SCHEDULE 25Flood risk activities and excluded flood risk activities

PART 2Excluded flood risk activities

SECTION 2Descriptions and conditions

Purpose-built sediment traps12

1

Clearance of purpose-built sediment traps.

2

For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are—

a

only sand and silt is cleared from the trap,

b

the works do not result in sand or silt being transmitted downstream, and

c

where the sand and silt from the clearance is spread on the floodplain, it is spread to a depth of no more than 100mm and no closer than 8 metres from the landward side of either bank.