replacement, renewal, upgrade and removal of the cables and cable ducts;

(q)when the cables are temporarily unusable, to lay down, install, use, maintain and inspect on the surface of the land electric lines, telecommunications, ancillary equipment and associated works and other conducting media together with conduits or pipes for containing the same in and under the land; and

(r)place temporarily and use plant, machinery and structures on the land in connection with the lighting of the land and the authorised project

Major crossings (railway, dual carriageway)

Plots 10/04, 15/03, 15/04, 23/07, 24/10, 33/06, 37/02, 37/08, 37/20

1. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—

(a)construct, lay and install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect and remove the cables by way of horizontal drilling or other trenchless techniques;

(b)retain, maintain, install, use, inspect, modify, improve, maintain, adjust, repair, extend, test, cleanse, and remove temporary or permanent drainage and manage waterflows in any drains, watercourse and culverts;

(c)enter the land with or without machinery, apparatus and equipment which is ancillary to the purposes of transmitting electricity and telecommunications along the cables and cable ducts;

(d)retain and use the cables for the purposes of the transmission of telecommunications and electricity; and

(e)install, alter, re-lay, maintain, protect, adjust or remove pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus (including the pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus of statutory undertakers).

Balancing pond works

Plots 41/23, 41/24, 41/25

1. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—-

(a)with or without vehicles, plant and equipment to enter the land to construct the authorised project and thereafter to use, retain, inspect, maintain, repair, alter, renew and replace or remove the authorised project;

(b)with or without vehicles, plant and equipment to enter the land to construct or modify drainage apparatus, flood works, water attenuation works or other works, and to construct in, on, over or under the land drains, conduits or pipes to allow existing attenuation works to communicate with the authorised project;

(c)with or without vehicles, plant and equipment to enter the land to fell, trim or lop trees and bushes which may obstruct or interfere with the rights exercised by the undertaker;

(d)with or without vehicles, plant and equipment to enter the land to access any adjoining land for the purposes of the authorised project;

(e)with or without vehicles, plant and equipment to enter the land to exercise the rights over and across any access route; and

(f)to carry out any activities ancillary or incidental thereto.

2. A restrictive covenant over the land for the benefit of the remainder of the Order land to—

(a)prevent anything to be done in or upon the Order land or any part thereof for the purpose of the erection of any buildings or construction or erection of works of any kind (including the foundations, footings or other supportive structures thereto);

(b)prevent anything to be done by way of hard surfacing of the Order land with concrete of any kind or with any other material or surface whatsoever without the consent in writing of the undertaker (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed if the proposed surfacing would not cause damage to relevant part of the authorised project nor make it materially more difficult or expensive to maintain the authorised project);

(c)prevent mole draining or anything to be done by way of excavation of any kind in the Order land nor any activities which increase or decrease ground cover or soil levels in any manner whatsoever without the consent in writing of the undertaker save as are reasonably required for agricultural activities or are required to be carried out by National Grid in order to exercise their rights in relation to their apparatus within the Order land;

(d)prevent the planting or growing within the Order land of any trees, shrubs or underwood without the consent in writing of the undertaker (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed provided that the proposed trees, shrubs or underwood would not cause damage to the relevant part of the authorised project nor make it materially more difficult or expensive to access the relevant part of the authorised project) provided that the growing within the land of any pre-existing trees, shrubs or underwood do not require the consent of the undertaker; and

(e)prevent anything to be done in or upon the Order land or any part thereof which shall or which it is reasonably foreseeable may interfere with the exercise of the other rights set out in this Schedule or the use of the authorised project or in any way render the authorised project or any part thereof in breach of any statute or regulation for the time being in force and applicable thereto..

Connection into cable sealing ends

41/33

1. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—

(a)construct, lay and install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect and remove the cables by way of drilling and / or trenching or by over ground construction;

(b)construct, lay and install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect and remove any apparatus necessary to connect the cables into cable sealing ends and to facilitate the connection to electrical apparatus;

(c)construct, install, use, retain, maintain, inspect, modify, improve, adjust, repair, extend, test, cleanse, and remove temporary or permanent drainage and manage waterflows in any drains, watercourse and culverts;

(d)pass and repass, with or without vehicles, plant, equipment, materials and machinery for the purposes of constructing, laying, installing, adjusting, altering, using, maintaining, repairing, replacing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting and removing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(e)retain and maintain existing hardstandings and lay down, use, repair, alter and remove hardstandings for the purposes of constructing, laying, installing, adjusting, altering, using maintaining, repairing, replacing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting and removing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(f)enter and be upon the land and remain with or without plant, vehicles, machinery, apparatus and equipment which is ancillary to the purposes of transmitting electricity and telecommunications along the cables, or use of the cable ducts and jointing works;

(g)retain and use the cables for the purposes of the transmission of telecommunications and electricity;

(h)place and use plant, machinery and temporary structures within the land for the installation, construction, maintenance, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removal and replacing of the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(i)install and maintain cable marker posts to identify the location of the cables, cable ducts and jointing works as required for routine integrity testing;

(j)remove, store and stockpile materials (including excavated material) within the Order land;

(k)remove fences, hedges or other barriers during any period in which construction, maintenance, upgrading, improvement, renewal or removal are being carried out and for the exercise of the power to access the cables (subject to the prior erection of any temporary stock proof fencing as is reasonably required and the replacement or re-instatement of the fences, hedges or other barriers following the end of each period of the exercise of the rights);

