The North Blyth Biomass Power Station Order 2013

Deliveries of fuel stock by road

38.—(1) A written record of the numbers of movements of heavy commercial vehicles must be maintained on site by the undertaker from first commercial use and copies of the records maintained in the preceding three month period must be submitted to the relevant planning authority every three months following first commercial operation or within five working days of the relevant planning authority’s written request.

(2) Excluding any period in which flooding has prevented the delivery of fuel stocks by vessel, if more than 276 movements of heavy commercial vehicles employed for the purposes of delivering fuel stock (including the departures of empty vehicles) to or from the authorised development occur, or are anticipated to occur, in any day (from 0:00 to 23:59) calculated by reference to mean average movements over a period of five continuous working days, then the undertaker must submit for approval to the relevant planning authority (in consultation with the local highway authority and the Highways Agency) a traffic mitigation plan within 28 days of either first occurrence or the date from which the occurrence is first anticipated.

(3) Once approved the traffic mitigation plan must be observed until the relevant planning authority (in consultation with the local highway authority and the Highways Agency) has confirmed in writing that the traffic mitigation plan need no longer apply; and the duration of the period during which the level of movements of heavy commercial vehicles referred to in sub-paragraph (2) to which the traffic mitigation plan applies must not exceed a period of three months unless otherwise previously agreed by the relevant planning authority (in consultation with the local highway authority and the Highways Agency).