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The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014

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Albert Embankment Foreshore

15.  The table below sets out the specific requirements for the Albert Embankment Foreshore site—

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CoCP Part BALBEF1Until completion of construction the authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the CoCP Part A subject to the site specific variations set out in CoCP Part B for this site, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority in consultation with other relevant stakeholders.
River walls and terracesALBEF2

(1) The permanent river wall and terraces shall not extend beyond the alignment shown on the Site works parameter plan.

(2) Should the alignment be less than the maximum extent shown on the Site works parameter plan, details of the amended alignment, which shall accord with the design principles for this site, shall be submitted and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE, Port of London Authority and the Environment Agency and thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Detailed design approval for river wall and foreshore structureALBEF3

(1) Construction of the river wall and terraces shall not commence until details of the design (including external appearance and samples of materials), which shall accord with the design principles for this site, the Site works parameter plan, Proposed site features plan (Drawing No. DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170012 – rev 2), Proposed landscape plan – interception structure (DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170013 – rev 1), Proposed landscape plan – shaft structure (Drawing No. DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170014 – rev 1), Typical river wall design intent (DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170027), and Proposed listed structure interface – interception structure (DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170029), are submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE and the Environment Agency in respect of land based access to flood defences and potential for ecological enhancements.

(2) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE and the Environment Agency.

Detailed design approval for permanent above-ground structuresALBEF4

(1) Construction of any permanent above-ground structure shall not commence until details of the design (including size, external appearances and materials), which shall accord with the design principles for this site and the Site works parameter plan, Proposed landscape plan – interception structure (DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170013 – rev 1), Proposed landscape plan – shaft structure (Drawing No. DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170014 – rev 1) and Kiosk design intent (DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170026), are submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE.

(2) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE.

Detailed design approval for signature ventilation columnsALBEF5

(1) Construction of the signature ventilation columns shall not commence until details of the height, dimensions, external appearance and materials, which shall accord with Ventilation column type B Plan (Drawing No. DCO-PP-900-ZZZZZ-290002 – rev 2), are submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE.

(2) The ventilation columns at this site shall not exceed 6 metres in height.

(3) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE.

Details of works to listed buildingsALBEF6

(1) Works to the Vauxhall Bridge eastern abutment shall not commence until details of those works, which shall accord with the design principles for this site and the Proposed listed structure interface – interception structure (DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170029), are submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE—

(2) The details required shall include the following—

detailed drawings showing all fixings to Vauxhall Bridge

detailed elevations

construction method statement, including engineer’s drawings

samples of materials.

(3) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE.

Protective works to listed buildingsALBEF7

(1) Works to the Vauxhall Bridge eastern abutment shall not commence until details of the details of works to protect the listed fabric during construction are submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE.

(2) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE.

Restoration works to listed buildingsALBEF8

(1) Works to the Vauxhall Bridge eastern abutment shall not commence until details of works to restore the listed fabric including materials are submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE.

(2) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE.

Landscaping worksALBEF9

(1) Construction of the permanent above-ground structures shall not commence until details of the landscaping works, which shall accord with the Landscape plans (Drawing Nos. DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170013 – rev 1 and DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170014 – rev 1) and the design principles for this site, are submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE and the Environment Agency (in respect of the inter-tidal terraces).

(2) Unless otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority, the landscaping information required in paragraph (1) above shall comprise details of all hard and soft landscaping works including:

a. location, quantity, species, size and density of any proposed planting

b. cultivation, importation of materials and other operations to ensure plant establishment

c. monitoring and maintenance (including any maintenance or restoration of landscaping required after tunnel commissioning)

d. proposed finished ground levels

e. hard-surfacing materials

f. minor structures such as furniture, refuse or other storage units, signs and lighting

g. retained historic landscape features and proposals for restoration, where relevant

h. a programme for implementation of all landscaping works

i. details of fencing/enclosures

j. vehicular and pedestrian access, parking and circulation areas, (including details of areas of public access)

k. proposed and existing functional services above and below ground, including drainage, power and communications cables and pipelines, manholes and supports

l. details of existing trees to be retained

(3) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority, in consultation with the Environment Agency in respect of inter-tidal terraces.

