The A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) Development Consent Order 2023

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 AUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT

In the administrative area of Wiltshire Council

The authorised development is situated in the administrative area of Wiltshire Council.

A nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14 (nationally significant infrastructure projects: general) and 22 (highways) of the 2008 Act, and associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) (development for which development consent may be granted) of the 2008 Act, comprising—

Work No. 1 – as shown on sheets 1 to 11 of the works plans and being the construction of a new all-purpose dual carriageway (‘the new A303’) and of improvements to the existing A303 to include—

(a) Work No. 1A – as shown on sheets 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the works plans and being the construction of the new A303 and of improvements to sections of the existing A303, to include—

(i) the improvement of the existing A303 eastbound and westbound single and dual lane carriageway;

(ii) the construction of a new bridge (Green Bridge One) to carry a new restricted byway and private means of access over the new A303 as shown illustratively on sheet 3 of the rights of way and access plans;

(iii) the construction of new restricted byways on the northern and southern sides of the new alignment of the A303 as shown illustratively on sheets 1, 2 and 3 of the rights of way and access plans;

(iv) the construction of a new byway open to all traffic as shown illustratively on sheets 2 and 3 of the rights of way and access plans;

(v) the construction of a new bridge to carry the new A303 over the realigned B3083 (forming part of Work No. 2);

(vi) the construction and installation of a new variable message sign; and

(vii) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheets 2 and 3 of the rights of way and access plans.

(b) Work No. 1B – as shown on sheet 4 of the works plans and being the construction of the new A303, to include—

(i) the construction of a new viaduct crossing the River Till, to carry the new A303 over the River Till;

(ii) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheet 4 of the rights of way and access plans; and

(iii) the construction and installation of a new variable message sign.

(c) Work No. 1C – as shown on sheets 4 and 5 of the works plans and being the construction of the new A303, to include—

(i) the construction of a new bridge (Green Bridge Two) to carry the realigned byway open to all traffic WSTO6B over the new A303 as shown illustratively on sheet 4 of the rights of way and access plans;

(ii) the construction of new eastbound and westbound merge and diverge slip roads for a new grade-separated junction (‘the new Longbarrow Junction’) between the realigned A360 and the new A303 (forming part of Work No. 4);

(iii) the construction of a new bridleway between the southern roundabout of the new Longbarrow Junction and the existing A360, as shown illustratively on sheet 5 of the rights of way and access plans;

(iv) the construction of crossovers within the new central reservation at the new Longbarrow Junction;

(v) the provision of a temporary electricity substation for the benefit of Southern Electric Power Distribution plc;

(vi) the construction and installation of a new variable message sign; and

(vii) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheets 4 and 5 of the rights of way and access plans.

(d) Work No. 1D – as shown on sheets 5 and 6 of the works plans and being the construction of the new A303, to include—

(i) the construction of a new bridge (Green Bridge Four), to carry a new restricted byway and private means of access (part of Work No. 6) over the new A303, as shown illustratively on sheet 5 of the rights of way and access plans;

(ii) the construction of new western portal approach retaining walls and associated works for the new A303;

(iii) the construction of new tunnel service buildings;

(iv) the provision of a temporary electricity substation;

(v) the construction of a crossover within the new central reservation at the new Longbarrow Junction;

(vi) the construction of a new bridleway running on the south side of the new A303 westbound carriageway and westbound diverge slip road as shown illustratively on sheet 5 of the rights of way and access plans; and

(vii) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheet 5 of the rights of way and access plans.

(e) Work No. 1E – as shown on sheet 6 of the works plans and being the construction of the new A303, to include—

(i) the construction of a new cut and cover section of tunnel; and

(ii) the construction of a western portal for the new A303 tunnel.

(f) Work No. 1F – as shown on sheets 6, 7 and 8 of the works plans and being the construction of part of the new A303, comprising a new twin bore highway tunnel, comprising two bores, one for eastbound traffic and one for westbound traffic, with a two-lane carriageway in each direction, and including cross-passages connecting the two tunnels.

(g) Work No. 1G – as shown on sheet 8 of the works plans and being the construction of the new A303, to include—

(i) the construction of a new cut and cover section of tunnel;

(ii) the construction of new tunnel service buildings; and

(iii) the construction of an eastern portal for the new A303 tunnel.

(h) Work No. 1H – as shown on sheets 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the works plans and being the construction of the new A303 and of improvements to sections of the existing A303, and the improvement of connecting highway junctions, to include—

(i) the construction of new tunnel service buildings;

(ii) the construction of new eastern portal approach retaining walls and associated works for the new A303;

(iii) the construction of new eastbound and westbound merge and diverge slip road connections between the new A303 and the existing junction of the A303 with the A345 (Countess Roundabout), together with retaining walls and associated works, and tie-ins to existing carriageway;

(iv) the construction of two new bridge structures to carry the new A303 on a flyover above the Countess Roundabout;

(v) the construction of a crossover within the new central reservation on the flyover above the Countess Roundabout;

(vi) the removal of an existing subway to the east of the existing Countess Roundabout and replacement provision of new at-grade crossing facilities for non-motorised users on the A345;

