Paragraph 30

(1)

Before beginning to construct any specified work, the undertaker must submit to the drainage authority plans of the specified work and such further particulars available to it as the drainage authority may within 56 days of the submission of the plans reasonably require.

(2)

Any such specified work must not be constructed except in accordance with such plans as may be approved in writing by the drainage authority or determined under paragraph 32.

(3)

Any approval of the drainage authority required under this paragraph—

(a)

must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;

(b)

is deemed to have been given if it is neither given nor refused within 2 months of the submission of the plans for approval (or submission of further particulars if required by the drainage authority under sub-paragraph (1)) or, in the case of a refusal, if it is not accompanied by a statement of the grounds of refusal; and

(c)

may be given subject to such reasonable requirements as the drainage authority may make for the protection of any drainage work, for the prevention of flooding or pollution, or for the discharge of its environmental functions as set out in Section 61A of the Land Drainage Act 1991^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 61A was amended by article 4(1) of S.I. 2013/755.