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The North Killingholme (Generating Station) Order 2014

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2014-09-11

Last updated 2021-09-17

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(4) No occupation of any part of the authorised development shall take place until two copies of a verification report (“Verification Report”) demonstrating completion of works set out in the approved written scheme and the effectiveness of the remediation shall be submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(5) The Verification Report shall include—

(a) results of sampling and monitoring carried out in accordance with the written scheme required under paragraph (1), to demonstrate that the site remediation criteria have been met;

(b) a plan (a “Long-term Monitoring and Maintenance Plan”) for longer-term monitoring of pollutant linkages, maintenance and arrangements for contingency action, as identified in the Verification Report, which shall be implemented as approved.

(6) If during development, contamination not previously considered is identified then the relevant planning authority shall be notified immediately and no further work shall be carried out until a method statement detailing a scheme for dealing with the suspect contamination has been submitted to and agreed with the relevant planning authority.

Archaeology

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(1) No part of the authorised development shall be carried out until a detailed and appropriate mitigation strategy, to ensure that all archaeological assets encountered before and during construction in the south western area of the operations area are adequately recorded, has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority; the strategy shall include provision—

(a) for further exploratory trenching if the relevant planning authority considers it necessary; and

(b) for further remains discovered following approval of the strategy.

(2) The strategy must include provision for site investigation and post investigation assessment, to be completed in accordance with the details approved, and the results of those assessments shall be provided to the relevant planning authority for analysis, publication and archive deposition.

(3) Any analysis, reporting, publication or archiving required as part of the mitigation strategy in the written scheme for archaeological investigation shall be deposited with the North Lincolnshire Historic Environment Record, within a reasonable period to be agreed with the relevant planning authority.

CEMP

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(1) No part of the authorised development shall be carried out until a CEMP, substantially in accordance with the outline Construction Environmental Management Plan certified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order, has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) All construction work shall be carried out in accordance with the approved CEMP unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

Storage of liquids on site

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(1) No part of the authorised development shall be brought into use until a written scheme to deal with handling and onsite storage of process chemicals, cleaning substances, fuels, and oils and lubricants on site has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The scheme shall provide for—

(a) the storage of any process chemicals, fuels (not being natural gas for combustion in Work No. 1 or syngas or solid fuels for combustion in Work No. 2a), oils or lubricants within an impermeable bund with a minimum capacity of 110% of the capacity of the relevant container or where the bund is for multiple containers a capacity of 110% of the largest container or 25% of all container capacities and the location of all taps, filler pipes, pumping equipment, vents and sight glasses will be located within the bund;

(b) procedures for handling and storage of process chemicals, cleaning substances, fuels (not being natural gas for combustion in Work No. 1 or syngas or solid fuels for combustion in Work No. 2a), oils and liquids;

(c) details of the alarms to be installed to any sumps that will be used in connection with storage areas, to alert in the case of any overflow of the storage areas; and

(d) the protocol to be followed in the event of a spillage of liquids to which this requirement applies.

(3) Liquids shall be stored in accordance with the approved scheme.

Control of noise during construction

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During construction of the authorised development, the noise level as a result of the construction at any residential location shall not exceed 51dB LAeq, 1 hour unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

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No part of the authorised development shall be carried out until a written scheme providing for the monitoring of noise generated during the construction of the authorised development has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority; the scheme shall specify—

(a) the locations at which noise will be monitored;

(b) the method of noise measurement (which shall accord with BS 5228 or, an equivalent successor standard or other agreed noise measurement methodology appropriate to the circumstances); and

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(1) Prior to commencement of construction Work No. 1 or Work No. 2a or Work No. 2b an acoustic design report must be submitted in relation to the construction of the relevant work and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The report must detail—

(a) the noise control measures that are proposed to be included in the design of the relevant Work;

(b) the noise attenuation measures for the turbine and filter ventilation apertures and outlet ducts between the gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator;

(d) the control measures for noise of an impulsive or tonal nature; and

(e) the enclosure of unit transformers and generator transformers.

(3) The measures must be installed in accordance with the approved scheme prior to commencement of operation of the relevant Work and retained and maintained afterwards in accordance with the manufacturers’ specifications unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

Control of noise during operation

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(1) Operating of the authorised development shall not be commenced until a scheme has been submitted to the relevant planning authority and approved with the objective that the rating level, as defined in BS4142:1997, of noise emitted from the authorised development following commissioning shall not exceed the noise levels listed in the following table except in the case of an emergency, or unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

Location	Daytime (07:00-23:00) dBLAeq 1 hour	Night-time (23:00-07:00) dBLAeq 5 minutes
Any existing residential location	35	35

(2) Compliance with the above limits will be deemed to be achieved through compliance with the limits set out in the table which follows paragraph 1.2.1 of document the North Killingholme Power Project: Outline Operational Noise Compliance Methodology (January 2014) and a programme of Attended Noise Monitoring and periodic site noise audits and equipment condition reviews.

(3) The monitoring of noise pursuant to this requirement shall be compliant with the requirements of ISO 1996 Part 2 (2007).

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(1) No part of the authorised development shall be brought into use until a written scheme providing for the monitoring of noise generated during the operation of the authorised development has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The scheme shall provide for monitoring at the locations shown on Figure 4 of the North Killingholme Power Project: Outline Operational Noise Compliance Methodology (January 2014) and the method of noise measurement (which shall accord with BS 4142, an equivalent successor standard or other agreed noise measurement methodology appropriate to the circumstances). The scheme shall be implemented to establish baseline noise conditions.

(3) The scheme shall be subject to periodic reviews to establish the frequency of noise monitoring and the need for continued monitoring, and throughout the operational lifetime of the development the monitoring programme shall be reviewed—

(a) following any change in plant, equipment or working practices likely to affect noise conditions, such change to be notified in writing to the relevant planning authority; or

(b) following a written request by the relevant planning authority in relation to a noise related complaint, and

any such review shall be submitted to the relevant planning authority for its approval within 4 weeks of the notification or request.

