Paragraph 12 Detailed designI1

England and Wales

(1)

The detailed design for the authorised development must accord with—

(a)

the preliminary scheme design shown on the works plans, the general arrangement plans and the engineering section drawings;

(b)

the principles set out in the environmental masterplan; and

(c)

the design principles set out in the scheme design approach and design principles,

unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Secretary of State following consultation with the relevant local authority on matters related to their functions, provided that the Secretary of State is satisfied that any amendments 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 paragraph (1), those details are deemed to be substituted for the corresponding plans or sections and the undertaker must make those amended details available in electronic form for inspection by members of the public.

(3)

No part of the authorised development is to commence until, for that part, a report has been submitted to, and, following consultation with the relevant local planning authority, approved by the Secretary of State, demonstrating that—

(a)

the undertaker has engaged with relevant stakeholders on refinements to detailed design for that part of the authorised development;

(b)

the undertaker has had regard to the relevant stakeholders’ comments; and

(c)

any refinements to the detailed design for that part of the authorised development arising as a result of that engagement accord with the scheme design approach and design principles.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 8.9.2022, see art. 1