Paragraph 43 Soil management planI1
England, Wales and Scotland
No construction of the development on the site must commence until a soil management plan has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The soil management plan must detail the methods and procedures for soil stripping, handling and stockpiling and must include—
description of methods for soil stripping, handling and screening and stockpiling of topsoils and subsoils;
a materials stockpile plan which shows the location, composition, movement and duration of any stockpile;
layout plans that show the locations of proposed treatment facilities (mobile and fixed), areas where soils have been or will be treated in-situ, and areas where treated soils and imported soils have been, or will be, deposited;
heights of stockpiles; and
restrictions on activities that may affect stored topsoil including the prevention of vehicles traversing the stockpiles.
The soil management plan must be implemented as approved.
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Sch. 1 para. 43 in force at 16.8.2012, see art. 1(1)