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In any case where the noise levels specified in requirement 20 or otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority are exceeded because of an emergency, notification must be given to the relevant planning authority and local residents of the reasons for and anticipated duration of any such exceedences.

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(1) Operation of the authorised development shall not be commenced until a scheme has been submitted to the relevant planning authority in consultation with Natural England and approved with the objective that the rating level, as defined in BS4142:1997, of noise from the authorised development following commissioning, recorded at the stated locations, shall not exceed the noise levels listed in the following table except in the case of an emergency, or unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

Location	Rating Level dBLAeq 1 hour
NSR8	53
NSR9	47

(2) Compliance with the above limits shall be deemed to be achieved through compliance with a programme of attended noise monitoring and periodic site noise audits and equipment condition reviews via the written scheme to be agreed pursuant to requirement 21 above.

(3) The monitoring of noise pursuant to this requirement shall be compliant with the requirements of ISO 1996 Part 2 (2007).

Construction hours

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(1) Construction or demolition work shall not take place other than between 0700 and 1900 hours Monday to Saturday, and shall not take place at all on Sundays or public holidays, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority or in case of emergency.

(2) If work is proposed outside of the construction work hours referred to in paragraph (1) then the undertaker will submit risk assessments and method statements to the relevant planning authority and will advise local residents by posting the information on its website.

Piling

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(1) No piling activities for the construction of the authorised development may commence until a piling method statement describing the measures to be taken to protect the North Killingholme Haven Pits Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Humber Estuary Special Protection Area which is consistent with the environmental statement has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) Piling shall be carried out in accordance with the approved method statement unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

Construction of Work Nos. 6a and 6b

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(1) No construction of Work Nos. 6a and 6b shall be carried out until a strategy to mitigate effects from construction of those works on the North Killingholme Haven Pits has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority, in consultation with Natural England.

(2) The strategy shall include—

(a) details of a construction programme to ensure that piling construction activities are carried out only from January to March in any calendar year;

(b) details of the measures to be taken to screen construction activities from the North Killingholme Haven Pits, including—

(i) the construction of a hoarding along the southern boundary of the route of the construction works to reduce noise and visual disturbance to birds in the North Killingholme Haven Pits; and

(ii) where possible, the retention of the existing hedgerow located between the southern boundary of the order limits and the North Killingholme Haven Pits; and

(3) Construction of Work Nos. 6a and 6b shall be carried out in accordance with the approved strategy.

Combined heat and power

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A facility shall be provided and maintained within Work No. 1 to enable steam pass-outs and/or hot water pass-outs and reserve space for the provision of water pressurisation, heating and pumping systems for off-site users of process or space heating and its later connection to such systems.

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(1) Prior to the operation of Work No. 1, a review of potential opportunities for the use of heat from the authorised development must be submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The review shall provide for the on-going monitoring and full exploration of potential opportunities to use heat from the authorised development as part of a good quality CHP scheme in accordance with the principles set out in the CHPQA Standard Issue 3, and for the provision of subsequent reviews of such opportunities as necessary.

(3) Where viable opportunities for the use of heat are identified, a scheme for the provision of the necessary plant and pipework to the boundary of the site shall be submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority; any plant and pipework installed up to the Order limits to enable the use of heat shall be installed in accordance with the agreed details.

(4) In this requirement, ‘CHPQA Standard Issue 3’ refers to the document of that name prepared by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and published in January 2009, and the reference to a ‘good quality CHP scheme’ should be interpreted in accordance with that document.

Control of dust emissions during operation

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(1) No part of Work No. 2a, 2b, 2c, 5, 6a, 6b, or 7 shall be operated until a written scheme for the management and mitigation of dust emissions from solid fuels during operation of the authorised development substantially in accordance with the Outline Coal Dust Management Plan dated January 2014 has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld).

(2) The approved scheme shall provide for—

(a) details of the plant comprised in Work No. 6a for the unloading of solid fuels from barges;

(b) the detailed design of the pipe conveyor comprised in Work No. 6b;

(c) measures to provide for the minimisation of dust emissions from railway wagons transporting solid fuel to the authorised development;

(d) the detailed design of any facility comprised in Work No. 5 for the unloading of trains delivering solid fuels;

(e) measures to control the management of emissions of dust from any of the activities to which sub-paragraphs (a)-(d) relate; and

(f) types of railway wagon which may be used for the delivery of solid fuel to the authorised development.

(3) Operation of the authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.

Construction and security lighting scheme

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(1) No part of the authorised development shall be carried out until a detailed written construction and security lighting scheme which is consistent with the environmental statement has been prepared in consultation with an experienced bat worker and has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The construction and security lighting scheme shall provide for—

(a) the avoidance of indirect light spill to the north and west of the authorised development including the use of fencing to minimise light spill;

(b) the minimisation of light spill, including the use of directional lighting and positioning of lights, baffles, cowls and hoods; and

(c) measures to ensure that any such lighting will be directional and sensitive to the North Killingholme Haven Pits section of the Humber Estuary Special Protection Area and in relation to the bat mitigation strategy set out at requirement 32.

(3) Construction of the authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

Permanent lighting scheme

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(1) No part of the authorised development shall commence until a detailed written permanent lighting scheme which is consistent with the environmental statement has been prepared in consultation with an experienced bat worker and submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The permanent lighting scheme shall provide for—

(a) details of how the lighting design will reduce trespass, glare and spillage;

(b) measures to ensure that the use of lighting will be restricted to the minimum periods required;

(c) details of how, where possible, operational lighting will be designed to minimise impacts on relevant ecological receptors as described in the environmental statement; and

(d) details of aviation warning lights for the flare tower.

