# The A1 in Northumberland: Morpeth to Ellingham Development Consent Order 2024 (revoked) S.I. 2024/733 · made 24 May 2024 · revised to 14 November 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/a1-in-northumberland-morpeth-to-ellingham-development-consent-order-2024-revoked/pdf/uksi_20240733_en.pdf ## Introductory text Infrastructure Planning Made 24th May 2024Coming into force 14th June 2024. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: PRELIMINARY ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Disapplication of legislative provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: PRINCIPAL POWERS ## 4 Development consent etc. granted by the Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Maintenance of authorised development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Maintenance of drainage works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Planning permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Limits of deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Benefit of the Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Consent to transfer benefit of the Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: STREETS ## 11 Application of the 1991 Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Power to alter layout etc. of streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Street works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Construction and maintenance of new, altered or diverted streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Classification of roads etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Temporary alteration, diversion, prohibition and restriction of the use of streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Permanent stopping up and restriction of use of streets, public rights of way and private means of access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Access to works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Clearways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Speed restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Closure of bus stop lay-bys and parking lay-bys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Traffic regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: SUPPLEMENTAL POWERS ## 23 Powers in relation to relevant watercourses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Discharge of water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Protective work to buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Authority to survey and investigate the land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: POWERS OF ACQUISITION AND POSSESSION ## 27 Compulsory acquisition of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Compulsory acquisition of land – incorporation of the mineral code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Compulsory acquisition of rights and imposition of restrictive covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Private rights over land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Modification of Part 1 of the 1965 Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Application of the 1981 Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Acquisition of subsoil or airspace only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Rights under or over streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Statutory undertakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped up streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Recovery of costs of new connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: OPERATIONS ## 41 Felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Trees subject to tree preservation orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: MICELLANEOUS AND GENERAL ## 43 Application of landlord and tenant law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Operational land for purposes of the 1990 Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Defence to proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Protection of interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Certification of documents, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Service of notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: AUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT ## Schedule 2: REQUIREMENTS ### Part 1: REQUIREMENTS ## 1 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Detailed design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Construction and handover environmental management plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Landscaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Contaminated land and groundwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Protected species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Surface and foul water drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Archaeological remains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Safeguarding of milestones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Traffic management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Amendments to approved details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Public rights of way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Ancient Woodland and Compensatory Planting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Works in River Coquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Landscape and ecological management plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: PROCEDURE FOR DISCHARGE OF REQUIREMENTS ## 18 Applications made under requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Further information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Register of requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Anticipatory steps towards compliance with any requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS, ETC. ## 1 TRUNK ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 ROADS TO BE DE-TRUNKED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 CLASSIFIED ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 UNCLASSIFIED ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 OTHER PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 FOOTWAYS AND CYCLEWAYS TO BE PROVIDED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: PERMANENT STOPPING UP OF STREETS, PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY AND PRIVATE MEANS OF ACCESS ## 1 STREETS TO BE STOPPED UP AND FOR WHICH A SUBSTITUTE IS TO BE PROVIDED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAYS TO BE STOPPED UP AND FOR WHICH A SUBSTITUTE IS TO BE PROVIDED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 PRIVATE MEANS OF ACCESS TO BE STOPPED UP AND FOR WHICH A SUBSTITUTE IS TO BE PROVIDED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO BE STOPPED UP AND FOR WHICH A SUBSTITUTE IS NOT TO BE PROVIDED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 PRIVATE MEANS OF ACCESS TO BE STOPPED UP AND FOR WHICH A SUBSTITUTE IS NOT TO BE PROVIDED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO BE TEMPORARILY PROHIBITED AND FOR WHICH A SUBSTITUTE IS TO BE PROVIDED ## Schedule 6: LAND IN RESPECT OF WHICH ONLY NEW RIGHTS ETC. MAY BE ACQUIRED ## Schedule 7: MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ENACTMENTS FOR CREATION OF NEW RIGHTS AND IMPOSITION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ### Compensation enactments ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Application of Part 1 of the 1965 Act ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: LAND OF WHICH TEMPORARY POSSESSION MAY BE TAKEN ## Schedule 9: TREES AND HEDGEROWS ## 1 REMOVAL OF HEDGEROWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 REMOVAL OF IMPORTANT HEDGEROWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 TREES SUBJECT TO TREE PRESERVATION ORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: FOR THE PROTECTION OF ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND SEWAGE UNDERTAKERS ### Part 1: FOR THE PROTECTION OF ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND SEWAGE UNDERTAKERS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### On street apparatus ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Apparatus in stopped up streets ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Protective works to buildings ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Acquisition of land ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Removal of apparatus ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Facilities and rights for alternative apparatus ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Retained apparatus ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Expenses and costs ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Co-operation ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: FOR THE PROTECTION OF OPERATORS OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS CODE NETWORKS ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ## 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLC AS GAS UNDERTAKER ### Application ## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Interpretation ## 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### On Street Apparatus ## 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Apparatus of National Gas in stopped up streets ## 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Protective works to buildings ## 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Acquisition of land ## 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Removal of apparatus ## 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Facilities and rights for alternative apparatus ## 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Retained apparatus: protection of gas undertaker ## 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Expenses ## 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Indemnity ## 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Enactments and agreements ## 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Co-operation ## 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Access ## 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Arbitration ## 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Notices ## 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11: TRAFFIC REGULATION MEASURES ## 1 SPEED LIMTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 CLOSURES OF BUS STOP LAY-BYS AND PARKING LAY-BYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12: DOCUMENTS TO BE CERTIFIED ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/733 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/a1-in-northumberland-morpeth-to-ellingham-development-consent-order-2024-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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