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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m25-junction-28-development-consent-order-2022/schedule-9/paragraph-30",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/573",
  "legislation_title": "The M25 Junction 28 Development Consent Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m25-junction-28-development-consent-order-2022",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/30",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Part of this Schedule—\n“construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal and “construct” and “constructed” are to be construed accordingly;\n“drainage authority” means in relation to an ordinary watercourse, the drainage board concerned within the meaning of section 23 (prohibition on obstructions etc. in watercourses) of the Land Drainage Act 1991;\n“drainage work” means in relation to any key watercourse and includes any land which is expected to provide flood storage capacity for a key watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance, constructed or used for land drainage or flood defence in connection with a key watercourse;\n“key watercourse” means any of the following ordinary watercourses—\nOrdinary watercourse to be regarded as a key watercourse\nOrdnance Survey coordinates of ordinary watercourse to be regarded as a key watercourse\nexisting ditch 1\nTQ 56608 92369 to TQ 56429 92244\nexisting ditch 2\nTQ 56427 92408 to TQ 56438 92260\nexisting ditch 3\nTQ 56593 92504 to TQ 56444 92744\nexisting ditch 4\nTQ 56442 92747 to TQ 56255 92665\nexisting ditch 5\nTQ 56339 92531 to TQ 56289 92673\nexisting ditch 6\nTQ 56243 92551 to TQ 56273 92556\nexisting ditch 7\nTQ 56202 92680 to TQ 56255 92558\nexisting ditch 8\nTQ 56216 92637 to TQ 56229 92642\nexisting ditch 9\nTQ 56192 93002 to TQ 56284 92682\nexisting ditch 10\nTQ 56264 93010 to TQ 56193 93002\nexisting ditch 11\nTQ 56192 93140 to TQ 56174 93104\nexisting ditch 12\nTQ 56078 93264 to TQ 56098 93223\nand in each case includes any land or area which is being used or is expected to be used to provide temporary or permanent flood storage capacity or relief for the watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance constructed or used for land drainage or flood defence in connection with the watercourse;\n“ordinary watercourse” has the same meaning as given in section 72 (interpretation) of the Land Drainage Act 1991;\n“plans” includes any information reasonably required by the drainage authority including location details, grid references, sections, drawings, specifications, assessments and method statements; and\n“specified work” means any of the following works carried out in relation to any ordinary watercourse—\n(a) erecting any mill dam, weir or other similar obstruction to the flow of the watercourse, or raising or otherwise altering any such obstruction;\n(b) the construction or alteration of a bridge or other structure;\n(c) erecting a culvert in the watercourse; or\n(d) altering a culvert in a manner that would be likely to affect the flow of the watercourse.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 30 in force at 6.6.2022, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 59. The definition of “drainage board” is in section 23(8), which was amended by paragraph 32 of Schedule 2 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1991 c. 59."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/573/schedule/9/paragraph/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:59:46.182800+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."
}