# The A417 Missing Link Development Consent Order 2022, Paragraph 3: Environmental Management Plan (Construction Stage)


(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until a EMP (construction stage) for that part has been prepared in consultation with the relevant planning authority, the local highway authority and Natural England and submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State.
(2) The EMP (construction stage) must—
(a) be substantially in accordance with the environmental management plan (design stage) certified under article 46 (certification of plans etc.);
(b) contain a record of all the sensitive environmental features that have the potential to be affected by the construction of the authorised development;
(c) incorporate the measures referred to in the environmental statement as being incorporated in the EMP (construction stage);
(d) require adherence to working hours of 07:30 to 18:00 on Mondays to Friday and 08:00 to 13:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, except for—
(i) night-time closures for bridge demolition and installation;
(ii) any oversize deliveries or deliveries where daytime working would be excessively disruptive to normal traffic operation;
(iii) junction tie-in works;
(iv) removal of overhead power lines;
(v) overnight traffic management measures;
(vi) cases of emergency;
(vii) any works for which different working hours have been agreed with parties who will or may be affected by those works and recorded in the approved EMP (construction stage), in which case the EMP (construction stage) must require adherence to those working hours; and
(viii) as otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority in advance;
(e) include the following management plans—
(i) Construction Traffic Management Plan;
(ii) LEMP;
(iii) Materials Management Plan;
(iv) Public Rights of Way Management Plan; and
(v) Ground and Surface Water Management Plan.
(3) The authorised development must be constructed in accordance with the approved EMP (construction stage).
(4) Upon completion of construction of the authorised development the EMP (construction stage) must be converted into the EMP (end of construction stage). The EMP (end of construction phase) must be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval within 28 days of the opening of the authorised development for public use.
(5) The authorised development must be operated and maintained in accordance with the EMP (end of construction stage) approved under sub-paragraph (4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1248/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/a417-missing-link-development-consent-order-2022/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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