# The Preesall Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2015, Paragraph 35: Ground subsidence monitoring scheme

Extent: E+W

(1) That part of the interconnector gas pipeline between Work No. 3 in Schedule 1 (authorised development) and Back Lane, comprised in Work No. 20A in that Schedule, shall not be commenced until a ground subsidence monitoring scheme relating to the Preesall site has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The scheme shall include details of—
(a) how ground levels are to be monitored; and
(b) the extent within the Preesall site and timescales of any monitoring activities.
(2) Within 6 months of any ground subsidence being identified by the monitoring activities set out in the ground subsidence monitoring scheme, a scheme setting out necessary mitigation measures (if any) for such ground subsidence (a “ground subsidence mitigation scheme”) shall be submitted to the relevant planning authority for approval.
(3) The ground subsidence monitoring scheme and ground subsidence mitigation scheme shall be implemented as approved, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the relevant planning authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1561/schedule/9/paragraph/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/preesall-underground-gas-storage-facility-order-2015/schedule-9/paragraph-35
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