(4) The approved landscaping works shall be carried out by suitably trained or qualified personnel to a reasonable standard in accordance with the relevant recommendations of appropriate British Standards or other recognised codes of good practice.

Replacement trees and shrubs

(5) If, within a period of five years from the date of the planting of any tree or shrub, that tree or shrub (or any tree or shrub planted to replace it) is uprooted or destroyed or dies, another tree or shrub of the same species and size as that originally planted shall be planted in the same place, unless the relevant planning authority approves any variation.

Temporary works platformALBEF10

(1) The temporary works platform shall not extend beyond the alignment shown on the Site works parameter plan.

(2) Should the alignment be less than the maximum extent shown on the Site works parameter plan, construction of the temporary works platform shall not commence until details of the proposed structure(s) (including additional lengths of cofferdam, temporary decking areas and pontoons) are submitted to and approved by the Port of London Authority in consultation with Environment Agency.

Contaminated landALBEF11

Site-specific remediation strategy

(1) No works shall be carried out at this site (except for demolition of existing buildings, works in the highway including site access, works to trees and installation of monitoring equipment), unless otherwise agreed, until the following are submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the Environment Agency—

a. a preliminary risk assessment and site investigation scheme which identifies—

all previous uses

potential contaminants associated with those uses

a conceptual model of the site indicating sources, pathways and receptors

a qualitative risk assessment of any potentially unacceptable risks arising from contamination at the site

a proposed site investigation scheme providing information for a detailed quantitative assessment of the risk to all receptors that may be affected, including those off-site.

b. a remediation strategy which includes—

a detailed quantitative risk assessment

an options appraisal giving full details of the remediation measures required and how they shall be carried out

a verification plan providing details of the data to be collected in order to demonstrate that the works set out in the remediation strategy are complete and identifying any requirements for long-term monitoring of pollutant linkages, maintenance and arrangements for contingency action

a programme for the submission of elements detailed in (3) and (4) below.

(2) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority in consultation with the Environment Agency.

Verification report

(3) Prior to completion of the works, a verification report demonstrating completion of the works set out in the approved remediation strategy and the effectiveness of the remediation shall be submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the Environment Agency. The report shall include results of sampling and monitoring carried out in accordance with the approved details to demonstrate that the site remediation criteria were met. It shall also include a plan for long-term monitoring of pollutant linkages, maintenance and arrangements for contingency action as identified in the verification plan.

(4) The long-term monitoring and maintenance plan shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority in consultation with the Environment Agency.

Unexpected contamination

(5) If, in carrying out any works on this site, contamination not previously identified is found to be present, then unless otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority, no further development or works shall be carried out in the part of the site in which the contamination is identified until a remediation strategy is submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the Environment Agency. The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

ArchaeologyALBEF12

(1) No excavation shall be carried out until a SSAWSI (which shall accord with the OAWSI) is submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE.

(2) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details by a suitably qualified person or body.

Construction traffic management planALBEF13

(1) Work No. 15a shall not commence until a traffic management plan (which shall accord with the CoCP) is submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with TfL.

(2) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with TfL.

Travel planALBEF14

(1) Work No. 15a shall not commence until a site-specific construction workforce travel plan, which shall accord with the Draft Project Framework Travel Plan, is submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with TfL.

(2) The approved travel plan(s) shall be implemented from commencement of Work No. 15a and remain in place for the duration of the construction works, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with TfL.

Specification of accesses (construction and operational)ALBEF15

(1) No alterations shall be made to any existing access or any new access provided until details of the design, which shall accord with the design principles for this site, are submitted to and approved by the local highway authority. Any such works shall be completed prior to their use.

(2) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise approved by the highway authority.

Highway worksALBEF16

(1) Authorised development consisting of construction in or alteration of Albert Embankment or the construction or alteration of any highway structures which form part of Albert Embankment shall not commence until details of the design are submitted to and approved by the local highway authority.

(2) The information required in paragraph (1) above shall include details of any permanent works for a new or altered surface and foul water drainage system for Albert Embankment and any permanent works for a new or modified highway lighting scheme for Albert Embankment.

(3) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise approved by the local highway authority.

