# The London Luton Airport Expansion Development Consent Order 2025, Paragraph 2: Amendments to approved details

Extent: E+W

(1) The undertaker may apply to Luton Borough Council for approval to amend—
(a) the air noise management plan;
(b) the design principles;
(c) the code of construction practice;
(d) the cultural heritage management plan;
(e) the fixed plant noise management plan; and
(f) the sustainable transport fund.
(2) Prior to approving an application under sub-paragraph (1), Luton Borough Council must consult the specified authorities on the proposed amendment of a plan, document or parameters referred to under sub-paragraph (1) and in relation to sub-paragraph (1)(b) the Environment Agency and water and sewage undertakers and in relation to ... sub-paragraph (1)(f) National Highways and Buckinghamshire Council.
(3) Where any plans, details or scheme requires approval by the relevant planning authority or the relevant highway authority in accordance with any paragraph in Part 2 or Part 4 of this Schedule—
(a) the undertaker may apply to that authority for approval to amend that plan, detail or scheme; and
(b) where the paragraph specifies that consultation with a consultee is required, that consultee must be consulted by the discharging authority on the proposed amendment of that plan, detail or scheme, prior to any approval being given.
(4) On approval of an application under sub-paragraphs (1) or (3), those documents, plans, details, schemes or parameters are to be taken to include the amendments approved by the discharging authority in accordance with those sub-paragraphs.
(5) Approval under sub-paragraphs (1) or (3) must not be given except where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the discharging authority that the subject matter of the approval sought would not give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects in comparison with those reported in the environmental statement.
(6) Any application under sub-paragraphs (1) or (3) must include—
(a) a document identifying the specific amendments being sought to the approved details; and
(b) such information as is adequate and reasonable to inform the discharging authority’s consideration under sub-paragraph (5) as to whether the amendment gives rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects in comparison with those reported in the environmental statement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/463/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-luton-airport-expansion-development-consent-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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