Paragraph 4 Construction Environmental Management PlanI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The authorised development must not be commenced until a written construction environmental management plan (CEMP) has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the Health Protection Agency.

(2)

The CEMP must be in accordance with the environmental reports.

(3)

The CEMP must reflect the CR-E, and must include an implementation timetable.

(4)

The CEMP must in particular include the following:

(a)

an external communications plan;

(b)

a pollution incident prevention and control plan;

(c)

a site waste management plan;

(d)

a traffic management plan including a construction traffic code of practice;

(e)

a nuisance management plan regarding noise and vibration, dust, air pollution and lighting; and

(f)

an ecological management plan.

(5)

The construction traffic code of practice under (4)(d) must in particular address:

(a)

construction traffic routes and operational hours;

(b)

measures to minimise dust and mud;

(c)

abnormal loads; and

(d)

compliance of drivers with national driving standards and project-specific restrictions.

(6)

The CEMP must in particular require:

(a)

adherence to the relevant Pollution Prevention Guidelines PPG1, PPG5, PPG6 and PPG21;

(b)

except on operational railway land (to which no restriction on working hours applies under this Order), adherence to—

(i)

normal daytime working hours (7am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 2pm on Saturday), and

(ii)

no working on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays

except for such working outside those times which has been notified to the relevant planning authority and affected residents by an agreed notification procedure in compliance with Section 61 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 and in full accordance with the nuisance management plan; and

(c)

adherence to the scheme of temporary footpaths as approved by the highway authority under requirement 18(1)(d).

(7)

The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the approved CEMP and the CR-E.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 4 in force at 21.11.2013, see art. 1