(vii) works associated with tie-ins to existing carriageways approaching and crossing the existing River Avon Bridge carrying the new and improved A303;

(viii) works to effect the stopping up of the existing A303 central reserve opening at the junction of the existing A303 with the existing side road known as Allington Track;

(ix) the construction of a new realigned eastbound access from the A303 into the existing Amesbury Road;

(x) works to effect the stopping up of the existing eastbound access from Amesbury Road onto the A303;

(xi) the construction of a new realigned A303 eastbound access from the existing A3028 Double Hedges Road onto the A303;

(xii) works to effect the stopping up of the existing access between byway AMES1 and the eastbound carriageway of the A303;

(xiii) works to effect the stopping up of the section of byways BULF12 and AMES2 between the existing A303 and the junction between the existing Amesbury Road and the existing A3028;

(xiv) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheets 8 and 11 of the rights of way and access plans;

(xv) the provision of a temporary electricity substation; and

(xvi) the construction and installation of new variable message signs.

Work No. 2 – as shown on sheets 3 and 12 of the works plans and comprising—

(a) the realignment of the B3083, passing under the new A303 (Work No. 1A); and

(b) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheet 3 of the rights of way and access plans.

Work No. 3 – as shown on sheets 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the works plans and being the improvement of the existing A303, to include—

(a) Work No. 3A – as shown on sheets 2, 3 and 4 of the works plans and comprising—

(i) the construction of a new byway open to all traffic, as shown illustratively on sheets 2 and 3 of the rights of way and access plans;

(ii) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheets 2 and 3 of the rights of way and access plans; and

(iii) works to support the reclassification of the existing A303 from a trunk road to a C road, including closure of an existing lay-by, and including the construction of a shared use cycle track.

(b) Work No. 3B – as shown on sheet 4 of the works plans and being—

(i) the construction of a new bridleway to the north of the existing A303, as shown illustratively on sheet 4 of the rights of way and access plans; and

(ii) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheet 4 of the rights of way and access plans.

(c) Work No. 3C – as shown on sheets 4 and 5 of the works plans and being—

(i) the construction of a new highway link from the existing A303 to the southern roundabout of the new Longbarrow Junction (Work No. 4), including the construction of a cycleway; and

(ii) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheets 4 and 5 of the rights of way and access plans.

Work No. 4 – as shown on sheets 5, 14 and 15 of the works plans and being the realignment of the existing A360 and forming part of the new Longbarrow Junction, to include—

(a) the construction of a new bridge (Green Bridge Three) to carry the realigned A360 over the new A303;

(b) the construction of two new roundabouts connected by a short length of dual carriageway;

(c) the construction of a new single carriageway two-way link road and tie-in from the new northern roundabout (forming part of the new Longbarrow Junction) to the existing A360 (north);

(d) the construction of a new single carriageway two-way link road and tie-in from the new southern roundabout (forming part of the new Longbarrow Junction) to the existing A360 (south);

(e) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheets 5, 14 and 15 of the rights of way and access plans;

(f) the construction of a new right of way, partly shared use cycle track and partly restricted byway running southwards from the existing Airman’s Corner roundabout, and broadly parallel with the alignment of the existing A360, save where it runs to the east of the dew pond, to its junction with the existing Longbarrow roundabout, as shown illustratively on sheets 5 and 14 of the rights of way and access plans;

(g) the construction of a new restricted byway running northwards from the junction between byway BSJA9 and the A360, to the new A303, as shown illustratively on sheets 5 and 15 of the rights of way and access plans; and

(h) the construction of a new bridleway running southwards from the western end point of byway BSJA9 and then south-eastwards to its junction with byway WFOR16, as shown illustratively on sheet 15 of the rights of way and access plans.

Work No. 5 – as shown on sheet 13 of the works plans and being the realignment and change to vehicle priority layout at the Rollestone Cross junction, to include—

(a) the construction of a realigned section of the existing east-west length of the B3086, known as ‘the Packway’;

(b) the construction of a realigned section of unclassified road from the north of the existing Rollestone Cross Junction;

(c) the construction of a realigned section of the existing north-south B3086;

(d) the construction of a realigned section of the existing unclassified highway 094402 (the Packway); and

(e) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheet 13 of the rights of way and access plans.

Work No. 6 – as shown on sheets 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the works plans and being the conversion of part of the existing A303 to a new restricted byway, to include—

(a) the construction of a new restricted byway running from the existing Longbarrow roundabout eastwards, generally along the line of the existing A303 to the junction between Stonehenge Road and footpath AMES13, as shown illustratively on sheets 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the rights of way and access plans, and including the provision of a new turning head at the junction between Stonehenge Road and footpath AMES13;

(b) the construction of a new restricted byway crossing over the new A303 on Green Bridge Four (Work No. 1D), then running westwards to meet the existing A360, as shown illustratively on sheet 5 of the rights of way and access plans; and

(c) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheets 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the rights of way and access plans.