(3) The scheme shall be implemented as approved, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

Bat mitigation strategy

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(1) No part of the authorised development shall be carried out and, in particular, no demolition shall take place, until a written strategy for the mitigation of the impacts of the authorised development on bats, as outlined in the environmental statement, has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The strategy shall provide for—

(a) the details of a vegetative corridor of 20 metres width along the eastern and north-eastern edge of the operations area as shown in the figures forming part of the environmental statement, to provide a continuous corridor for bat commuting and foraging;

(b) the details of the planting scheme along the corridor to include a range of species to increase invertebrate density and abundance, trees of appropriate species and height to be planted along the western edge of the corridor to provide a visual barrier to the operations area, and the interspersion of scrub habitat within the corridor with trees and open grassland to avoid straight lines of vegetation;

(c) the retention and enhancement of the wet drain along the south-western boundary of the site with planting including night scented, night flowering and nectar rich species;

(d) the measures to be taken to minimise any gaps in the corridor on its route crossing the Killingholme Branch Line, Clough Lane and the route of the fuel conveyor;

(e) measures to be incorporated into the construction and operational lighting schemes under requirements 30 and 31 to ensure that the corridor is minimised as a dark environment suitable for bats;

(f) the retention and enhancement with planting of the existing vegetative strip along the western boundary of the operations area;

(g) a programme for carrying out the details of the approved scheme; and

(h) details of the management of the corridor for the construction period of the authorised development and the operation of the authorised development.

(3) No part of the authorised development shall be carried out until the approved bat mitigation strategy has been implemented and the construction and operation of the authorised development shall not be carried out except in accordance with the approved strategy unless otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority.

(4) No demolition work shall take place until a written strategy for surveys to adequately inform a decision as to whether a European Protected Species Licence is required, has been submitted to and approved by Natural England.

Water vole mitigation strategy

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(1) No part of the authorised development shall be carried out until a written strategy for the mitigation of the impacts of the authorised development on water voles, as outlined in the environmental statement, has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The strategy shall provide for—

(a) details of a programme to survey for the presence of water voles and the location of any water vole burrows in ditches 2B and 3B as shown in the figures forming part of the environmental statement;

(b) the measures to be taken to address the protection of water voles where these are discovered in locations other than those assessed in the environmental statement including habitat manipulation and displacement methodologies;

(d) the methodology for reporting the results of any surveys required under the scheme to the relevant planning authority, and the steps to be taken to obtain approval for measures to be taken to protect any water voles or water vole burrows that are discovered as part of those surveys;

(e) enhancement planting to be carried out along ditch 3B, to include species that will not grow so as to over-shade and/or choke the ditch, and measures for a programme of scrub control to reduce shading of the ditch, and measures to ensure that water levels are maintained at an appropriate level for the maintenance of water vole habitat;

(f) the creation of replacement habitat, which must wherever practicable be within the operations area, to include measures such as the extension of ditch 3B and the creation of additional wet ditches. New habitat will be designed so as to provide structurally suitable conditions for burrows, and appropriate food plants;

(g) details of the management of any measures to be carried out as part of the water vole mitigation strategy, and

the construction of the authorised development shall not commence until the water vole surveys required under the strategy to be submitted under this paragraph have been carried out and the relevant planning authority has approved any measures to be taken to protect water voles as identified in the strategy.

(3) No construction works for the access road comprised in Work No. 8 shall be commenced until a box culvert is installed according to the specification agreed under the vole mitigation strategy.

(4) The approved water vole mitigation strategy and any measures thereunder shall be implemented and maintained during construction and operation of the development unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority.

Other ecological matters

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(1) No works shall be carried out to remove or modify the northern water body shown in the figures forming part of the environmental statement until details of measures to enhance the ecological value of the southern water body shown in those figures have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority and have been carried out in accordance with that approval.

(2) The measures shall include enhancement of riparian vegetation using appropriate native species, scrub clearance around the margins of the pond to reduce shading and encroachment, and the planting of areas of grassy bank and reeds to enhance habitat and species diversity.

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(1) No part of the authorised development comprised in Works 2a or 5 shall be carried out until a strategy for the establishment of appropriate ecological mitigation in parcels 05/02 and 07/01 as shown on the land plans and described in the book of reference and measures for the relocation of species has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The approved measures shall be implemented prior to construction of any part of the authorised development.

CCS

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Until the permanent cessation of commercial operation of the authorised development, the undertaker shall not, without the written consent of the Secretary of State—

(a) dispose of any interest in the designated site except by way of a lease having a term of less than 2 years or which is otherwise determinable within 2 years by the undertaker for the purpose of installing the capture equipment; or

(b) do any other thing, or allow any other thing to be done or to occur, which may reasonably be expected to diminish the ability, within the 2 years following such act or occurrence or thereafter, to install and operate the capture equipment on the designated site.

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(1) The undertaker must make a report (“carbon capture readiness monitoring report”) to the Secretary of State—

(a) on or before the date which is three months after the date upon which electricity is first exported by the authorised development; and

(b) within one month of the second anniversary, and each subsequent even-numbered anniversary, of that date.

(2) Each carbon capture readiness monitoring report must provide evidence that the undertaker has complied with requirement 36–

(a) in the case of the first carbon capture readiness monitoring report, since commencement of the authorised development; and

(b) in the case of any subsequent report, since the making of the previous carbon capture readiness monitoring report,

and explain how the undertaker expects to continue to comply with requirement 36 over the next two years.

(3) Each carbon capture readiness monitoring report must state whether the undertaker considers the retrofit of carbon capture technology is feasible explaining the reasons for any such conclusion and whether any impediments could be overcome.

(4) Each carbon capture readiness monitoring report must state, with reasons, whether the undertaker has decided to seek any additional regulatory clearances, or to modify any existing regulatory clearances, in respect of any carbon capture readiness proposals.

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(1) The generating station comprised in Work No. 1 shall not operate using gas supplied by Work No. 2a unless—

(a) the fuel used to supply the gas comprises biomass only; or

(b) the Secretary of State has given in consent in writing to the plant being so operated and—

(i) capture equipment is installed for the pre-combustion CCS proposal;

(ii) the Secretary of State has either—

(aa) provided pursuant to any enactment that some or all of the emissions from the authorised development are not to be treated as emissions from fossil fuel; or

(bb) otherwise issued a direction pursuant to any enactment that the emissions duty of the undertaker is modified or suspended; or

(iii) an exemption period under section 58 of the Energy Act 2013[^f00016] is applicable to the CCS claim (or any part of it) serving the authorised development.

