1. In this Part of this Schedule—
“the biodiversity action plan and mitigation strategy” means the biodiversity action plan and mitigation strategy contained in appendix 9.H of the environmental statement;
“the bus strategy” means the document of that description set out in Schedule 14 (documents to be certified) certified by the Secretary of State as the bus strategy for the purposes of this Order;
“the code of construction practice” means the document of that description set out in Schedule 14 certified by the Secretary of State as the code of construction practice for the purposes of this Order and which sets a framework to control impacts arising from construction of the authorised development;
“the design principles” means the document of that description set out in Schedule 14 certified by the Secretary of State as the design principles for the purposes of this Order and which set out the principles for the detailed design of the authorised development;
“the flood risk assessment” means the revised flood risk assessment contained in substituted appendix 16.A of the environmental statement;
“the landscaping plan” means the plan of that description set out in Schedule 14 certified by the Secretary of State as the landscaping plan for the purposes of this Order and which set out the proposed landscaping to be implemented as part of the authorised development;
“the Silvertown Tunnel Design Review Panel” means the panel set up and administered by Urban Design London to provide design assurance throughout the detailed design process for the authorised development, whose terms of reference are attached to the design principles; and
“the Silvertown Tunnel Stakeholder Design Consultation Group” means the group set up and administered by TfL to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to comment on the external appearance of the above ground elements of the authorised development throughout the detailed design process for the authorised development, whose terms of reference are attached to the design principles.
2. The authorised development must commence within 5 years of the date on which this Order comes into force.
3.—(1) The authorised development must be designed and implemented—
(a)in accordance with the design principles; and
(b)in general accordance with the general arrangement plans.
(2) TfL must consult with—
(a)the Silvertown Tunnel Design Review Panel; and
(b)the Silvertown Tunnel Stakeholder Design Consultation Group,
during the detailed design of the authorised development and in the manner provided for by the design principles and have regard to the responses received.
4.—(1) Construction of each part of the authorised development specified in column (1) of the table below must not commence until the details of the elements specified in relation to that part in column (2) of that table have been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.
(1) Part of the authorised development | (2) Elements to be approved |
|---|---|
| Work No. 1(d) | External appearance |
| Work No. 5(a) | External appearance of the retaining wall |
| Work No. 6(a) | External appearance of the retaining wall |
| Work No. 10(b) | External appearance of the retaining wall |
| Work No. 11(b) | Siting, design and external appearance |
| Work No. 11(c) | Siting, design and external appearance |
| Work No. 12(a) | Siting, design and external appearance |
| Work No. 12(c) | Siting, design and external appearance of the operational parking facilities |
| Work No. 12(e) | Siting, design and external appearance |
| Work No. 13 | Siting, design and external appearance |
| Work No. 15(c) | External appearance of the retaining walls |
| Work No. 15(d) | External appearance |
| Work No. 17(a) | Siting, design and external appearance |
| Work No. 17(c) | Siting, design and external appearance of the operational parking facilities |
| Work No. 17(e) | Siting, design and external appearance |
| Work No.18(d) | External appearance of the retaining wall |
| Any above ground permanent work constructed as ancillary or related development under paragraph(c)(i) – (xii) of Schedule 1 which constitutes a viaduct, bridge, retaining wall or wing wall, or under paragraph (c)(xiii) of Schedule 1 which constitutes a permanent above ground building or structure, and ordinarily would not benefit from planning permission granted under article 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015(1), unless otherwise agreed in writing between the relevant planning authority and TfL. | External appearance |
(2) The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with details approved by the relevant planning authority under sub-paragraph (1).
5.—(1) The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the code of construction practice.
(2) No part of the authorised development may be commenced until the following plans and strategies, required by the code of construction practice, have been prepared for that part of the authorised development—
(a)Construction Site River Strategy: to be prepared in consultation with the relevant planning authority and the PLA;
(b)Emergency Plan: to be prepared in consultation with the local emergency services and the relevant planning authority;
(c)Fire Plan: to be prepared in consultation with the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority;
(d)Lighting Management Plan: to be prepared in consultation with the relevant planning authority, the PLA and the Environment Agency; and
(e)Site Waste Management Plan: to be prepared in consultation with the relevant planning authority and the Environment Agency.
