Paragraph 16 Hours of operationI1

Except as may otherwise be approved in writing by the relevant planning authority in temporary limited circumstances, all waste treatment, waste disposal, site preparation, levelling and restoration operations and any associated activities shall be restricted to between the hours of 07.00 and 18.00 on Mondays to Fridays and 07.00 and 13.00 on Saturdays, and subject to sub-paragraph (2), no such operations may be carried out on the site on Sundays or public holidays.

On a public holiday between the hours of 07.00 and 18.00, the following activities may be carried out—

For the purposes of this paragraph “public holiday” means Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f1 is a bank holiday in England.