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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
F1Word 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
I1Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1
2. The authorised development must commence no later than the expiration of 5 years beginning with the date that this Order comes into force.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1
3.—(1) The authorised development must be designed in detail and carried out so that it is compatible with the preliminary scheme design shown on the engineering drawings and sections and the report mentioned in sub-paragraph (3), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Secretary of State, provided that the Secretary of State is satisfied that any amendments to the engineering drawings and sections showing departures from the preliminary scheme design (arising from the report or otherwise) would not give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects in comparison with those reported in the environmental statement.
(2) Where amended details are approved by the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (1), those details are deemed to be substituted for the corresponding engineering drawings and sections and the undertaker must make those amended details available online for inspection by members of the public.
(3) The report mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), is a report to be prepared by the undertaker of its findings following a review of the design of the bridges, underpasses, and structures of the authorised development; the review to be carried out in consultation with the relevant planning authority and the local highway authority.
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1
4.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until an EMP (Second Iteration) for that part, substantially in accordance with the EMP (First Iteration) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation by the undertaker with the relevant planning authority, local highway authority, lead local flood authority, the Environment Agency and Natural England to the extent that the content of the EMP (Second Iteration) relates to matters relevant to their functions.
(2) The EMP (Second Iteration) for any part of the authorised development must be written in accordance with ISO14001 and so far as is relevant to that part of the authorised development, must reflect the mitigation measures required by the REAC and set out in the Environmental Statement and must include as many of the following plans and strategies as are applicable to the part of the authorised development to which it relates—
(a)Site waste management plan;
(b)Materials management plan;
(c)Soil management plan;
(d)Construction noise and dust management plan;
(e)Construction communication strategy;
(f)Landscape and ecology management plan;
(g)Temporary surface water drainage strategy;
(h)Detailed heritage Written Scheme of Investigation;
(i)Invasive Non-Native Species management plan;
(j)Operational Unexploded Explosive Ordnance Emergency Response Plan; and
(k)Water monitoring and management plan.
(3) The relevant part of the authorised development must be constructed in accordance with the approved EMP (Second Iteration).
(4) On completion of construction of each part of the authorised development the EMP (Third Iteration) relating to that part must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation with the relevant planning authority and the relevant local highway authority to the extent that the content of the EMP (Third Iteration) relates to matters relevant to their functions.
(5) The relevant part of the authorised development must be operated and maintained in accordance with the EMP (Third Iteration).
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1
5.—(1) The authorised development must be landscaped in accordance with a landscaping scheme which sets out details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works and which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation by the undertaker with the relevant planning authority on matters related to its functions.
(2) The landscaping scheme prepared under sub-paragraph (1) must reflect the mitigation measures set out in the REAC and be based on the environmental masterplan.
(3) The landscaping scheme prepared under sub-paragraph (1) must include details of—
(a)location, number, species mix, size and planting density of any proposed planting;
(b)cultivation, importing of materials and other operations to ensure plant establishment;
(c)existing trees to be retained, with measures for their protection during the construction period;
(d)proposed finished ground levels;
(e)implementation timetables for all landscaping works; and
(f)measures for the replacement, in the first available planting season, of any tree or shrub planted as part of the landscaping scheme that, within a minimum period of 5 years after the completion of the part of the authorised development to which the relevant landscaping scheme relates, dies, becomes seriously diseased or is seriously damaged, unless the LEMP specifies a longer replacement period; and
(g)how the landscaping scheme addresses the guidance in paragraph 4.29 of the National Policy Statement for National Networks for the appearance of national network projects to demonstrate good design as far as possible.
(4) All landscaping works must be carried out to a reasonable standard in accordance with the relevant recommendations of appropriate British Standards or other more suitable recognised codes of good practice provided these meet or exceed the appropriate British Standards.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1
6.—(1) In the event that contaminated land, including groundwater, is found at any time when carrying out the authorised development which was not previously identified in the environmental statement, it must be reported as soon as reasonably practicable to the Secretary of State, the relevant planning authority and the Environment Agency, and the undertaker must complete a risk assessment of the contamination in consultation with the relevant planning authority and the Environment Agency.
(2) Where the risk assessment prepared in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) determines that remediation of the contaminated land is necessary, a written scheme and programme for the remedial measures to be taken to render the land fit for its intended purpose and to prevent any impacts on controlled waters must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation by the undertaker with the relevant planning authority on matters related to its function and the Environment Agency.
(3) Remediation must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1
7.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until for that part, final preconstruction survey work has been carried out to establish whether European or nationally protected species are present on any of the land affected or likely to be affected by that part of the relevant works, or in any of the trees and shrubs to be lopped or felled as part of the relevant works.
(2) Following pre-construction survey work or at any time when carrying out the authorised development, where—
(a)a European or nationally protected species is shown to be present, or where there is a reasonable likelihood of it being present;
(b)application of the relevant assessment methods used in the environmental statement show that a significant effect is likely to occur which was not previously identified in the environmental statement; and
(c)that effect is not addressed by any prior approved scheme of protection and mitigation established in accordance with this paragraph,
the relevant parts of the relevant works must cease until a scheme of protection and mitigation measures has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State.
(3) The undertaker must consult with Natural England on the scheme referred to in sub-paragraph (2) prior to submission to the Secretary of State for approval.
(4) The relevant works under sub-paragraph (2) must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme, unless otherwise agreed by the Secretary of State after consultation by the undertaker with Natural England, and under any necessary licences.
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1
8.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until for that part written details of the surface water drainage system, reflecting the drainage strategy and the mitigation measures set out in the REAC including means of pollution control, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State following consultation by the undertaker with the lead local flood authority and the Environment Agency on matters related to their function.
(2) The surface water drainage system must be constructed in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Secretary of State following consultation by the undertaker with the lead local flood authority and the Environment Agency on matters related to their function, provided that the Secretary of State is satisfied that any amendments to the approved details would not give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects in comparison with those reported in the environmental statement.
Commencement Information
I8Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1
9.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until for that part a written scheme of investigation of areas of archaeological interest, reflecting the relevant mitigation measures set out in the REAC, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation by the undertaker with the relevant planning authority, Norfolk County Council Historic Strategy and Advice Team and Historic England on matters related to their function.
(2) The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme referred to in sub-paragraph (1).
Commencement Information
I9Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1
10.—(1) No part of the authorised development comprising the construction, alteration or improvement of Work No. 24 is to commence until a traffic management plan substantially in accordance with the outline traffic management plan, for that part has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation by the undertaker with the local highway authority on matters related to its function and Ørsted in relation to any impact on construction traffic in respect of The Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020(5).
(2) The authorised development must be constructed in accordance with the approved traffic management plan referred to in sub-paragraph (1).
Commencement Information
I10Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1
11. Any permanent and temporary fencing and other means of enclosure for the authorised development must be constructed and installed in accordance with Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works maintained by or on behalf for the undertaker except where any departures from that manual are agreed in writing by the Secretary of State in connection with the authorised development.
Commencement Information
I11Sch. 2 para. 11 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 1
12. With respect to any requirement which requires the authorised development to be carried out in accordance with the details or schemes approved under this Schedule, the approved details or schemes are taken to include any amendments that may subsequently be approved in writing by the Secretary of State.
Commencement Information
I12Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 4.11.2022, see art. 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).
2010 c. 29. There are amendments to section 6 which are not relevant to this Order.
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