The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment No. 2) Order 2025

Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 481

Infrastructure Planning

The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment No. 2) Order 2025

Made

10th April 2025

Coming into force

11th April 2025

An application has been made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008(1), and in accordance with Part 1 of the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011(2) for a non-material change to the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020(3).

The Secretary of State, having considered the application and the responses to the publicity and consultation carried out in accordance with regulations 6 and 7 of the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011, has decided to make this Order amending the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008, makes the following Order—

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment No. 2) Order 2025 and comes into force on 11th April 2025.

Amendment of the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020

2.  Omit the table in Schedule 15 (certification documents) to the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020 and substitute the table set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Kayla Marks

Head of the Transport and Works Act Orders Unit

Department for Transport

10th April 2025

Article 2

SCHEDULE CERTIFICATION DOCUMENTS

1.  Documents for certification that they are true copies of the documents referred to in this Order

(1) Document/Plan	(2) Document Number	(3) Document date/Plan number with revision number
Access and rights of way plans
Key Plan	2.3	WSP-70001979-SK-060 Rev I
Sheet 1	2.3A	WSP-70001979-SK-060 Rev H
Sheet 2	2.3B	WSP-70001979-SK-060 Rev G
Sheet 3	2.3C	WSP-70001979-SK-060 Rev F
Sheet 4	2.3D	WSP-70001979-SK-060 Rev F
Sheet 5	2.3E	WSP-70001979-SK-060 Rev F
Sheet 6	2.3F	WSP-70001979-SK-060 Rev F
Sheet 7	2.3G	WSP-70001979-SK-060 Rev B
The book of reference	4.3B	21 August 2019
The bridge plans
Proposed road bridges plan and long section	2.18A	1516-0425-WDK-SI-C-301-010 Rev P11
Road Bridge B1	2.18B	1516-0425-WDK-SI-C-301-006 Rev P14
Road Bridge B2 and B3	2.18C	1516-0425-WDK-SI-C-300-007 Rev P14
Proposed road bridge B4 section and elevation	2.18D	1516-0425-WDK-SI-C-301-008 Rev P17
The design and access statement	7.5	3 August 2018
The environmental statement	6.2	3 August 2018 (subject to the substitutions set out below): (i) Figures 10.001, 10.002, 10.003 and 10.004 – 12 September 2018; (ii) Annex 10.1.1 – 12 September 2018; (iii) Addendum to Chapter 13 (Noise and Vibration) – 5 April 2019 (iv) Appendix I to Transport Assessment (Appendix 15.1) (Site Wide HGV Management Plan) – 7 May 2019 (v) Appendix H to Transport Assessment (Appendix 15.1) (Site Wide Travel plan) – 5 July 2019 (vi) Appendix 2.3 (Outline Demolition and Construction Management Plan) – 5 July 2019 (vii) Appendix 10.4 (Framework Ecological Mitigation and Management Plan) – 5 July 2019 (viii) Updated Chapter 7 (Air Quality) and Appendices 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6 and 7.7 – 7 August 2019
The future highways maintenance plans
Key Plan	2.10	WSP-70001979-SK-091 Rev F
Sheet 1	2.10A	WSP-70001979-SK-091 Rev F
Sheet 2	2.10B	WSP-70001979-SK-091 Rev C
Sheet 3	2.10C	WSP-70001979-SK-091 Rev C
The highway classification plans
Key Plan	2.13	WSP-70001979-SK-068 Rev I
Sheet 1	2.13A	WSP-70001979-SK-068 Rev H
Sheet 2	2.13B	WSP-70001979-SK-068 Rev E
Sheet 3	2.13C	WSP-70001979-SK-068 Rev E
The highway general arrangement plans
Key Plan/Highway Masterplan	2.9	WSP-70001979-GA-100 Rev M
General Arrangement Plan 101	2.9A	WSP-70001979-GA-101 Rev E
General Arrangement Plan 102	2.9B	WSP-70001979-GA-102 Rev E
General Arrangement Plan 103	2.9C	WSP-70001979-GA-103 Rev I
General Arrangement Plan 104	2.9D	WSP-70001979-GA-104 Rev M
General Arrangement Plan 105	2.9E	WSP-70001979-GA-105 Rev E
General Arrangement Plan 106	2.9F	WSP-70001979-GA-106 Rev G
