Paragraph 4 Construction and Environment Management PlanI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

No authorised development may commence until a construction and environment management plan has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The construction and environment management plan must be substantially in accordance with the draft construction and environment management plan forming part of the environmental statement insofar as it relates to the relevant numbered work and must include the following—

(a)

the mechanism for ensuring that all relevant environmental controls and mitigation are incorporated into a construction method statement;

(b)

confirmation that no explosive blasting will be carried out during any demolition;

(c)

environmental objectives and targets;

(d)

environmental monitoring;

(e)

roles and responsibilities;

(f)

means of communication, record keeping, reporting, auditing and review;

(g)

complaints procedures;

(h)

nuisance management including measures to avoid or minimise the impacts of construction works (covering dust, lighting, noise and vibration);

(i)

details of construction lighting to protect potential foraging/commuting features;

(j)

habitats protection measures, including fencing, protection zones for retained trees and bat roosts and means of escape for badgers and other small mammals;

(k)

measures to minimise the spread of invasive species;

(l)

a site waste management plan;

(m)

surface and ground water protection measures (including bunding potential contaminate sources);

(n)

a construction drainage strategy;

(o)

a methodology for using harvested water where possible;

(p)

ecology, landscape and visual impact mitigation to include details of any trees or hedgerows to be removed during construction; and

(q)

a protocol in the event that unexpected contaminated land is identified during ground investigation or construction.

(2)

The relevant planning authority must consult NRW before determining the construction environment management plan under sub-paragraph (1). The procedure set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 (procedure for discharge of requirements) shall apply.

(3)

The construction works must be undertaken in accordance with the approved construction environment management plan.

(4)

The undertaker may submit for approval by the relevant planning authority a construction and environment management plan for each of numbered work 1, numbered work 2, numbered work 3, numbered work 4, and numbered work 5 individually, and, in such a case, only those parts of the authorised development forming the numbered work the subject of the construction and environment management plan may be commenced following the approval of such a construction and environment management plan.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 8.8.2017, see art. 1