(2) Where the capture equipment referred to in this requirement comprises alternative technology to that comprised in Work No. 2a (such as the post-combustion CCS proposal) the generating station comprised in Work No. 1 shall not operate except where it is fuelled wholly or principally by natural gas.

(3) Work No. 2a shall not be operated as allowed by paragraph (1)(b)(i) unless—

(a) the onshore and offshore pipelines, and other apparatus required to connect the authorised development to a site or sites for the storage of captured carbon have been constructed;

(b) a licence for the use of the site or sites for the storage of captured carbon is in place; and

(c) an environmental permit has been granted for the operation of the authorised development with gas supplied by Work No. 2a which incorporates conditions relating to the operation of the CCS chain,

provided that where and for so long as an environmental permit authorises operation without compliance with sub-paragraph (a) or (b), those sub-paragraphs shall not apply.

Fire water

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(1) No part of the authorised development shall be operated until scheme for the storage and handling of fire water has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The scheme shall include details of—

(a) the location and design of the dedicated fire water tank within the operations area; and

(b) the kerb to be constructed around the operations area to retain spent fire water on-site prior to on-site treatment and/or removal.

(3) The approved scheme shall be implemented prior to operation of Work No. 1.

Drainage pond

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(1) No works shall be carried out to remove or modify the northernmost pond in the operations area until details of the works to be carried out and a method statement for the carrying out of such works, to be prepared in consultation with C.RO Ports Killingholme Limited, the Environment Agency and North East Lindsey Drainage Board, have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The method statement shall detail protective works which will be carried out to ensure that no contaminants are mobilised by the works. The method statement shall also detail how the works will be carried out to ensure that there will be no detrimental effect on the performance of existing flood attenuation and thereafter once any modified pond is operational. The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Site waste management plan

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(1) No part of the authorised development shall be constructed until a plan for the management and disposal of waste produced as a result of the construction of the authorised development has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The construction of the authorised development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

(2) No part of the authorised development shall be operated until a plan for the management and disposal of waste produced as a result of the operation of the authorised development has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The authorised development shall be operated in accordance with the approved details.

Biomass fuel sustainability

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(1) Biomass fuel shall not be used in the gasifier comprised in the authorised development unless it complies with the applicable mandatory sustainability criteria.

(2) In this requirement—

“applicable mandatory sustainability criteria” means—the mandatory sustainability criteria which the undertaker must comply with from time to time as a condition of eligibility of the authorised development for financial assistance under a relevant assistance regime; orif financial assistance has been granted under a relevant assistance scheme in respect of the authorised development for a limited period of time and that period has elapsed so that the authorised development is no longer eligible for financial assistance under any relevant assistance regime, those criteria by compliance with which the operation of the authorised development was most recently eligible for such assistance,and biomass fuel shall be taken to comply with the applicable mandatory sustainability criteria if, at that time, the undertaker has reason to believe that they comply with the applicable mandatory sustainability criteria;

“biomass fuel” means fuel, excluding material which is, or is derived directly or indirectly from animal matter, which qualifies as ‘biomass’ under—article 4 of the Renewables Obligation Order 2009[^f00017] (as amended from time to time by other subsequent legislation relevant to power generation);such provisions of a relevant assistance regime incorporating applicable mandatory sustainability criteria as define biomass for the purposes of that regime from time to time;

“mandatory sustainability criteria” means criteria relating to the sustainability of biomass for energy use (other than biofuels and bioliquids) which are prescribed in a relevant assistance regime; and

“relevant assistance regime” means the provisions of any legislation or other legally binding arrangements established or approved by Government under or by virtue of which the generation of electricity from biomass fuel on a commercial basis qualifies for financial assistance by reason of the burning of biomass fuel which comply with prescribed sustainability criteria.

Decommissioning

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(1) Within 12 months of the authorised development ceasing to be used for the purposes of generating electricity a site closure and restoration plan for the demolition and removal of the authorised development shall be submitted for approval by the relevant planning authority (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld).

(2) The scheme must include and be consistent with the principles set out in the environmental statement and also—

(a) details of all structures and buildings to be demolished;

(b) consideration of the effects of leaving below-ground structures permanently in situ together with details of consultations undertaken to consider the need to remove any or all such structures;

(c) details of the means of removal of the materials resulting from decommissioning works and measures for the control of dust and noise;

(d) phasing of the demolition and removal works;

(e) details of the restoration works to restore the operations area to a condition agreed with the relevant planning authority;

(f) details of the restoration works and their phasing;

(g) details of the temporary lighting scheme (if any) proposed to be used during decommissioning works;

(h) details of any remediation works required to remove contaminants from the operations area together with details of how such contaminants will be safely disposed of; and

(i) details of how any mitigation measures to be implemented for the protection of ornithology and ecology during construction of the authorised development would be implemented during the decommissioning phase.

(3) The demolition and removal of the authorised development must be carried out fully in accordance with the approved scheme.

Requirements for written approval, etc.

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(1) Where under any of the above requirements the approval or agreement of the relevant planning authority or any other party is required, that approval or agreement must be provided in writing. Thereafter the matter approved shall be carried out in accordance with the approved or agreed details as they subsist from time to time.

(2) Where under any of the above requirements a written scheme is required it shall be accompanied by such illustrations as are necessary and appropriate in the circumstances.

Amendments to approved details

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With respect to any requirement which requires the authorised development to be carried out in accordance with the details approved by the relevant planning authority the approved details shall be taken to include any amendments that may subsequently be approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.

Flood warning and evacuation plan

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No part of the authorised development shall come into operation until details of a flood warning and evacuation plan has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The authorised development shall only be occupied and operated in accordance with the approved flood warning and evacuation plan.

