# The Immingham Open Cycle Gas Turbine Order 2020, Paragraph 11: Flood risk mitigation

Extent: E+W

(1) No part of the authorised development may commence, save for the permitted preliminary works, until a scheme for the mitigation of flood risk during construction, has, for that part, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The scheme approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) must be implemented as approved and maintained throughout the construction of the authorised development unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.
(3) No part of the authorised development may commence save for the permitted preliminary works until a scheme for the mitigation of flood risk during operation has, for that part, been submitted to and, after consultation with the Environment Agency and North East Lindsey Internal Drainage Board, approved by the relevant planning authority.
(4) The schemes submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) of this requirement must be in accordance with the principles set out in chapter 12 (surface water, flood risk and drainage) of the environmental statement and the flood risk assessment.
(5) The scheme approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (3) must be implemented as approved and maintained throughout the operation of the authorised development unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.
(6) The authorised development must not be commissioned until the flood risk mitigation has been implemented and a flood emergency response and contingency plan has been submitted to, and after consultation with North East Lindsey Internal Drainage Board, approved by the relevant planning authority.
(7) The plan approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (6) must be implemented throughout the commissioning and operation of the authorised development unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/847/schedule/2/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immingham-open-cycle-gas-turbine-order-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-11
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