{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m25-junction-10a3-wisley-interchange-development-consent-order-2022/schedule-2/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m25-junction-10a3-wisley-interchange-development-consent-order-2022/schedule-2/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/549",
  "legislation_title": "The M25 Junction 10/A3 Wisley Interchange Development Consent Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m25-junction-10a3-wisley-interchange-development-consent-order-2022",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Contaminated land and groundwater",
  "text": "(1) No part of the authorised development involving intrusive ground works is to commence until for that part a site investigation and risk assessment have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation with the Environment Agency and the relevant planning authority.\n(2) An investigation and assessment under sub-paragraph (1) must include—\n(a) details of any existing sources of contamination within the Order limits that may be affected by the carrying out of the authorised development;\n(b) any reasonably required protective measures to ensure that the carrying out of the authorised development does not make worse any adverse conditions or risks associated with such existing sources of contamination; and\n(c) appropriate remediation strategies and mitigation measures to address any historic contamination within the Order limits which is shown to be having significant unacceptable effects on the environment within the context of the proposed works.\n(3) An investigation and assessment under sub-paragraph (1) must be carried out in accordance with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ and the Environment Agency’s ‘Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination’ Contaminated Land Report 11 document.\n(4) The steps and measures identified as necessary for the purposes of carrying out the authorised development must be implemented in accordance with details approved under sub-paragraph (1).\n(5) In the event that contaminated material, including groundwater, is found at any time when carrying out the authorised development, which was not previously assessed in the environmental statement or a risk assessment approved under sub-paragraph (1), the undertaker must cease construction in the vicinity of that contamination and undertake a risk assessment of the contamination in consultation with the Environment Agency and relevant planning authority.\n(6) Where the undertaker determines that remediation is necessary, a written scheme and programme for the remedial measures to be undertaken must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation with the Environment Agency and the relevant planning authority.\n(7) Remedial measures must be carried out in accordance with the scheme approved under sub-paragraph (6).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 2.6.2022, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/549/schedule/2/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:00:02.816532+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}