The A47/A11 Thickthorn Junction Development Consent Order 2022

Interpretation E+W+S

1.  In this Schedule—

“completed” means the relevant parts of the authorised development are completed and fully open to traffic and [F1 “completion”] is to be construed accordingly;

“contaminated land” has the same meaning as that term is given in section 78A (preliminary)(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;

“DMRB” means the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, which accommodates all current standards, advice and other documents relating to the design, assessment and operation of trunk roads and motorways, or any equivalent replacement to the DMRB published;

“drainage strategy” means Appendix 13.2 of the environmental statement;

“EMP (First Iteration)” means the first iteration of the environmental management plan produced in accordance with the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges during the preliminary design stage and certified by the Secretary of State as the environmental management plan for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of documents, etc.);

“EMP (Second Iteration)” means the second iteration of the environmental management plan produced in accordance with the DMRB, which is to be a refined version of the EMP (First Iteration) including more detailed versions of the outline plans contained or listed within the EMP (First Iteration) or any other plans as required;

“EMP (Third Iteration)” means the third iteration of the environmental management plan produced in accordance with the DMRB, which is a refined version of the EMP (Second Iteration) and which relates to the operational and maintenance phase of the authorised development;

“environmental masterplan” means the document of that description certified by the Secretary of State as the environmental masterplan under article 49 (certification of documents, etc.);

“European protected species” has the same meaning as in regulations 42 (European protected species of animals) and 46 (European protected species of plants) of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017(2));

“lead local flood authority” has the same meaning as in section 6 (other definitions)(3) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010;

“LEMP” means the landscape and ecology management plan which is Annex B.5 of the EMP (Second Iteration);

“Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works” means the document of that name published electronically by or on behalf of the strategic highway authority for England or any equivalent replacement published for that document;

“nationally protected species” means any species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(4);

“Ørsted” means Ørsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited (company number 08584210), whose registered office is at 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG; and

“REAC” means the Register of Environmental Actions and Commitments forming table 3.1 of the EMP (First Iteration).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 2 para. 1 substituted (31.7.2023) by The A47/A11 Thickthorn Junction Development Consent (Correction) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/886), art. 1, Sch.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1

(1)

1990 c. 43. Section 78A was inserted by section 57 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) and amended by section 86(2) of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37).

(2)

S.I. 2017/1012.

(3)

2010 c. 29. There are amendments to section 6 which are not relevant to this Order.

(4)

1981 c. 69.