The A47 Blofield to North Burlingham Development Consent Order 2022

1.  In this Schedule— E+W+S

“completed” means the relevant parts of the authorised development are completed and fully open to traffic and 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;

“drainage strategy” means the document certified as the drainage strategy by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 47 (certification of documents, etc.);

“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;

“EMP (First Iteration)” means the first iteration of the environmental management plan produced in accordance with the DMRB during the preliminary design stage and certified as the EMP (First Iteration) by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 47 (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;

“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;

“the 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;

“the masterplan” means the document certified as the masterplan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 47 (certification of documents, etc.);

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

“the outline landscape and ecology management plan” means the outline landscape and ecology management plan included at paragraph 7 of Annex B to the EMP (First Iteration);

“the outline traffic management plan” means the document certified as the outline traffic management plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 47 (certification of documents, etc.);

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

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 13.7.2022, 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.