(3) No part of the authorised development may be commenced until the following plans and strategies, required by the code of construction practice, have been prepared for that part of the authorised development and approved by the relevant planning authority, the Environment Agency or the PLA (as the case may be)—
(a)Air Quality Management Plan: to be approved by the relevant planning authority including in the London Borough of Newham, such scheme of ventilation at the Hoola building as necessary to reduce the exposure of first floor residential accommodation to nitrogen oxide to acceptable levels;
(b)Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation: to be prepared in consultation with Historic England and, in respect of any elements within the river Thames, the PLA and the MMO, and approved by the relevant planning authority;
(c)Community Engagement Plan: to be approved by the relevant planning authority;
(d)Construction Materials Management Plan incorporating commitments to river transport: to be approved by the relevant planning authority;
(e)Construction Traffic Management Plan: to be approved by the relevant planning authority, in consultation with the relevant highway authority;
(f)Ecology Management Plan: to be prepared in consultation with Natural England and approved by the relevant planning authority;
(g)Flood Warning and Evacuation Plan (which forms part of the Emergency Plan to be prepared under sub-paragraph (2)(b)): to be approved by the relevant planning authority, in consultation with the Environment Agency;
(h)Groundwater Monitoring and Verification Plan: to be approved by the Environment Agency;
(i)Noise and Vibration Management Plan: to be approved by the relevant planning authority;
(j)Passage Plan: to be approved by the PLA; and
(k)Construction Environmental Management Plan: to be approved in consultation with the relevant planning authority and the PLA
(4) The relevant highway authority for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(e) is each highway authority for the highways affected by the Construction Traffic Management Plan.
(5) The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the plans and strategies prepared or approved under sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).
(6) TfL must make the plans and strategies prepared or approved under sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) available in an electronic form suitable for inspection by members of the public until the authorised development has been opened for public use.
6.—(1) No part of the authorised development may commence until a written landscaping scheme for that part has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.
(2) A landscaping scheme prepared under sub-paragraph (1) must be in accordance with the landscaping plan and include details of hard and soft landscaping works, including—
(a)location, number, species, size and planting density of any proposed planting, including habitat creation in lieu of offsite biodiversity offsetting;
(b)cultivation, importing of materials and other operations to ensure plant establishment;
(c)the location and specification of routes for non-motorised users including provision of a bus stop to serve southbound buses in the re-aligned Tunnel avenue;
(d)proposed finished ground levels;
(e)hard surfacing materials;
(f)details of existing trees to be retained, with measures for their protection during the construction period; and
(g)implementation timetables for all landscaping works.
(3) Each part of the authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the relevant landscaping schemes approved under sub-paragraph (1).
(4) All landscaping works must be carried out to a reasonable standard in accordance with the relevant recommendations of appropriate British Standards or other recognised codes of good practice.
(5) Any tree or shrub planted as part of a landscaping scheme that, within a period of 5 years after planting, is removed, dies or becomes, in the opinion of the relevant planning authority, seriously damaged or diseased, must be replaced in the first available planting season with a specimen of the same species and size as that originally planted.
7.—(1) The provisions of this requirement must be carried out in accordance with the monitoring and mitigation strategy and TfL must otherwise comply with the obligations set out in that document.
(2) If the statutory powers vested in TfL in relation to highways and road traffic in Greater London are not sufficient to enable TfL to implement any mitigation measure which it is obliged to implement under this requirement, TfL must either—
(a)seek to agree with the council of the relevant London borough that TfL may implement that measure on behalf of the council; or
(b)if such an agreement cannot be reached, pay to that council a sum equivalent to—
(i)the estimated cost of the council implementing that measure, which the council must use for that purpose; or
(ii)the costs reasonably incurred by the council in implementing an alternative measure in the same location which the council determines will mitigate the adverse impact attributable to the authorised development,
whichever is less.
(3) In this paragraph, “relevant air quality authority” means the council of a London Borough for an area in relation to which the expert review carried out under sub-paragraph (14) concludes that the authorised development has materially worsened air quality.
