Paragraph 4 Environmental Management PlanI1

England and Wales

(1)

The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the first iteration EMP.

(2)

No part of the authorised development is to commence until a second iteration EMP, substantially in accordance with the first iteration EMP, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation with the relevant planning authority and, to the extent that it relates to a matter relevant to their function, the Environment Agency.

(3)

The undertaker must make the second iteration EMP and the third iteration EMP, in each case substantially in accordance with the first iteration EMP, available in an electronic form suitable for inspection by members of the public.

(4)

The second iteration EMP must be written in accordance with ISO 14001 and must—

(a)

be in accordance with the mitigation measures set out in the REAC;

(b)

contain a record of all sensitive environmental features that have the potential to be affected by the construction of the proposed development;

(c)

require adherence to any working hours set out in the REAC or, where no such hours are set, to working hours of 07:00 to 19:00 on Mondays to Fridays and 07:00 to 13:00 on Saturday except for—

(i)

installation, maintenance and removal of traffic management layouts;

(ii)

demolition of existing structures, construction of new structures, and any potential movements of large transporters to deliver bridge superstructures and gantry steel sections to their permanent locations;

(iii)

piling works for structures and retaining walls;

(iv)

removal, modification and installation of new signage/technology to existing gantries and traffic signs;

(v)

central reservation works where daytime working is not suitable due to existing carriageway widths or proximity to existing slip merges or diverges;

(vi)

works on slip roads and designated free flow links where carriageway widths are unsuitable for daytime works;

(vii)

online works within the verges which cannot be safely completed as daytime working behind a temporary vehicle restraint barrier;

(viii)

cross carriageway duct crossings;

(ix)

installation and removal of street lighting and traffic signals;

(x)

resurfacing and white lining of the existing carriageway and surfacing works to tie-in the existing carriageway to the new carriageway;

(xi)

the use of compounds to facilitate off-peak working;

(xii)

emergency and planned carriageway maintenance and repair works;

(xiii)

maintenance of plant and equipment requiring continuous operation such as pumps; and

(xiv)

as otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority in advance in writing.

(d)

include the following management plans—

(i)

Air Quality and Dust Management Plan;

(ii)

Noise and Vibration Management Plan;

(iii)

Site Waste Management Plan;

(iv)

General Ecology Management Plan;

(v)

Invasive Species Management Plan;

(vi)

Soil Management Plan;

(vii)

Materials Management Plan;

(viii)

Surface and Groundwater Management Plan;

(ix)

Construction Compound Management Plan;

(x)

Contaminated Land Management Plan;

(xi)

Energy and Resource Use Management Plan;

(xii)

Emergency Procedures and Record of any Environmental Incidents;

(xiii)

Environmental Constraints Map;

(xiv)

Landscape and Ecology Management Plan;

(xv)

Carbon Management Plan; and

(xvi)

Construction Lighting Plan.

(5)

The construction of the authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the approved second iteration EMP.

(6)

A third iteration EMP must be developed and completed by the end of construction, commissioning and handover stage of the authorised development, substantially in accordance with the process set out in the approved second iteration EMP.

(7)

The third iteration EMP must address the matters set out in the approved second iteration EMP that are relevant to the operation and maintenance of the authorised development, and must contain—

(a)

the environmental information needed for the future maintenance and operation of the authorised development;

(b)

the long-term commitments to aftercare, monitoring and maintenance activities relating to the environmental features and mitigation measures that will be required to ensure the continued long-term effectiveness of the environmental mitigation measures and the prevention of unexpected environmental impacts during the operation of the authorised development;

(c)

provision for the retention of the environmental mitigation areas for the life of the authorised development; and

(d)

a record of the consents, commitments and permissions resulting from liaison with statutory bodies.

(8)

The authorised development must be operated and maintained in accordance with the third iteration EMP.

(9)

In this paragraph—

(a)

“environmental mitigation areas” means each of the environmental mitigation areas identified on the works plans comprising Work Nos. 20, 31, 32, 36, 38, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 60; and

(b)

“ISO 14001” means the international standards on designing and implementing environmental management systems published by the Internal Standards Organisation.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 30.9.2025, see art. 1