Aerodrome safeguarding

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No part of the authorised development shall commence until an Aerodrome Safeguarding Report (to include information required by the Defence Geographic Centre to chart the site for civil aviation purposes) has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority and any mitigation measures for the protection of aviation interests identified in that report shall thereafter be implemented.

Train speed at North Killingholme Haven Pits

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(1) No solid fuel for the purposes of the authorised development shall be received by rail until a scheme comprising or governing the manner of operation of trains serving the authorised development which limits the speed of those trains upon that part of the Killingholme Branch Line adjacent to North Killingholme Haven Pits, as shown on drawing 64042B-DCO-48, to 10 km/h, or other noise attenuation measures, with at least the same sound attenuation, to address the effects of those trains upon the North Killingholme Haven Pits, has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with Natural England. The scheme approved under this requirement shall incorporate provisions for noise monitoring.

(2) The approved measures shall be implemented in relation to trains serving the authorised development.

(3) This requirement shall not apply where the Killingholme Loop, or a scheme having similar effect, has been constructed to provide a connection between the existing Killingholme Branch Line and the Barton-upon-Humber to Habrough railway line, which would allow or require higher speeds.

(4) The scheme approved under this requirement shall not fetter the powers of Network Rail with respect to operation of the railway in any way, nor impose any obligation upon Network Rail to impose or procure speed limits upon its railway network or request any other network and/or physical change.

Acoustic hoarding

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(1) No part of the authorised development shall be carried out until details of an acoustic hoarding on the northern and western boundaries of the operations area have been submitted to the relevant planning authority and approved.

(2) The acoustic hoarding shall be—

(a) at least 5 metres in height; and

(b) designed in consultation with an acoustics specialist to provide maximum noise attenuation for the benefit of avian receptors to the north and west of the operations area.

(3) The acoustic hoarding shall be erected and maintained during any works of construction for the authorised development.

Visual attenuation of train movements

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(1) Unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with Natural England, no trains shall serve the authorised development until a scheme of planting, to be carried out adjacent to and both north and south of the Killingholme Branch Railway Line as it passes North Killingholme Haven Pits as shown on drawing 64042B-DCO-48, has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with Natural England and Network Rail.

(2) The approved scheme shall—

(a) make provision for planting or other measures to close gaps in existing vegetation adjacent to the railway line;

(b) include details of the species and location of any proposed planting;

(c) provide for sufficient visual screening of train movements on the railway line from protected avian receptors at North Killingholme Haven Pits when fully grown;

(d) make provision for circumstances where planting is removed, dies or becomes seriously damaged or diseased after planting, or maintenance in the case of other measures adopted for this purpose;

(e) provide for use of native species of local origin to be used in planting where available and practicable; and

(f) set out when following planting solid fuel will be delivered by rail to the authorised development and such alternative measures as are necessary in the event that planting is not fully or sufficiently grown at such time as solid fuel deliveries are intended to commence by rail to the authorised development.

(3) The operation of the authorised development shall not be served by rail except where the approved scheme has been carried out or alternative measures authorised under one or both of paragraph (2)(a) and (2)(f) of this requirement are in place provided that where such measures include a permanent hoarding, or sufficient alternative, having the same visual attenuation effect, no planting scheme shall be required.

(4) This requirement shall not apply where the Killingholme Loop, or a scheme having similar effect, has been constructed to provide a connection between the existing Killingholme Branch Line and the Barton-upon-Humber to Habrough railway line.

Control of construction noise at North Killingholme Haven Pits

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(1) Construction of Work Nos. 6a and 6b adjacent to the North Killingholme Haven Pits, as shown on drawing 64042B-DCO-48, shall not take place except in accordance with a scheme that has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with Natural England in advance of such works.

(2) The approved scheme shall address the period outside the months January to March (January to March inclusive being the only months in which piling may occur) and shall have the objective that the rating level of construction noise from the construction of Work Nos. 6a and 6b adjacent to the North Killingholme Haven Pits shall not exceed both the LAeq rating level and the mean LAmax rating level as listed in the following table in any 12 hour period except in case of emergency or unless otherwise as approved by the relevant planning authority, in consultation with Natural England.

Location	Rating Level dB,LAeq,12 hour	Rating Level dB,LAmax (mean)
NSR A, North of Haven Road(see Drawing Reference 64042B-Natural England-01)	56	75

(3) Compliance with the above limits shall be deemed to be achieved through compliance with a programme of attended noise monitoring and periodic site noise audits and equipment condition reviews pursuant to the approved scheme.

(4) The monitoring of noise pursuant to this requirement shall be compliant with the requirements of ISO 1996 Part 2 (2007).

(5) The mean LAmax will be calculated as the logarithmic average of LAmax values recorded at NSR A using a Class A integrating sound level meter, with a 15-minute sampling period, operating continuously throughout the entire construction day. In processing the recorded data to calculate the mean LAmax, the dataset over the course of the construction day could show “sampling periods of no construction activity”. These “sampling periods of no construction activity” will not be included in the mean LA max calculation.

Changes approved by the relevant planning authority

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Where the words ‘unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority’ appear in these requirements, any such approval may only be given in relation to immaterial changes where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of that authority that the subject matter of the approval or agreement sought is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.

SCHEDULE 2 — Streets subject to street works

(1)	(2)
Area	Street subject to street work
North Lincolnshire	Church Side
North Lincolnshire	College Road
North Lincolnshire	Jericho Lane
North Lincolnshire	Skitter Road/Station Road
North Lincolnshire	Clough Lane
North Lincolnshire	Chase Hill Road
North Lincolnshire	East Halton Road
North Lincolnshire	West Middle Mere Road
North Lincolnshire	Haven Road

SCHEDULE 3 — Street to be temporarily stopped up

(1)	(2)	(3)
Area	Street to be temporarily stopped up	Extent of temporary stopping up
North Lincolnshire District	FP50 as marked on the land plans	Within the footpath diversion zone
North Lincolnshire District
North Lincolnshire District
North Lincolnshire District
North Lincolnshire District

SCHEDULE 4 — Access to works

(1)	(2)
Area	Description of access
North Lincolnshire District	Access No. A1 — Church Side
North Lincolnshire District	Access No. A2 — College Road
North Lincolnshire District	Access No. A3 — Jericho Lane
North Lincolnshire District	Access No. A4 — Skitter Road
North Lincolnshire District	Access No. A5 — Station Road

SCHEDULE 5 — Land of which temporary possession may be taken

(1)	(2)	(3)
Area	Number of plot shown on plan	Purpose for which temporary possession may be taken
North Lincolnshire	05/10, 06/03, 06/08, 06/09, 08/11	Provision of a working area, laydown area and construction site for the purposes of the authorised development.
North Lincolnshire	08/04	Provision of a working area and constructions site, and carrying out and maintaining ecological improvements and rights of access to establish and maintain the same.

