Paragraph 17 PilingI1

No part of the authorised development comprised within Work No. 1 may commence, save for the permitted preliminary works, until the undertaker has consulted the Environment Agency on a written specification of the type of piling to be used to support the building and structures, the undertaker has submitted that specification to the relevant planning authority, and the relevant planning authority has approved that specification.

The written specification submitted and approved under sub-paragraph (1) must include a scheme to mitigate the effects of the piling with regard to noise to ecological receptors (which must include seasonal piling restrictions and/or the use of continuous flight auger piling as each of those are described in section 7 of the biodiversity strategy) and a scheme to mitigate the effects of the piling with regard to groundwater resources (which must be in accordance with the results of the site investigation carried out, and any remediation strategy submitted, pursuant to requirement 19).

All piling works must be carried out in accordance with the approved written specification unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.