(4) Before the Silvertown Tunnel opens for public use TfL must carry out an updated assessment of the likely impacts of the authorised development on the performance of the highway network and must consult the members of STIG on a proposed scheme of mitigation which identifies—
(a)the locations on the highway network where the assessment demonstrates there is likely to be a material worsening of traffic conditions as a result of the operation of the authorised development;
(b)the measures which TfL proposes to mitigate the impacts of such a worsening of traffic conditions; and
(c)the proposed programme for implementation of those measures.
(5) TfL must have regard to any consultation responses received from STIG members and before finalising the scheme of mitigation must liaise further with the council of any London Borough on the detail of mitigation measures which it proposes to implement on roads in that Borough. TfL must then submit the scheme of mitigation to the Secretary of State for approval.
(6) The scheme of mitigation submitted to the Secretary of State for approval must include—
(a)details and locations of the proposed mitigation measures;
(b)responses to the consultation and further liaison carried out under sub-paragraphs (4) and (5);
(c)the estimated cost of implementing each measure; and
(d)the proposed programme for the implementation of those measures.
(7) The Silvertown Tunnel must not open for public use until the scheme of mitigation has been approved by the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State proposes to approve the scheme of mitigation with material modifications, the Secretary of State must consult the members of STIG on the proposed modifications and have regard to any responses received when deciding whether to approve the scheme.
(8) TfL must implement or secure the implementation of the measures approved by the Secretary of State in accordance with the approved programme.
(9) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Mayor of London, delegate their functions under this paragraph to the Mayor of London.
(10) For the duration of the monitoring period, TfL must—
(a)implement a monitoring programme in consultation with the members of STIG;
(b)prepare—
(i)quarterly monitoring reports for a period of one year from the Silvertown Tunnel opening for public use; and
(ii)annual monitoring reports thereafter,
derived from that monitoring, and submit them for consideration by the members of STIG;
(c)identify in consultation with the members of STIG appropriate thresholds for changes on the highway network which require TfL to investigate whether mitigation measures are necessary;
(d)develop in consultation with the relevant highway authority any measures which are necessary to mitigate adverse impacts on the highway network which are attributable to the operation of the authorised development; and
(e)implement or secure the implementation of the necessary mitigation measures.
(11) In sub-paragraph (10) “the monitoring period” means a period commencing not less than three years before the Silvertown Tunnel is expected to open for public use and continuing for not less than three years after the Silvertown Tunnel opens for public use.
(12) Not less than three years before the Silvertown Tunnel is expected to open for public use TfL must install Nitrogen Dioxide (“NO2”) monitors at locations determined in accordance with paragraph 3.7.4 of the monitoring and mitigation strategy.
(13) The NO2 monitors must remain in place for the period specified in paragraph 3.7.5 of the monitoring and mitigation strategy.
(14) The monitoring data within each annual monitoring report referred to in sub-paragraph (10) must be reviewed as soon as reasonably practicable by a firm of independent air quality experts appointed by TfL in consultation with the members of STIG. The annual review undertaken by the firm of experts must determine in accordance with the criteria set out in the monitoring and mitigation strategy whether or not there has been a material worsening of air quality as a result of the authorised development beyond the likely impacts reported within the environmental statement at locations where there are (whether as a result of the authorised development of otherwise) exceedances of national air quality objectives.
(15) If the review demonstrates in the opinion of the appointed firm of experts that the authorised development has materially worsened air quality in the manner described in sub-paragraph (14), TfL must—
(a)within three months of the conclusion of the expert review consult any relevant air quality authority on a preliminary scheme of mitigation including a programme for its implementation; and
(b)following that consultation submit a detailed scheme of mitigation to the Mayor of London for approval.
(16) Before considering whether to approve the scheme of mitigation, the Mayor of London must consult any relevant air quality authority and take into consideration any responses received.
(17) TfL must implement or secure the implementation of the scheme of mitigation approved by the Mayor of London in accordance with the programme contained in the approved scheme of mitigation.
8.—(1) No part of the authorised development which comprises any part of a surface water drainage system must commence until written details of that surface water drainage system have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The surface water drainage system for the relevant part of the authorised development must be constructed in accordance with the details approved under sub-paragraph (1).