SCHEDULE 6 — Procedure for discharge of requirements

Interpretation of Schedule

1

In this Schedule—

“the appeal parties” means the discharging authority, the requirement consultee and the undertaker;

“business day” means a day other than Saturday or Sunday which is not Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971[^f00018]; and

“requirement consultee” means, in relation to a requirement which is the subject of an appeal, any person named as a person to be consulted by the discharging authority in discharging that requirement.

Applications made under requirement

2

(1) Where an application has been made to a discharging authority for any agreement or approval required by a requirement the discharging authority shall give notice to the undertaker of their decision on the application before the end of the decision period.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the decision period is—

(a) where no further information is requested under paragraph 3, 5 weeks from the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the authority;

(b) where further information is requested under paragraph 3, 5 weeks from the day immediately following that on which further information has been supplied by the undertaker under paragraph 3; or

(c) such longer period as may be agreed by the undertaker and the discharging authority in writing before the end of the period in sub-paragraph (a) or (b).

Further information

3

(1) In relation to any application to which this Schedule applies, the discharging authority shall have the right to request such further information from the undertaker as is necessary to enable it to consider the application.

(2) If the discharging authority considers such further information to be necessary and the requirement does not specify that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, it shall, within 7 business days of receipt of the application, notify the undertaker in writing specifying the further information required.

(3) If the requirement specifies that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, the discharging authority shall issue the consultation to the requirement consultee within 1 business day of receipt of the application, and shall notify the undertaker in writing specifying any further information requested by the requirement consultee within 1 business day of receipt of such a request and in any event within 21 days of receipt of the application.

(4) If the discharging authority does not give such notification as specified in sub-paragraph (2) or (3) it shall be deemed to have sufficient information to consider the application and shall not thereafter be entitled to request further information without the prior agreement of the undertaker.

Fees

4

(1) Where an application is made to the discharging authority for agreement or approval in respect of a requirement, a fee of £97 shall be paid to that authority.

(2) Any fee paid under this Schedule shall be refunded to the undertaker within 8 weeks of—

(a) the application being rejected as invalidly made; or

(b) the discharging authority failing to determine the application within the decision period as determined under paragraph 2,

unless within that period the undertaker agrees, in writing, that the fee shall be retained by the discharging authority and credited in respect of a future application.

Appeals

5

(1) The undertaker may appeal in the event that—

(a) the discharging authority refuses an application for any agreement or approval required by a requirement or grants it subject to conditions;

(b) the relevant planning authority does not give notice of its decision to the undertaker within the decision period as determined in paragraph 2;

(c) on receipt of a request for further information pursuant to paragraph 3 the undertaker considers that either the whole or part of the specified information requested by the discharging authority is not necessary for consideration of the application; or

(d) on receipt of any further information requested, the discharging authority notifies the undertaker that the information provided is inadequate and requests additional information which the undertaker considers is not necessary for consideration of the application.

(2) The appeal process shall be as follows—

(a) the undertaker shall submit the appeal documentation to the Secretary of State, a copy of the application submitted to the discharging authority and any supporting documentation which the undertaker may wish to provide (“the appeal documentation”);

(b) the undertaker shall on the same day provide copies of the appeal documentation to the discharging authority and the requirement consultee (if applicable);

(c) as soon as is practicable after receiving the appeal documentation, the Secretary of State shall appoint a person within 10 business days of receiving the appeal documentation and shall forthwith notify the appeal parties of the identity of the appointed person and the address to which all correspondence for that person’s attention should be sent;

(d) the discharging authority and the requirement consultee (if applicable) shall submit written representations to the appointed person in respect of the appeal within 10 business days of the date on which the appeal parties are notified of the appointment of a person under paragraph (c) and shall ensure that copies of their written representations are sent to each other and to the undertaker on the day on which they are submitted to the appointed person; and

(e) the appeal parties shall make any counter-submissions to the appointed person within 10 business days of receipt of written representations pursuant to paragraph (d) above.

(3) The appointed person shall make his decision and notify it to the appeal parties, with reasons, as soon as reasonably practicable. If the appointed person considers that further information is necessary to enable him to consider the appeal he shall, as soon as practicable, notify the appeal parties in writing specifying the further information required, the appeal party from whom the information is sought, and the date by which the information is to be submitted.

(4) Any further information required pursuant to sub-paragraph (3) shall be provided by the party from whom the information is sought to the appointed person and to other appeal parties by the date specified by the appointed person. Any written representations concerning matters contained in the further information shall be submitted to the appointed person, and made available to all appeal parties within 10 business days of that date.

(5) On an appeal under this paragraph, the appointed person may—

(a) allow or dismiss the appeal; or

(b) reverse or vary any part of the decision of the discharging authority (whether the appeal relates to that part of it or not),

and may deal with the application as if it had been made to the appointed person in the first instance.

(6) The appointed person may proceed to a decision on an appeal taking into account only such written representations as have been sent within the time limits prescribed, or set by the appointed person, under this paragraph.

(7) The appointed person may proceed to a decision even though no written representations have been made within those time limits, if it appears to the appointed person that there is sufficient material to enable a decision to be made on the merits of the case.

(8) The decision of the appointed person on an appeal shall be final and binding on the parties, and a court may entertain proceedings for questioning the decision only if the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review.