Surface water drainageALBEF17

(1) Construction of the permanent above-ground structures or landscaping shall not commence until details of the surface water drainage system for this site (including means of pollution control, an assessment of the hydrological and hydrogeological context and how the scheme shall be maintained and managed following completion), which shall accord with the design principles for this site, are submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the Environment Agency.

(2) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the Environment Agency, and completed prior to use of the authorised development.

Lighting (operational phase)ALBEF18

(1) Use of the authorised development shall not commence until details of the operational lighting, which shall accord with the design principles for this site, are submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE and the Port of London Authority.

(2) The authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the HBMCE and the Port of London Authority.

Section 106 Agreement / UndertakingALBEF19The authorised development shall not commence on this site unless and until the undertaker enters into the Albert Embankment Foreshore Section 106 Agreement / Undertaking (in accordance with the obligations specified in the draft at doc. ref. APP119.07).
Commissioning worksALBEF20

(1) On or before the completion of the landscaping works approved further to requirement ALBEF9 (landscaping), the undertaker shall give notice to the relevant planning authority.

(2) (Save for works carried out in accordance with (5) below) within 1 month of the notice under (1) the undertaker shall:

a. remove all hoarding or other temporary enclosure from the site; and

b. make the site publically accessible in accordance with the approved landscape scheme.

(3) The undertaker shall provide a ‘commissioning notice’ to the relevant planning authority at least 2 months before undertaking any commissioning works. The notice shall include:

a. a programme for the commissioning works; and

b. a location plan for any fencing or hoarding associated with those works (including identifying areas to be accessible to the public).

(4) The undertaker shall provide a ‘commissioning confirmation notice’ 21 days prior to starting the commissioning works, confirming the date of commencement of commissioning.

(5) The commissioning works shall be undertaken in accordance with the programme in the commissioning notice and the location plan unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.

Protection for 85 Albert Embankment — construction phase security strategyALBEF21

(1) The undertaker shall not commence the use of the access over the Lacks Dock access and the Camelford House access (“the accesses”) as shown on access plan DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170005 – rev 3 for the purposes of Work No.s 15a or 15b or 15c until a strategy (“the construction phase security strategy”) to implement appropriate security measures over those accesses for the period from commencement of the authorised development on this site until completion of construction (“the construction period”) has been submitted to and approved by the Secret Intelligence Service (“SIS”) and shall not during that period permit the use of the accesses by vehicles directly or indirectly within its control other than in accordance with the construction phase security strategy as approved.

(2) The construction phase security strategy shall include—

a. Security management and procedures to secure the physical security of the site and the accesses, detailing security management and physical access controls for both personnel and vehicles;

b. Security access layout and infrastructure on the site and the accesses;

c. Security incident management;

d. Arrangements for informing the contractor of the construction phase security strategy including details of instructions to be given to contractors and means of enforcement by the employer;

e. Details of the numbers of vehicle movements (meaning visits by vehicles to the site over the accesses to include entering and exiting as a single movement) which shall not exceed a maximum number of 500 vehicles using the Lacks Dock access during the construction period

f. The size and category of vehicles and the expected schedule of movement into and out of the accesses; and

g. Vehicle screening arrangements.

(3) The undertaker shall not commence the use of the access over the accesses as shown on access plan DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170005 – rev 3 for the purposes of Work No.s 15a or 15b or 15c until it has served notice in writing upon SIS of the intended date of commencement of development on the site, such notice to be served no later than 10 business days of the intended date of commencement of development on the site.

Protection for 85 Albert Embankment — operational phase security strategyALBEF22

(1) Following completion of construction the undertaker shall not commence the use of the Lack’s Dock access for operational purposes (including maintenance) until a strategy (“the operational security strategy”) to implement appropriate security measures for the Lacks Dock access as shown on access plan DCO-PP-15X-ALBEF-170005 – rev 3 has been submitted to and approved by SIS and shall not thereafter permit the use of the Lacks Dock access by vehicles directly or indirectly within its control other than in accordance with the operational security strategy as approved.

(2) The operational security strategy shall include—

a. Security requirements for regular access for maintenance and any other operational activities on this site;

b. A schedule indicating the regular maintenance programme for the authorised project on this site; and

c. Proposals for security requirements for access for periods of major maintenance for the authorised project on this site.

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