9.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to be opened for public use until written details of any external lighting to be installed in connection with the operation of any building or other structure forming part of the authorised development have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.
(2) Each part of the authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the relevant details of the external lighting approved under sub-paragraph (1).
10.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to be opened for public use until a strategy for any highway signage to be installed on that part has been submitted to and approved by the relevant highway authority.
(2) The relevant highway authority for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) is, in each case, the highway authority for the highway in relation to which the highway signage is to be installed.
(3) Each part of the authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the relevant strategy approved under sub-paragraph (1).
11. The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the flood risk assessment.
12.—(1) No part of the authorised development may open for public use until a written scheme of proposed noise mitigation measures in respect of the use and operation of that part has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority following consultation with the relevant highway authority.
(2) The proposed measures submitted for approval under sub-paragraph (1) must provide—
(a)details of the noise barriers proposed;
(b)that any highway constructed or resurfaced as part of the authorised development will be surfaced with low noise surfacing to a TSCS standard or better, with the exception of the sections of highway within the Silvertown Tunnel and on the Silvertown Tunnel approaches where retaining walls of 1.8 metres or higher are located on either side of the carriageway, together with any other sections of highway which are recommended by a road safety audit to have an alternative surface; and
(c)details of the proposals for the retention and maintenance of the proposed noise mitigation measures.
(3) The approved noise mitigation measures must be implemented prior to the opening of the relevant part of the authorised development for public use and must be retained and maintained in accordance with the approved scheme.
(4) The relevant highway authority for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) is, in each case, the highway authority for the highway in relation to which the noise mitigation is to be installed.
(5) The written details referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must either reflect the mitigation measures included in the environmental statement or, where the mitigation proposed materially differs from the mitigation identified in the environmental statement, TfL must provide evidence with the written details submitted that with the mitigation proposed, the authorised development would not give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects to those assessed in the environmental statement taking into account the mitigation identified in it.
(6) In this paragraph “TSCS” means thin surface course systems as defined by clause 942 of the Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works, Volume 1 Specification for Highway Works.
13. Prior to the opening of the authorised development for public use, TfL must install noise barriers to protect properties in the Siebert Road, Invicta Road/Westcombe Hill area from the effects of traffic noise from the A102. Details of these barriers must be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority after consultation with local residents, before installation is commenced. The installation must be undertaken in the form approved.
14.—(1) TfL must secure a cross-river bus service provision using the tunnels which delivers the same or greater levels of public transport benefits (as quantified in the pre-Scheme Refreshed Case modelling) as those identified in the Assessed Case, as set out in the environmental statement, without any reduction in any other user benefits generated by the scheme and in any event the provision of not less than 20 buses per hour during peak periods in each direction through the tunnels for the duration of the monitoring period and thereafter must keep under review and secure the provision of bus services through the tunnels in accordance with the bus strategy and the objectives set out in that document.
(2) TfL must provide funding for concessionary bus travel to residents of the London Boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets and the Royal Borough of Greenwich in accordance with the bus strategy after the Silvertown Tunnel opens for public use.
(3) TfL must ensure that any bus ordinarily using the Silvertown Tunnel as part of a London local service must comply with the Euro VI emissions limits or with equivalent emissions standards.
(4) In this paragraph—
“bus” means a public service vehicle designed and constructed for the carriage of both seated and standing passengers;
“Euro VI emissions limits” means the emissions limits for heavy duty vehicles set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (as amended by Annex XV of Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011);
“London local service” means a London local service which TfL has determined as being required under section 181 of the 1999 Act; and
“the monitoring period” means a period of not less than three years commencing on the date the Silvertown Tunnel opens for public use, which may be extended by TfL for up to two years if this is deemed necessary following consultation with the members of STIG in accordance with section 3.4 of the monitoring and mitigation strategy.
15.—(1) TfL must secure the provision of enhanced river crossing facilities for cyclists and pedestrians between the Greenwich Peninsula and Canary Wharf and Silvertown for at least the duration of the monitoring period, whether by bus shuttles, ferry services and/or modified charging policy on the Air Line service.
