Paragraph 23 Decommissioning environmental management planI1

England and Wales

(1)

Within 12 months of the date that the undertaker decides to decommission any part of the authorised development, the undertaker must submit to the relevant planning authority for its written approval, after consultation with the Environment Agency and if the decommissioning environmental management plan to be submitted relates to decommissioning works within the river Thames, the PLA and the MMO, a decommissioning environmental management plan for that part.

(2)

Decommissioning works must not be carried out until the relevant planning authority has approved the plan submitted under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to such works.

(3)

The plan submitted and approved must—

(a)

include details of—

(i)

the buildings to be demolished;

(ii)

the means of removal of the materials resulting from the decommissioning works;

(iii)

the phasing of the demolition and removal works;

(iv)

any restoration works (including the proposed finished levels of the land following those works and any proposals for the restoration of habitats and watercourses lost as a result of the construction of the authorised development) to restore the land within the limits of deviation of Work No. 1 to a condition (including ecological outcomes which must include that the land could be designated as a non-statutory site of importance for nature conservation and local nature reserve, or equivalent designations as exists at the time of decommissioning) agreed with the relevant planning authority;

(v)

the phasing of any restoration works; and

(vi)

a timetable for the implementation of the plan; and

(b)

be accompanied by, or include, a site waste management plan which demonstrates how the waste hierarchy will be followed in respect of the decommissioning works.

(4)

The plan must be implemented as approved for the duration of the decommissioning of the authorised development.

(5)

The date that the undertaker decides to decommission any part of the authorised development must be notified to the relevant planning authority no later than one month following that decision being made.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 23 in force at 27.11.2025, see art. 1