(9) If an approval is given by the appointed person pursuant to this Schedule, it shall be deemed to be an approval for the purpose of Schedule 1 as if it had been given by the discharging authority. The discharging authority may confirm any determination given by the appointed person in identical form in writing but a failure to give such confirmation (or a failure to give it in identical form) shall not be taken to affect or invalidate the effect of the appointed person’s determination.

(10) Save where a direction is given pursuant to sub-paragraph (11) requiring the costs of the appointed person to be paid by the discharging authority, the reasonable costs of the appointed person shall be met by the undertaker.

(11) On application by the discharging authority or the undertaker, the appointed person may give directions as to the costs of the appeal parties and as to the parties by whom the costs of the appeal are to be paid. In considering whether to make any such direction and the terms on which it shall be made, the appointed person shall have regard to the National Planning Policy Framework guidance on planning appeals and the award of costs applicable at the time the appeal is submitted to the Secretary of State, or any circular or guidance which may from time to time replace it.

SCHEDULE 7 — Deemed marine licence

PART 1 — Introductory

Interpretation

1

(1) In this licence—

“the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;

“commence” means the first carrying out of any part of the licensed activities and commencement and commenced shall be defined accordingly;

“conditions” means conditions contained in this licence;

“the Health and Safety Executive” means the body established under section 10 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974[^f00019] or any successor to its statutory functions or other authority performing, carrying out or having the same regulatory functions as the HSE at the date of this licence;

“licence holder” means the undertaker and any agent or contractor or sub-contractor acting on its behalf;“licensed activity” means any activity described in Part 2 of this licence;“MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation;

“the Order” means the North Killingholme (Generating Station) Order 2014;

“percussive piles” means driven piles but excludes the handling, placing and vibro-driving of piles;

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond.

(2) Unless otherwise specified, all geographical co-ordinates given in this licence are in latitude and longitude degrees and minutes to two decimal places.

Addresses

2

(1) Unless otherwise advised in writing by the MMO, the address for postal correspondence with the MMO for the purposes of this licence is the Marine Management Organisation, Marine Licensing Team, Lancaster House, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH and where contact to the MMO District Office is required, the following contact details should be used: Estuary House, Wharncliffe Road, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN31 3QL, tel: 01472 355112, email: grimsby@marinemanagment.org.uk.

(2) Unless otherwise advised in writing by the MMO, the address for electronic communication with the MMO for the purposes of this licence is infrastructure@marinemanagement.org.uk.

PART 2 — Licensed activities

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(1) The undertaker (and any agent, contractor or subcontractor acting on their behalf) is authorised to carry out the activities licensable under section 66 of the 2009 Act, comprising the construction of works in or over the sea and/or on or under the sea bed specified in paragraph (2), together with the deposit of any substances and objects in or over the sea and/or on or under the sea bed in carrying out such construction works.

(2) Such activities are authorised in relation to—

(a) works for the intake and discharge of cooling water in or over the sea and on or under the sea bed for the purposes of the construction and operation of Work No. 1: and

(b) Work Nos. 3a, 3b, and 3c.

PART 3 — Conditions

General conditions

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(1) The conditions set out at paragraphs 4 to 24 are licence conditions attached to this deemed marine licence as granted by article 36.

(2) For such of the licensed activities that involve the construction, alteration or improvement of works in or over the sea or on or under the sea bed, the conditions shall apply to any person who for the time being owns, occupies or enjoys any use of any of those works.

(3) This licence expires after 10 years beginning on the date of coming into force of this Order.

5

The licence holder must ensure that the MMO District Marine Office is notified of the timetable of works and operations at least 10 days prior to the commencement of any licensed activity.

6

With respect to any conditions of this licence which require the licensed activities to be carried out in accordance with the plans and programmes or other documents approved by the MMO, the approval shall be taken to include any amendments to those documents that may subsequently be approved in writing by the MMO.

7

The MMO must be notified by the undertaker in writing of any agents, contractors or sub-contractors that will be carrying out any licensed activity on behalf of the undertaker at least four weeks before the commencement of the licensed activity.

8

The undertaker must ensure that a copy of this licence and any subsequent revisions or amendments has been provided to, read and understood by any agents, contractors or sub-contractors that will be carrying out any licensed activity on its behalf.

9

Should the licence holder become aware that any of the information on which the granting of this deemed marine licence was based has changed or is likely to change, the licence holder must notify the MMO at the earliest opportunity.

10

The works shall be carried out in accordance with a works schedule to be agreed in writing between the licence holder and the MMO prior to commencement of the works, and any changes to the works schedule are also to be agreed in writing with the MMO.

11

(1) Prior to any works commencing below the level of mean high water springs (meaning the average of high water heights occurring at the time of spring tides), the licence holder must submit detailed method statements to the MMO for approval for each stage of works at least 4 weeks prior to the commencement of works.

(2) All works must be undertaken in accordance with agreed and approved method statements.

12

The licence holder must ensure that any coatings and treatments used are approved by the Health and Safety Executive as suitable for use in the marine environment and are used in accordance with the Environment Agency’s Pollution Prevention Control Guidelines.

13

(1) The licence holder must only work and access the works site within a defined and marked out area thereby limiting personnel and plant access to the site.

(2) Co-ordinates (in WGS84) and plan diagrams of the work area and access routes must be submitted to the MMO at least 4 weeks prior to the commencement of works.

(3) The written approval of the co-ordinates and plan diagrams by the MMO is required prior to works commencing.

14

The licence holder must ensure that during the works all wastes are stored in designated areas that are isolated from surface water drains, open water and bunded to contain any spillage.

15

The licence holder must ensure that any equipment, temporary structures, waste and debris associated with the works are removed within 6 weeks of completion of the works.

16

(1) The licence holder must ensure that no waste concrete slurry or wash water from concrete or cement works are discharged into the marine environment.

(2) Concrete and cement mixing and washing areas should be contained and sited at least 10 metres from any watercourse or surface water drain to minimise the risk of run off entering a watercourse.

