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High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021

2021 c. 2 · Enacted 11 February 2021 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to make provision for a railway between a junction with Phase One of High Speed 2, near Fradley Wood in Staffordshire, and a junction with the West Coast Main Line near Crewe in Cheshire; and for connected purposes.[11th February 2021]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Contents

  1. Works
  2. 1Power to construct and maintain works for Phase 2a of High Speed 2
  3. 2Further provision about works
  4. 3Highways
  5. Compulsory acquisition of land
  6. 4Power to acquire land compulsorily
  7. 5Acquisition of rights and imposition of restrictive covenants
  8. 6Acquisition of airspace
  9. 7Acquisition of subsoil or under-surface
  10. 8Highway subsoil
  11. 9Termination of power to acquire land
  12. Extinction and exclusion of rights over land
  13. 10Extinction of rights over land
  14. 11Extinction of rights of statutory undertakers
  15. 12Exclusion of new rights of way
  16. Temporary possession and use of land
  17. 13Temporary possession and use of land
  18. 14Use of roads
  19. 15Enforcement of restrictions on land use
  20. 16Compensation for injurious affection
  21. Planning
  22. 17Deemed planning permission
  23. 18Time limit on deemed planning permission
  24. 19Power to disapply deemed planning permission
  25. 20Development consent
  26. Deregulation
  27. 21Listed buildings and ancient monuments
  28. 22Burial grounds
  29. 23Consecrated land
  30. 24Commons and open spaces
  31. 25Trees
  32. 26Overhead lines
  33. 27Water
  34. 28Buildings
  35. 29Street works
  36. 30Lorries
  37. 31Noise
  38. 32Local Acts
  39. 33Community Infrastructure Levy
  40. Railway matters
  41. 34Objectives of Office of Rail and Road
  42. 35Disapplication of licensing requirement in pre-operational phase
  43. 36Disapplication of statutory closure provisions
  44. 37Other railway legislation etc
  45. 38Co-operation
  46. 39Transfer of functions relating to works
  47. Traffic
  48. 40Traffic
  49. Nominated undertaker
  50. 41Nominated undertaker
  51. Statutory undertakers etc
  52. 42Extension of planning permission for statutory undertakers
  53. 43Protective provisions
  54. 44Existing agreements
  55. Reinstatement and environmental works
  56. 45Compulsory acquisition of land for relocation of an undertaking
  57. 46Power to carry out reinstatement works
  58. 47Planning permission: works involving reinstatement of undertaking
  59. 48Enforcement of environmental covenants
  60. Further high speed rail works
  61. 49Power to apply Act to further high speed rail works
  62. The Crown
  63. 50Application of powers to Crown land
  64. 51Highways for which Secretary of State is highway authority
  65. 52Crown Estate
  66. Deposited plans and sections
  67. 53“Deposited plans” and “deposited sections”
  68. 54Correction of deposited plans
  69. Miscellaneous and general
  70. 55Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations: miscellaneous
  71. 56Arbitration
  72. 57Notices and other documents
  73. 58Resumption of previous use of land
  74. 59Ancient woodland
  75. 60Consultation with residents and stakeholders in relation to Phase 2a of High Speed 2 and associated works
  76. Interpretation
  77. 61“Phase 2a purposes”
  78. 62Interpretation
  79. Final
  80. 63Financial provision
  81. 64Commencement and short title
  82. Schedule 1: Scheduled works
  83. Construction and maintenance of works
  84. 1Paragraph 1
  85. Description of scheduled works
  86. Paragraph
  87. Schedule 2: Works
  88. Authority to survey and investigate land etc
  89. 1Paragraph 1
  90. Support of buildings and apparatus etc
  91. 2Paragraph 2
  92. 3Paragraph 3
  93. 4Paragraph 4
  94. 5Paragraph 5
  95. 6Paragraph 6
  96. Trees on neighbouring land
  97. 7Paragraph 7
  98. Exercise of powers of entry under paragraphs 2 to 7
  99. 8Paragraph 8
  100. Noise mitigation for buildings
  101. 9Paragraph 9
  102. Discharge of water
  103. 10Paragraph 10
  104. Temporary interference with waterways
  105. 11Paragraph 11
  106. Electronic communications apparatus
  107. 12Paragraph 12