Work No. 7 – as shown on sheet 11 of the works plans and being the realignment of part of the existing unclassified Allington Track, to include—

(a) works to effect the stopping up of part of bridleway AMES29 between Equinox Drive and byway AMES1 as shown illustratively on sheet 11 of the rights of way and access plans;

(b) works to effect the stopping up of byway AMES1 as shown illustratively on sheet 11 of the rights of way and access plans;

(c) works to support the reclassification of byway AMES1 as a footpath, as shown illustratively on sheet 11 of the rights of way and access plans;

(d) works to effect the stopping up of Allington Track over a length between its existing junction with the A303 (including works to effect the stopping up of its access to the A303) and its junction with the existing access track running in parallel with the westbound carriageway of the A303, between Allington Track and byway AMES1;

(e) the construction of a new length of byway open to all traffic between Equinox Drive and byway AMES1, as shown illustratively on sheet 11 of the rights of way and access plans;

(f) the construction of a length of new unclassified road between Equinox Drive and Allington Track, as shown illustratively on sheet 11 of the rights of way and access plans; and

(g) the construction of new private means of access, as shown illustratively on sheets 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the rights of way and access plans.

Work No. 8 – as shown on sheets 3 and 12 of the works plans and being—

(a) works to effect the processing, deposition or use of excavated material, landscaping works and re-profiling works including the creation of chalk grassland habitat;

(b) the construction of new private means of access as shown on sheets 3 and 12 of the rights of way and access plans.

Work No. 9 – as shown on sheets 9 and 10 of the works plans and being the extension of two existing substations and related electricity cabling for provision of power to the authorised development.

Ancillary Works

For the purposes of or in connection with the construction of any of the works and other development mentioned above, ancillary or related development which does not give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects in comparison with those reported in the environmental statement, consisting of—

(a) works within highways, including—

(i) alteration of the layout of any street permanently or temporarily, including increasing or reducing the width of the carriageway of any street by increasing or reducing the width of any kerb, footway, cycleway, or verge within the street; and altering the level or increasing the width of any such kerb, footway, cycleway or verge within the street, works for the strengthening, improvement, repair, maintenance or reconstruction of any street;

(ii) street works, including breaking up or opening a street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it, and tunnelling or boring under a street;

(iii) relocation or provision of new road traffic signs, signals, street lighting, road restraints and carriageway lane markings;

(iv) works to place, alter, remove or maintain street furniture or apparatus (including statutory undertakers’ apparatus) in, under or above a street, including mains, sewers, drains, pipes, cables, cofferdams, lights, fencing and other boundary treatments; and

(v) works to facilitate traffic management, provide vehicle recovery services and to deliver information relating to the authorised development;

(b) other works and development—

(i) for the strengthening, alteration or demolition of any building;

(ii) to place, alter, divert, relocate, protect, remove or maintain services, plant and other apparatus and equipment belonging to statutory undertakers, utility companies and others in, under or above land, including mains, sewers, drains, pipes, cables, lights, cofferdams, fencing and other boundary treatments including bollards;

(iii) comprising ramps, steps, footpaths, footways, shared use cycle tracks, cycleways, bridleways, equestrian tracks, non-motorised user routes or links, byways open to all traffic, restricted byways, private means of access, laybys and crossing facilities;

(iv) comprising embankments, cuttings, viaducts, bridges, aprons, abutments, shafts, foundations, retaining walls, drainage works, drainage treatment areas, ponds, lagoons, outfalls, pollution control devices, pumping stations, impounding sumps, culverts, wing walls, fire fighting system water tanks and associated plant and equipment, highway lighting and fencing;

(v) comprising settlement monitoring and mitigation measures for the benefit or protection of, or in relation to, any land, building or structure, including monitoring and safeguarding of existing infrastructure, utilities and services affected by the authorised development;

(vi) comprising landscaping, re-grading, re-profiling, contouring, noise barriers, works associated with the provision of ecological and archaeological mitigation, and other works to mitigate any adverse effects of the construction, operation or maintenance of the authorised development;

(vii) comprising the processing, deposition or use of excavated materials;

(viii) comprising areas of hard or soft landscaping works, or public realm, at various locations adjacent to the new or improved highway and associated works;

(ix) comprising site preparation works, site clearance (including fencing and other boundary treatments, vegetation removal, works of demolition, including demolition of existing structures, and the creation of alternative highways or footpaths) and earthworks (including soil stripping and storage and site levelling);

(x) comprising construction compounds and working sites, temporary structures, storage areas (including storage of excavated material and other materials), temporary vehicle parking, construction fencing, perimeter enclosure, security fencing, construction-related buildings, temporary worker accommodation facilities, welfare facilities, office facilities, other ancillary accommodation, construction lighting, haulage roads and other buildings, machinery, apparatus, processing plant, works and conveniences;

(xi) comprising service compounds, plant and equipment rooms, offices, staff mess rooms, welfare facilities, and other ancillary and administrative accommodation;

(xii) comprising ground investigation works, including the installation and monitoring of associated apparatus;

(xiii) comprising works for the benefit or protection of the authorised development; and

(xiv) comprising works of whatever nature, as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of, or for purposes associated with or ancillary to, the construction, operation or maintenance of the authorised development.