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The Central Bedfordshire Council (Woodside Link Houghton Regis) Development Consent Order 2014

S.I. 2014/2637 · Made 30 September 2014 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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Infrastructure Planning

Made 30th September 2014

Coming into force 21st October 2014

An application has been made to the Secretary of State, in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009f1, for an Order under sections 37, 114, 115, 120 and 122 of the Planning Act 2008f2 (“the 2008 Act”).

The application was examined by a single appointed person (appointed by the Secretary of State) in accordance with Chapter 4 of Part 6 of the 2008 Act, and the Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010f3.

The single appointed person, having considered the representations made and not withdrawn and the application together with the accompanying documents, in accordance with section 83 of the 2008 Act, has submitted a report to the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State, having considered the representations made and not withdrawn, and the report of the single appointed person, has decided to make an Order granting development consent for the development described in the application with modifications which in the opinion of the Secretary of State do not make any substantial change to the proposals comprised in the application.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 114, 115, 120 and 122 of, and paragraphs 1 to 3, 8, 10 to 17, 24, 26, 33, 36 and 37 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to, the 2008 Act, makes the following Order—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2009/2264, amended by S.I. 2010/439, S.I. 2010/602, S.I. 2012/635, S.I. 2012/2654, S.I. 2012/2732, S.I. 2013/522 and S.I. 2013/755.

f2

2008 c. 29. Parts 1 to 7 were amended by Chapter 6 of Part 6 of the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).

f3

S.I. 2010/103, amended by S.I. 2012/635.

Contents

  1. Part 1: PRELIMINARY
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. Part 2: PRINCIPAL POWERS
  5. 3Development consent etc. granted by the Order
  6. 4Maintenance of authorised development
  7. 5Limits of deviation
  8. 6Benefit of Order
  9. 7Consent to transfer benefit of Order
  10. Part 3: STREETS
  11. 8Application of the 1991 Act
  12. 9Construction and maintenance of new, altered or diverted streets
  13. 10Classification of roads
  14. 11Speed limits
  15. 12Stopping up of streets
  16. 13Temporary prohibition or restriction of use of streets
  17. 14Access to and from works
  18. 15Traffic regulation
  19. Part 4: SUPPLEMENTAL POWERS
  20. 16Discharge of water
  21. 17Protective work to buildings
  22. 18Authority to survey and investigate land
  23. Part 5: POWERS OF ACQUISITION
  24. 19Compulsory acquisition of land
  25. 20Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily
  26. 21Compulsory acquisition of rights
  27. 22Private rights
  28. 23Application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981
  29. 24Acquisition of subsoil or air-space only
  30. 25Acquisition of part of certain properties
  31. 26Rights under or over streets
  32. 27Temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development
  33. 28Temporary use of land for maintaining authorised development
  34. 29Special category land
  35. 30Statutory undertakers
  36. 31Apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped up streets
  37. 32Recovery of costs of new connections
  38. Part 6: OPERATIONS
  39. 33Felling or lopping trees
  40. Part 7: MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
  41. 34Application of landlord and tenant law
  42. 35Operational land for purposes of the 1990 Act
  43. 36Defence to proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance
  44. 37Certification of plans, etc.
  45. 38Service of notices
  46. 39Arbitration
  47. 40Procedure in relation to approvals, etc., under Schedule 2
  48. Signature
  49. Schedule 1AUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT
  50. Schedule 2: REQUIREMENTS
  51. Interpretation
  52. 1Paragraph 1
  53. Time limits
  54. 2Paragraph 2
  55. Commencement
  56. 3Paragraph 3
  57. Detailed design and implementation
  58. 4Paragraph 4
  59. Landscape and ecology
  60. 5Paragraph 5
  61. Contaminated land
  62. 6Paragraph 6
  63. Construction environmental management plan
  64. 7Paragraph 7
  65. Noise and vibration
  66. 8Paragraph 8
  67. Access by construction traffic
  68. 9Paragraph 9
  69. Building and construction materials – highways
  70. 10Paragraph 10
  71. Building and construction materials – structures
  72. 11Paragraph 11
  73. Street lighting
  74. 12Paragraph 12
  75. Hours of working
  76. 13Paragraph 13
  77. Surface water disposal
  78. 14Paragraph 14
  79. Archaeology
  80. 15Paragraph 15
  81. Cultural heritage
  82. 16Paragraph 16
  83. Geology
  84. 17Paragraph 17
  85. Monitoring of the effects of the authorised development
  86. 18Paragraph 18
  87. 19Paragraph 19
  88. Weight Limits
  89. 20Paragraph 20
  90. Schedule 3: SPEED LIMITS
  91. 1ROADS SUBJECT TO 20 MPH SPEED LIMIT
  92. 2ROADS SUBJECT TO 30 MPH SPEED LIMIT
  93. 3ROADS SUBJECT TO 40 MPH SPEED LIMIT
  94. Schedule 4: STREETS TO BE STOPPED UP
  95. 1STREETS FOR WHICH A SUBSTITUTE IS TO BE PROVIDED
  96. 2PRIVATE ACCESSES FOR WHICH A SUBSTITUTE IS TO BE PROVIDED
  97. 3STREETS FOR WHICH NO SUBSTITUTE IS TO BE PROVIDED
  98. Schedule 5TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OR RESTRICTION OF USE OF STREETS
  99. Schedule 6PRIVATE ACCESSES TO AND FROM WORKS
  100. Schedule 7LAND IN WHICH ONLY NEW RIGHTS ETC. MAY BE ACQUIRED
  101. Schedule 8: MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ENACTMENTS FOR CREATION OF NEW RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
  102. Compensation enactments
  103. 1Paragraph 1
  104. 2Paragraph 2
  105. Application of the 1965 Act
  106. 3Paragraph 3
  107. 4Paragraph 4
  108. 5Paragraph 5
  109. 6Paragraph 6
  110. 7Paragraph 7
  111. 8Paragraph 8
  112. 9Paragraph 9
  113. Schedule 9LAND OF WHICH TEMPORARY POSSESSION MAY BE TAKEN
  114. Schedule 10: PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS
  115. Part 1: FOR PROTECTION OF UK POWER NETWORKS LIMITED
  116. 1Paragraph 1
  117. Approval of plans, protective works etc.
  118. 2Paragraph 2
  119. Construction
  120. 3Paragraph 3
  121. Part 2: FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL GRID
  122. Application
  123. 4Paragraph 4
  124. Interpretation
  125. 5Paragraph 5
  126. 6Paragraph 6
  127. Apparatus of National Grid in stopped up streets
  128. 7Paragraph 7
  129. Protective works to buildings
  130. 8Paragraph 8
  131. Acquisition of land
  132. 9Paragraph 9
  133. Removal of apparatus
  134. 10Paragraph 10
  135. Facilities and rights for alternative apparatus
  136. 11Paragraph 11
  137. Retained apparatus: protection for National Grid Gas Plc
  138. 12Paragraph 12
  139. Retained apparatus: protection National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc
  140. 13Paragraph 13
  141. Expenses
  142. 14Paragraph 14
  143. Indemnity
  144. 15Paragraph 15
  145. Ground subsidence monitoring scheme in respect of National Grid’s apparatus
  146. 16Paragraph 16
  147. Enactments and agreements
  148. 17Paragraph 17
  149. Co-operation
  150. 18Paragraph 18
  151. Access
  152. 19Paragraph 19
  153. Arbitration
  154. 20Paragraph 20
  155. Explanatory note