General Arrangement Plan 107	2.9G	WSP-70001979-GA-107 Rev H
General Arrangement Plan 108	2.9H	WSP-70001979-GA-108 Rev F
General Arrangement Plan 109	2.9I	WSP-70001979-GA-109 Rev G
General Arrangement Plan 110	2.9J	WSP-70001979-GA-110 Rev H
General Arrangement Plan 111	2.9K	WSP-70001979-GA-111 Rev H
The land plans
Key Plan	2.1	Key Plan v1
Sheet 1	2.1A	Sheet 1 of 12 v0
Sheet 2	2.1B	Sheet 2 of 12 v0
Sheet 3	2.1C	Sheet 3 of 12 v0
Sheet 4	2.1D	Sheet 4 of 12 v1
Sheet 5	2.1E	Sheet 5 of 12 v0
Sheet 6	2.1F	Sheet 6 of 12 v0
Sheet 7	2.1G	Sheet 7 of 12 v0
Sheet 8	2.1H	Sheet 8 of 12 v0
Sheet 9	2.1I	Sheet 9 of 12 v0
Sheet 10	2.1J	Sheet 10 of 12 v0
Sheet 11	2.1K	Sheet 11 of 12 v0
Sheet 12	2.1L	Sheet 12 of 12 v0
Order limits plan	2.4	4990-00011 Rev 06
The parameters plans
Development Zone Parameters Plan
Key Plan	2.5	4990-02000 Rev 11
Sheet 1	2.5A	4990-02001 Rev 11
Sheet 2	2.5B	4990-02002 Rev 08
Sheet 3	2.5C	4990-02003 Rev 12
Sheet 4	2.5D	4990-02004 Rev 07
Floor Levels and Building Heights Parameters Plan
Key Plan	2.6	4990-02010 Rev 12
Sheet 1	2.6A	4990-02011 Rev 11
Sheet 2	2.6B	4990-02012 Rev 07
Sheet 3	2.6C	4990-02013 Rev 11
Sheet 4	2.6D	4990-02014 Rev 07
Green Infrastructure Parameters Plan
Key Plan	2.7	4990-02020 Rev 14
Sheet 1	2.7A	4990-02021 Rev 13
Sheet 2	2.7B	4990-02022 Rev 10
Sheet 3	2.7C	4990-02023 Rev 14
Sheet 4	2.7D	4990-02024 Rev 09
The illustrative arrangement of railway alignment	2.14	TRS-DRG-FA-001003 Rev 05
The rail terminal – illustrative expanded rail terminal layout plan	2.15B	TRS-DRG-FA-001010 Rev 04
The rail section plans
Rail Alignment Cross Sections – Sheet 1	2.16A	TRS-DRG-FA-001005 Rev 02
Rail Alignment Cross Sections – Sheet 2	2.16B	TRS-DRG-FA-001006 Rev 03
Rail Alignment Cross Sections – Sheet 3	2.16C	TRS-DRG-FA-001007 Rev 02
Long sections rail alignment Sheet 1	2.16D	TRS-DRG-FA-001004 Rev 02
Long sections rail alignment Sheet 2	2.16E	TRS-DRG-FA-001008 Rev 02
The speed limit plans
Key Plan	2.12	WSP-70001979-SK-062 Rev I
Sheet 1	2.12A	WSP-70001979-SK-062 Rev K
Sheet 2	2.12B	WSP-70001979-SK-062 Rev F
Sheet 3	2.12C	WSP-70001979-SK-062 Rev E
SI facility plan	2.20	01
The traffic regulation plans
Key Plan	2.11	WSP-70001979-SK-061 Rev I
Sheet 1	2.11A	WSP-70001979-SK-061 Rev H
Sheet 2	2.11B	WSP-70001979-SK-061 Rev E
Sheet 3	2.11C	WSP-70001979-SK-061 Rev F
Sheet 4	2.11D	WSP-70001979-SK-061 Rev A
The works plans
Key Plan	2.2	Key Plan v3.0
Sheet 1	2.2A	Sheet 1 of 9 v3.0
Sheet 2	2.2B	Sheet 2 of 9 v3.0
Sheet 3	2.2C	Sheet 3 of 9 v1
Sheet 4	2.2D	Sheet 4 of 9 v1
Sheet 5	2.2E	Sheet 5 of 9 v1
Sheet 6	2.2F	Sheet 6 of 9 v3.0
Sheet 7	2.2G	Sheet 7 of 9 v1
Sheet 8	2.2H	Sheet 8 of 9 v1
Sheet 9	2.2I	Sheet 9 of 9 v1

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/511) (“the 2020 Order”), a development consent order within the meaning of the Planning Act 2008 (”the Act”).

This Order follows an application under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Act to make a non-material change to the 2020 Order to one spot level for road infrastructure identified on the parameters plans.

A copy of the substituted plans mentioned in this Order may be inspected free of charge during working hours at the offices of South Staffordshire Council at Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, Wolverhampton, WV8 1PX.

(1)

2008 c. 29; paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 was amended by paragraph 4(6)(a) of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), by paragraph 72(3) to (7) of Schedule 13, and by Part 20 of Schedule 25, to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), by section 28(2) of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), and by section 128 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55).

(2)

S.I. 2011/2055; as amended by S.I. 2012/635, S.I 2012/2654, S.I. 3012/2772, S.I. 2013/522, S.I. 2013/755, S.I. 2015/377, 2015/760, S.I. 2015/760, S.I. 2015/1682, 2017/314, S.I. 2017/524, S.I. 2018/378, S.I. 2019/734, S.I. 2020/764, 2020/1534S.I. 2022/634 and S.I. 2023/1071.

(3)

S.I. 2020/511; amended by S.I. 2020/1163 and S.I. 2023/1132.