  108. Schedule 3: Overhead line diversions
  109. Schedule 4: Highways
  110. Part 1: Highway access
  111. 1Paragraph 1
  112. Part 2: Interference with highways
  113. Stopping up
  114. 2Paragraph 2
  115. 3Paragraph 3
  116. Effect of stopping up of highway
  117. 4Paragraph 4
  118. Creation of public rights of way over new footpaths, bridleways etc
  119. 5Paragraph 5
  120. Deviation of new footpaths, bridleways etc
  121. 6Paragraph 6
  122. Permanent obstruction
  123. 7Paragraph 7
  124. Temporary interference
  125. 8Paragraph 8
  126. Street works
  127. 9Paragraph 9
  128. 10Paragraph 10
  129. Working sites in highways
  130. 11Paragraph 11
  131. Part 3: Construction and maintenance of highways
  132. Construction and alteration
  133. 12Paragraph 12
  134. 13Paragraph 13
  135. 14Paragraph 14
  136. 15Paragraph 15
  137. Roads constructed as highways
  138. 16Paragraph 16
  139. Maintenance
  140. 17Paragraph 17
  141. 18Paragraph 18
  142. 19Paragraph 19
  143. 20Paragraph 20
  144. Bridges carrying highways
  145. 21Paragraph 21
  146. Schedule 5: Highways: tables relevant to Part 2 of Schedule 4
  147. Schedule 6: Acquisition of land for particular purposes
  148. Paragraph
  149. Schedule 7: Acquisition of land: application of compulsory purchase legislation
  150. Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (c. 18)
  151. 1Paragraph 1
  152. Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56)
  153. 2Paragraph 2
  154. Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66)
  155. 3Paragraph 3
  156. Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67)
  157. 4Paragraph 4
  158. Schedule 8: Land where powers of acquisition are limited to acquisition of rights or imposition of restrictive covenants
  159. Schedule 9: Acquisition of rights in land etc: application of compulsory purchase legislation
  160. Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 and compensation enactments
  161. 1Paragraph 1
  162. 2Paragraph 2
  163. Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 and compensation enactments
  164. 3Paragraph 3
  165. 4Paragraph 4
  166. Schedule 9 to High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017
  167. 5Paragraph 5
  168. Schedule 10: Acquisition of rights in land: substituted Schedule 2A for Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
  169. Paragraph
  170. Schedule 11: Land where powers of acquisition are limited to sub-surface acquisition
  171. Restriction of power of compulsory acquisition to land under the surface
  172. 1Paragraph 1
  173. Supplementary
  174. 2Paragraph 2
  175. Schedule 12: Highways: restrictions on powers to use subsoil and acquire land
  176. Schedule 13: Right to require acquisition where time limit extended
  177. 1Paragraph 1
  178. 2Paragraph 2
  179. 3Paragraph 3
  180. 4Paragraph 4
  181. Schedule 14: Extinction of rights over land
  182. Land to which Schedule applies
  183. 1Paragraph 1
  184. Private rights
  185. 2Paragraph 2
  186. 3Paragraph 3
  187. 4Paragraph 4
  188. General rights
  189. 5Paragraph 5
  190. 6Paragraph 6
  191. Meaning of “the appropriate time”
  192. 7Paragraph 7
  193. Amendments to registers of common land or town or village greens
  194. 8Paragraph 8
  195. Interpretation
  196. 9Paragraph 9
  197. Schedule 15: Temporary possession and use of land
  198. Part 1: Temporary possession for construction of works
  199. Right to enter on and take possession of land
  200. 1Paragraph 1
  201. Exceptions
  202. 2Paragraph 2
  203. Powers exercisable on land of which temporary possession has been taken
  204. 3Paragraph 3
  205. Procedure and compensation
  206. 4Paragraph 4
  207. 5Paragraph 5
  208. Part 2: Temporary possession for maintenance of works
  209. Right to enter on and take possession of land
  210. 6Paragraph 6
  211. Procedure and compensation
  212. 7Paragraph 7
  213. Part 3: Suspension of rights and enforcement
  214. Suspension of rights relating to land
  215. 8Paragraph 8
  216. 9Paragraph 9
  217. Enforcement
  218. 10Paragraph 10
  219. Schedule 16: Temporary possession and use of land: table of land
  220. Schedule 17: Conditions of deemed planning permission
  221. Part 1: Conditions
  222. Introductory
  223. 1Paragraph 1
  224. Condition relating to building works