(2) Details of such provisions must be submitted to and approved by the relevant local planning authorities prior to the opening of the authorised development for public use, and such scheme or schemes as may be approved must be retained for no less than the monitoring period unless agreed otherwise by the relevant local planning authorities.
16. The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the biodiversity action plan and mitigation strategy.
17.—(1) No part of the authorised development may commence until a site investigation and risk assessment has been carried out to assess the nature and extent of contamination within any land on which intrusive groundworks in connection with that part of the authorised development are to be carried out.
(2) The site investigation and risk assessment carried out under sub-paragraph (1) must be—
(a)based on the preliminary risk assessment of contaminant sources, pathways and receptors contained in the environmental statement;
(b)carried out in accordance with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ and the Environment Agency’s “Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination” Contaminated Land Report 11 document, and must include—
(i)a survey of the nature, extent and scale of contamination within the relevant area;
(ii)an assessment of the potential risks to human health, property and other relevant receptors; and
(iii)an appraisal of remediation options and proposal of the preferred option where the site investigation and risk assessment indicates that remediation is required as a result of the proposed intrusive groundworks in order for the relevant area of land not to meet the definition of “contaminated land” under Part 2A (contaminated land) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(2); and
(c)supplied to the relevant planning authority as soon as reasonably practicable following its completion.
(3) Where the site investigation and risk assessment carried out under sub-paragraph (1) contains an appraisal of remediation options and proposal of the preferred option as required by sub-paragraph (2)(b)(iii), a remediation strategy must be submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority which must include—
(a)remediation measures required as a result of the proposed intrusive groundworks to ensure that the site will not meet the definition of “contaminated land” under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 in relation to the intended use of the land following remediation; and
(b)a verification plan, providing details of the data to be collected in order to demonstrate that the works set out in the remediation scheme submitted for approval under this sub-paragraph are complete.
(4) The remediation strategy approved under sub-paragraph (3) must be implemented as part of the authorised development.
(5) Following the implementation of the remediation strategy approved under sub-paragraph (3), a verification report, based on the data collected as part of the remediation strategy and demonstrating the completion of the remediation measures must be produced and supplied to the relevant planning authority.
(6) Where the verification report produced under sub-paragraph (5) does not demonstrate the completion of the remediation measures, a statement as to how any outstanding remediation measures will be addressed must be supplied to the relevant planning authority at the same time as the verification report.
(7) The outstanding remediation measures must be completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the relevant planning authority by the date agreed with that authority.
18.—(1) The Silvertown Tunnel must not open for public use and the tunnel services buildings at the South Portal comprised in Work No. 12 must not be occupied after their practical completion until the hazardous substances consent for the East Greenwich Gasholder Station site has been revoked or modified in accordance with the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990(3), and in the case of a modification details of the relevant modifications have been submitted to the Health and Safety Executive, and the Health and Safety Executive has advised TfL in writing that it does not advise against the authorised development.
19.—(1) The Silvertown Tunnel must not open for public use until the hazardous substances consent for the Brenntag Inorganic Chemicals Ltd site has been revoked or modified in accordance with the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990, and in the case of a modification details of the relevant modifications have been submitted to the Health and Safety Executive, and the Health and Safety Executive has advised the Secretary of State in writing that it does not advise against the authorised development.
20. The works to implement the authorised development must be undertaken in a manner that will maximise the potential for re-use of suitable excavated material on site for the subsequent re-use of areas that will be subject to temporary possession. Prior to the commencement of development, details of the storage of suitable excavated material and of its subsequent re-use within or adjoining the Order limits must be submitted to and approved by the relevant local planning authority. The construction must be carried out as approved.
21. Prior to the opening of the authorised development for public use TfL must make all reasonable endeavours to agree a business transitional support package with the councils of the London Borough of Newham, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Royal Borough of Greenwich. As part of this business transitional support package TfL must make available to those councils the sum of one million pounds for the purpose of supporting local businesses.
1990 c. 43. Part 2A was inserted by section 57 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25). The definition of “contaminated land” was subsequently amended by section 86(1) and (2)(a) of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37).