# The Net Zero Teesside Order 2024, Paragraph 12: Flood risk mitigation

Extent: E+W+S

(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 after consultation with the Environment Agency and STDC, 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 be commissioned 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 STDC, 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 9 and appendix 9A of the environmental statement.
(5) The scheme approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (3) must be implemented as approved and maintained throughout the operation of the relevant part 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 the Environment Agency and STDC, 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 relevant part of the authorised development unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/174/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/net-zero-teesside-order-2024/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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