  225. 2Paragraph 2
  226. Condition relating to other construction works
  227. 3Paragraph 3
  228. Condition relating to matters ancillary to development
  229. 4Paragraph 4
  230. 5Paragraph 5
  231. Condition relating to road transport
  232. 6Paragraph 6
  233. Conditions relating to waste and spoil disposal and excavation
  234. 7Paragraph 7
  235. 8Paragraph 8
  236. Conditions on bringing scheduled works and depots into use
  237. 9Paragraph 9
  238. 10Paragraph 10
  239. Condition relating to discontinuation of ancillary operations
  240. 11Paragraph 11
  241. Condition relating to site restoration
  242. 12Paragraph 12
  243. Part 2: Qualifying authorities
  244. Specification of qualifying authorities
  245. 13Paragraph 13
  246. Transition
  247. 14Paragraph 14
  248. Part 3: Approvals: supplementary
  249. Requests for planning approval
  250. 15Paragraph 15
  251. 16Paragraph 16
  252. Fees for requests for approval
  253. 17Paragraph 17
  254. Consultation on requests for approval
  255. 18Paragraph 18
  256. Directions restricting powers of approval
  257. 19Paragraph 19
  258. Compulsory reference of requests for approval
  259. 20Paragraph 20
  260. Non-material changes to approvals
  261. 21Paragraph 21
  262. Termination of approval relating to road transportation arrangements
  263. 22Paragraph 22
  264. Appeals
  265. 23Paragraph 23
  266. 24Paragraph 24
  267. 25Paragraph 25
  268. 26Paragraph 26
  269. Guidance by Secretary of State
  270. 27Paragraph 27
  271. Part 4: Supplementary and general
  272. Regulations
  273. 28Paragraph 28
  274. Interpretation
  275. 29Paragraph 29
  276. Schedule 18: Listed buildings
  277. Buildings authorised to be demolished, altered or extended
  278. 1Paragraph 1
  279. Buildings in respect of which noise mitigation works are authorised
  280. 2Paragraph 2
  281. Damage to buildings
  282. 3Paragraph 3
  283. Power to disapply provision made by paragraphs 1 to 3
  284. 4Paragraph 4
  285. Heritage partnership agreements
  286. 5Paragraph 5
  287. Inspection and observation of works
  288. 6Paragraph 6
  289. Recording of buildings
  290. 7Paragraph 7
  291. 8Paragraph 8
  292. Interpretation
  293. 9Paragraph 9
  294. Tables
  295. Paragraph
  296. Schedule 19: Ancient monuments
  297. Disapplication of controls
  298. 1Paragraph 1
  299. 2Paragraph 2
  300. Power to disapply provision made by paragraphs 1 and 2
  301. 3Paragraph 3
  302. Inspection and observation of works etc
  303. 4Paragraph 4
  304. Interpretation
  305. 5Paragraph 5
  306. Schedule 20: Burial grounds
  307. Notice of removal of remains or monument
  308. 1Paragraph 1
  309. Removal of remains under licence
  310. 2Paragraph 2
  311. Removal of remains by nominated undertaker
  312. 3Paragraph 3
  313. 4Paragraph 4
  314. 5Paragraph 5
  315. Removal of monuments
  316. 6Paragraph 6
  317. 7Paragraph 7
  318. Records
  319. 8Paragraph 8
  320. Discharge of functions by nominated undertaker
  321. 9Paragraph 9
  322. 10Paragraph 10
  323. Relatives and personal representatives
  324. 11Paragraph 11
  325. Schedule 21: Water
  326. Water abstraction and impounding
  327. 1Paragraph 1
  328. 2Paragraph 2
  329. 3Paragraph 3
  330. No environmental permit required for operating regulated facility etc
  331. 4Paragraph 4
  332. Floods
  333. 5Paragraph 5
  334. Drainage
  335. 6Paragraph 6
  336. Eels
  337. 7Paragraph 7
  338. Interpretation
  339. 8Paragraph 8
  340. Schedule 22: Buildings
  341. Building regulations
  342. 1Paragraph 1
  343. Drain repairs
  344. 2Paragraph 2
  345. Drain disconnections
  346. 3Paragraph 3
  347. Raising of chimneys
  348. 4Paragraph 4
  349. Construction of cellars and rooms below subsoil water level
  350. 5Paragraph 5
  351. Demolition of whole or part of building
  352. 6Paragraph 6
  353. Interpretation
  354. 7Paragraph 7
  355. Schedule 23: Party walls etc
  356. 1Paragraph 1
  357. 2Paragraph 2
  358. 3Paragraph 3
  359. 4Paragraph 4
  360. 5Paragraph 5
  361. 6Paragraph 6
  362. 7Paragraph 7
  363. 8Paragraph 8
  364. Schedule 24: Street works
  365. Works in or near highways
  366. 1Paragraph 1
  367. Street works
  368. 2Paragraph 2
  369. Permit schemes
  370. 3Paragraph 3
  371. Schedule 25: Lorries
  372. Lorry ban orders
  373. 1Paragraph 1
