# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 13: Site investigation boreholes and trial pits


(1) Site investigation boreholes and trial pits within a flood plain.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are—
(a) the works are more than 5 metres from any culvert, remote defence or flood defence structure on the main river and from any sea defence,
(b) the works are more than 8 metres from the banks of a non-tidal main river,
(c) the works are more than 16 metres from the banks of a tidal main river, and
(d) the works are completed, including refilling of the borehole or pit, within 48 hours.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/25/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-25/paragraph-13
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