Paragraph 50 Limits on extent of railway development

(1)

Where class 3 authorised development comprises the construction or alteration of a railway—

(a)

that is, or is to be, part of a network operated by an approved operator, and

(b)

that will include a stretch of track that—

(i)

is not, or is not proposed to be, on land that was operational land of a railway undertaker immediately before the authorised development comprising construction or alteration began, or

(ii)

is, or is proposed to be, on land that was acquired at an earlier date for the purpose of constructing the railway,

the track constructed or altered in the course of that authorised development must not exceed 2 kilometres of continuous length.

(2)

For the purposes of this paragraph, “approved operator” has the meaning given in section 25(4) of the Planning Act 2008^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2008 c. 29, amended by S.I. 2013/1883.