  374. Required provision in lorry ban orders
  375. 2Paragraph 2
  376. Issue of emergency permits
  377. 3Paragraph 3
  378. 4Paragraph 4
  379. Grant of applications for permit
  380. 5Paragraph 5
  381. Supplementary interpretation
  382. 6Paragraph 6
  383. Schedule 26: Noise
  384. Control of noise on construction sites
  385. 1Paragraph 1
  386. Defences to proceedings relating to statutory nuisance
  387. 2Paragraph 2
  388. 3Paragraph 3
  389. 4Paragraph 4
  390. Schedule 27: Local Acts
  391. Cheshire County Council Act 1968 (c. xxxvi)
  392. 1Paragraph 1
  393. Cheshire County Council Act 1980 (c. xiii)
  394. 2Paragraph 2
  395. Staffordshire Act 1983 (c. xviii)
  396. 3Paragraph 3
  397. Schedule 28: Application of other railway legislation etc
  398. Highway (Railway Crossings) Act 1839 (c. 45)
  399. 1Paragraph 1
  400. Railway Regulation Act 1840 (c. 97)
  401. 2Paragraph 2
  402. Railway Regulation Act 1842 (c. 55)
  403. 3Paragraph 3
  404. Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (c. 20)
  405. 4Paragraph 4
  406. Regulation of Railways Act 1889 (c. 57)
  407. 5Paragraph 5
  408. British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c xxix)
  409. 6Paragraph 6
  410. Schedule 29: Arbitration between railway operators
  411. Directions as to results to be achieved
  412. 1Paragraph 1
  413. Directions as to consolidation and grouping of proceedings
  414. 2Paragraph 2
  415. Schedule 30: Traffic regulation
  416. Traffic authority to consult Secretary of State before making traffic regulation order
  417. 1Paragraph 1
  418. 2Paragraph 2
  419. 3Paragraph 3
  420. Power of Secretary of State to direct traffic authority to make traffic regulation order
  421. 4Paragraph 4
  422. 5Paragraph 5
  423. 6Paragraph 6
  424. Further powers of Secretary of State (including in relation to variation or revocation of orders)
  425. 7Paragraph 7
  426. 8Paragraph 8
  427. 9Paragraph 9
  428. 10Paragraph 10
  429. Power to restrict traffic authority from making or implementing traffic regulation order
  430. 11Paragraph 11
  431. Consultation requirements applicable to Secretary of State
  432. 12Paragraph 12
  433. Guidance
  434. 13Paragraph 13
  435. Removal of vehicles
  436. 14Paragraph 14
  437. Interpretation
  438. 15Paragraph 15
  439. Schedule 31: Extension of planning permission for statutory undertakers
  440. Case where planning permission extended
  441. 1Paragraph 1
  442. Condition of extended planning permission
  443. 2Paragraph 2
  444. Controls on proposed development
  445. 3Paragraph 3
  446. 4Paragraph 4
  447. Notices
  448. 5Paragraph 5
  449. Schedule 32: Protective provisions
  450. Part 1: Highways and traffic
  451. 1Paragraph 1
  452. 2Paragraph 2
  453. 3Paragraph 3
  454. 4Paragraph 4
  455. 5Paragraph 5
  456. 6Paragraph 6
  457. 7Paragraph 7
  458. 8Paragraph 8
  459. 9Paragraph 9
  460. 10Paragraph 10
  461. 11Paragraph 11
  462. 12Paragraph 12
  463. 13Paragraph 13
  464. 14Paragraph 14
  465. 15Paragraph 15
  466. 16Paragraph 16
  467. 17Paragraph 17
  468. Part 2: Electricity, gas, water and sewerage undertakers
  469. 18Paragraph 18
  470. 19Paragraph 19
  471. 20Paragraph 20
  472. 21Paragraph 21
  473. 22Paragraph 22
  474. 23Paragraph 23
  475. 24Paragraph 24
  476. 25Paragraph 25
  477. 26Paragraph 26
  478. 27Paragraph 27
  479. 28Paragraph 28
  480. 29Paragraph 29
  481. 30Paragraph 30
  482. 31Paragraph 31
  483. Part 3: Electronic communications code networks
  484. 32Paragraph 32
  485. 33Paragraph 33
  486. 34Paragraph 34
  487. 35Paragraph 35
  488. 36Paragraph 36
  489. 37Paragraph 37
  490. 38Paragraph 38
  491. 39Paragraph 39
  492. Part 4: Land drainage, flood defence, water resources and fisheries
  493. 40Paragraph 40
  494. 41Paragraph 41
  495. 42Paragraph 42
  496. 43Paragraph 43
  497. 44Paragraph 44
  498. 45Paragraph 45
  499. 46Paragraph 46
  500. 47Paragraph 47
  501. 48Paragraph 48
  502. 49Paragraph 49
  503. 50Paragraph 50
  504. 51Paragraph 51
  505. Part 5: Canal & River Trust
  506. 52Paragraph 52
  507. 53Paragraph 53
  508. 54Paragraph 54
  509. 55Paragraph 55
  510. 56Paragraph 56
  511. 57Paragraph 57
  512. 58Paragraph 58
  513. 59Paragraph 59
  514. 60Paragraph 60
  515. 61Paragraph 61
  516. 62Paragraph 62