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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-northwood-headquarters-special-development-order-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/37",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Northwood Headquarters) Special Development Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-northwood-headquarters-special-development-order-2025",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Construction and environmental management plan",
  "text": "(1) The Defence Secretary may not carry out relevant development that involves construction work unless—\n(a) the Defence Secretary has submitted for subsequent approval a document that sets out a plan, policy, procedure, standard or method statement to be followed in respect of each of the matters specified in sub-paragraph (2) (a “CEMP”), and\n(b) the Secretary of State has given a subsequent approval notice in respect of that CEMP.\n(2) The matters specified are the following matters relating to the construction work comprised in the relevant development—\n(a) the times when work, or particular types of work, may be carried out, either generally or in particular locations;\n(b) engagement with those who live on the Order land, or own or occupy land adjoining it (“relevant persons”), including how they are to be informed about—\n(i) the impacts of the work that they may reasonably be expected to experience, and\n(ii) how and with whom they may raise concerns about such impacts, or complaints about impacts of the relevant development that they have experienced;\n(c) the control of noise and vibration, including—\n(i) the setting of limits that must not be exceeded, in order to avoid unacceptable disturbance to relevant persons or other sensitive receptors in the vicinity of the relevant development (“prescribed noise and vibration limits”);\n(ii) monitoring compliance with prescribed noise and vibration limits;\n(iii) measures for mitigating the impact of noise and vibration, including alternative working practices to be adopted if noise or vibration temporarily exceeds, or is likely to exceed, a prescribed noise and vibration limit;\n(d) the control of dust and other emissions to air, including—\n(i) the setting of limits that must not be exceeded, in order to avoid unacceptable disturbance to relevant persons or other sensitive receptors in the vicinity of the relevant development (“prescribed emission limits”);\n(ii) monitoring compliance with prescribed emission limits;\n(iii) measures for mitigating the impact of such emissions, including alternative working practices to be adopted if such emissions temporarily exceed, or are likely to exceed, a prescribed emission limit;\n(e) arrangements for material storage, including arrangements for safe storage of materials which are classed as hazardous;\n(f) arrangements for—\n(i) site compounds and contractor working and welfare areas, and\n(ii) temporary fencing and hoardings,\nincluding a plan showing their locations;\n(g) management of waste;\n(h) the provision of lighting and mitigation of its adverse impacts on relevant persons and other sensitive receptors;\n(i) assessment and prevention of contamination risks and ordnance risks;\n(j) management of surface water, including any temporary structures to convey, attenuate or treat surface water on the Order land, and measures to limit and remove suspended solids and other pollutants contained in surface water runoff;\n(k) protection of the natural environment, including—\n(i) management of risks arising from the presence of invasive species in, on, under or over the Order land;\n(ii) measures to avoid harm to wild birds (as defined in section 27(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981), their eggs and nests;\n(iii) measures to prevent damage to trees that are to be retained on the Order land;\n(l) arrangements for appointing and retaining persons with suitable qualifications and experience in relation to—\n(i) the assessment and prevention of contamination risks and ordnance risks;\n(ii) the assessment and prevention of risks associated with rainfall events;\n(iii) monitoring noise and vibration;\n(iv) monitoring dust and other emissions to air;\n(v) archaeology, arboriculture and ecology,\nto carry out, or advise on, any matters relating to the relevant development in respect of which their expertise is required.\n(3) The Defence Secretary must—\n(a) keep under review any CEMP that—\n(i) is an approved document, and\n(ii) relates to relevant development, any part of which has not yet been completed,\nand submit updates to that CEMP for subsequent approval as appropriate;\n(b) keep on the Order land a copy of—\n(i) each CEMP to which paragraph (a) applies, and\n(ii) any subsequent approval notice relating to it,\nuntil the relevant development to which it relates has been completed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 69. The definition of “wild bird” was amended in relation to England by S.I. 2004/1487, 2019/579; there are other amendments not relevant to this Order."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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