(l)install, alter, re-lay, maintain, protect, adjust or remove pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus (including the pipes, cables, conduits or apparatus of statutory undertakers);

(m)carry out works to lop, fell, cut or coppice trees or remove roots of trees or hedges or shrubs;

(n)retain and maintain existing temporary permissive paths or lay out temporary permissive paths for public use (if applicable);

(o)remove archaeological artefacts where they would prevent or cause it to be materially more difficult or expensive to construct, lay, install, adjust, alter, use, maintain, repair, replace, renew, upgrade, inspect or remove the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(p)carry out environmental mitigation, remediation and enhancement works;

(q)install, construct, use and remove temporary welfare facilities during any periods of construction, maintenance, repair, replacement, renewal, upgrade and removal of the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(r)when the cables are temporarily unusable, to lay down, install, use, maintain and inspect on the surface of the land electric lines, telecommunications, ancillary equipment and associated works and other conducting media together with conduits or pipes for containing the same in and under the land; and

(s)place temporarily and use plant, machinery and structures on the land in connection with the lighting of the land and the authorised project.

2. The right to enter and remain on the land for the purposes of the construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project, and to—

(a)enter upon the land and to create temporary secure areas;

(b)place equipment on the land, including portakabins and welfare equipment;

(c)store plant, materials and equipment;

(d)create car parking sites, site offices, site areas for temporary security and welfare facilities;

(e)effect access and egress to and from the highway;

(f)create fuel storage and bunded facilities for the storage of materials ancillary to the implementation of the authorised project; and

(g)access the underground electrical cables, cable ducts and jointing works and any other land used or to be used in connection with the installation and use of the underground electrical cables, cable ducts and jointing works, over the temporary secure area within the land, for purposes in connection with the installation and use of the underground electrical cables.

3. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and to—

(a)pass and repass with or without vehicles, plant, equipment, materials and machinery to access adjoining land and highway for the purposes of laying, installing, adjusting, altering, constructing, using, maintaining, repairing, renewing, upgrading, inspecting, removing and replacing the cables, cable ducts and jointing works;

(b)retain and maintain existing hardstandings and lay down, use, repair, alter and remove hardstandings for the purposes of access to adjoining land and highway;

(c)erect temporary supporting or protective structures (including the bridging over or protection of the apparatus of the statutory undertakers) for the purposes of access to adjoining land and highway;

(d)alter, lop, uproot and replant trees, shrubs and hedges and other vegetation for the purposes of enabling the right to pass and repass to and from adjoining land;

(e)retain and maintain existing temporary permissive paths or lay out temporary permissive paths for public use (if applicable);

(f)effect access and egress to and from the highway;

(g)retain, maintain, straighten, widen, repair, alter, upgrade and use existing access routes for the purposes of accessing adjoining land and highway;

(h)remove fences, hedges or other barriers during any period in which construction, maintenance, upgrading, improvement, renewal or removal are being carried out and for the exercise of the power to access the cables (subject to the prior erection of any temporary stock proof fencing as is reasonably required and the replacement or re-instatement of the fences, hedges or other barriers following the exercise of the rights); and

(i)retain, maintain, install, use, inspect, modify, improve, maintain, adjust, repair, replace, extend, test, cleanse and remove temporary or permanent drainage and manage waterflows in any drains, watercourses and culverts.

“adjoining land” for the purposes of this paragraph 3 means such other parts of the land within the Order limits required for the authorised project.

Overhead line alterations

40/26, 40/27, 40/31, 40/33a, 41/01a, 41/28, 41/30b, 41/30c, 41/30d, 41/40

1. The right to enter onto and remain on the land for the purposes of construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project and—

(a)to enter the land with or without vehicles plant and equipment to erect the electric lines and thereafter retain, inspect, maintain, repair, alter, renew, replace and remove the overhead lines;

(b)with or without vehicles, plant and equipment and in a proper and woodman like manner to fell, trim or lop all trees and bushes on the land which obstruct or interfere with the exercise of the undertaker’s rights;

(c)enter the land to access any adjoining land;

(d)to use the overhead lines.

2. A restrictive covenant over the land for the benefit of the remainder of the Order land to—

(a)not do or suffer to be done anything upon the land which may in any way interfere with, damage or cause injury to the overhead lines or interfere with or obstruct access thereto or use thereof, and to take all reasonable precautions to prevent such interference, obstruction, damage or injury;

(b)not erect any building or structure (whether temporary or permanent) or plant or allow to grow any plant or tree on the land within 5.3 metres of any conductors when they are at a maximum temperature and/or swing;

(c)not erect any building or structure (whether temporary or permanent) or plant or allow any plant or tree within or under any towers or within 5 metres of the outer edge of each of the foundations of any towers without the written consent of the undertaker (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and which consent may be granted subject to reasonable conditions);

(d)not store or place within or under any towers or within 5 metres of the outer edge of the foundations of any towers any goods or materials whatsoever without the written consent of the undertaker (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and which consent may be granted subject to reasonable conditions);

(e)not raise the level of the surface of the land so as to make the distance between the level of the ground and the lowest conductor at any point of the span less than 7.6 metres; and

(f)not carry out any works or excavations on the land or otherwise which may endanger the stability, safety and integrity of the overhead lines.

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