17

The licence holder must ensure that any oil, fuel or chemical spill within the marine environment is reported to the MMO Marine Pollution Response Team: 08700 785 1050 (office hours), 07770 977 825 (outside office hours) and dispersants@marinemanagement.org.uk or such replacement numbers or email address notified to the licence holder by the MMO in writing.

18

The licence holder must ensure that a Notice to Mariners is issued at least 10 days prior to works commencing warning of the start date for the construction of the works and updated as appropriate.

Cooling water intake conditions

19

(1) No part of the licensed activities shall commence until, following consultation with the Environment Agency, full details of a scheme for minimising the impact of the cooling water intake system within the Humber Estuary on the aquatic environment have been submitted to and approved in writing by the MMO. The submitted scheme shall include—

(a) details of the passive wedge wire cylinder to be installed over the entrance to the cooling water intake pipes to minimise effects on fish and eels;

(b) details of how the water intake system will minimise the approach velocity of water to the screen or other equivalent system;

(c) details of the concentration of biocides in the water intake system or other equivalent system and how they will be monitored and controlled;

(d) proposals for implementing the scheme in advance of the commencement of commercial operations;

(e) proposals for monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness of the scheme and, in the event that the scheme does not perform as predicted, a process for any necessary remedial action being approved by the MMO and thereafter implemented within a stated timescale following such approval,

and no part of the construction of the cooling water intake shall take place from the inter-tidal area.

(2) The undertaker shall implement the scheme as approved.

(3) The undertaker shall—

(a) mark and light the licensed activities (including any temporary construction works comprised in the licensed activities) as required by Trinity House, as the MMO directs; and

(b) at all times maintain any aids to navigation to the reasonable satisfaction of Trinity House.

Piling conditions

20

(1) No operations consisting of piling shall commence until a piling method statement has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the MMO, following consultation with the Environment Agency and Natural England, such statement to include the following—

(a) the use of pile pads and pile shrouds at all times;

(b) a maximum pile diameter of 1 metre unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO, following consultation with Natural England and the Environment Agency;

(d) provision for soft start procedures to be followed, to include a requirement for a soft start of at least 180 seconds for percussive piling of any piles that will be in a free water condition during construction (marine piles); and

(e) details of the anticipated spread of piling activity throughout a working day.

(2) Operations consisting of piling shall only be carried out in accordance with the relevant piling method statement.

(3) Where the words ‘unless otherwise agreed’ appear in sub-paragraph (1)(b), any such agreement or statement may only be given in relation to immaterial changes where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of MMO that the subject matter of the approval or agreement sought is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.

21

No percussive piling shall take place between 7 April and 1 June inclusive in any calendar year.

22

Where piling is required to be undertaken during March, September and October it shall be not be undertaken at low tide.

23

No percussive piling shall take place before 0600 hours or after 2200 hours on any day.

Detailed design

24

(1) No works within the relevant phase of the authorised development may commence until details of the siting, design, external appearance and dimensions of Work No. 3a have been submitted to and approved in writing by the MMO.

(2) Work No. 3a shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

SCHEDULE 8 — Protective provisions

PART 1 — For the protection of Anglian Water

Application

1

For the protection of Anglian Water, the following provisions shall, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and Anglian Water, have effect.

Interpretation

2

In this Part of this Schedule—

“alternative apparatus” means alternative apparatus adequate to enable Anglian Water to fulfil its statutory functions in not less efficient a manner than previously;

“apparatus” means any works, mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by Anglian Water for the purposes of water supply and sewerage including—any drain or works vested in Anglian Water under the Water Industry Act 1991;any sewer which is so vested or is the subject of a notice of intention to adopt given under section 102(4) of the Water Industry Act 1991 or an agreement to adopt made under section 104 of that Act;a sludge main, disposal main or sewer outfall and any manholes, ventilating shafts, pumps or other accessories forming part of any sewer, drain, or works (within the meaning of section 219 of that Act); andany structure in which apparatus is or is to be lodged or which gives or will give access to apparatus;

“functions” includes powers and duties;

“in”, in a context referring to apparatus or alternative apparatus in land, includes a reference to apparatus or alternative apparatus under, over or upon land; and

“plan” includes sections, drawings, specifications and method statements.

Apparatus within standard protection strips

3

The undertaker shall not interfere with, build over or near to any apparatus within the Order land or execute the placing, installation, bedding, packing, removal, connection or disconnection of any apparatus (where the apparatus is laid in a trench) within the standard protection strips being the strips of land falling within the following distances to either side of the medial line of any relevant apparatus—

(a) 2.25 metres where the diameter of the pipe is less than 150 millimetres;

(b) 3 metres where the diameter of the pipe is between 150 and 450 millimetres;

(d) 6 metres where the diameter of the pipe exceeds 750 millimetres;

unless otherwise agreed in writing by Anglian Water, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and such provision being brought to the attention of any agent or contractor responsible for carrying out any work on behalf of the undertaker.

Alteration, extension, removal or relocation of apparatus

4

The alteration, extension, removal or relocation of any apparatus shall not be implemented until—

(a) any requirement for any permits under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 or other legislation and any other associated consents are obtained, and any approval or agreement required from Anglian Water on alternative outfall locations as a result of such relocation are approved, such approvals from Anglian Water not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and

(b) the undertaker has made the appropriate application required under the Water Industry Act 1991 together with a plan and section of the works proposed and Anglian Water has agreed all of the contractual documentation required under the Water Industry Act 1991, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and such works to be executed only in accordance with the plan, section and description submitted and in accordance with such reasonable requirements as may be made by Anglian Water for the alteration or otherwise for the protection of the apparatus, or for securing access to it.

Contingency arrangements

5

Where in exercise of the powers conferred by this Order, the undertaker acquires any interest in any land in which apparatus is placed and such apparatus is to be relocated, extended, removed or altered in any way, no alteration or extension shall take place until Anglian Water has established, to its reasonable satisfaction, contingency arrangements in order to conduct its functions for the duration of the works to relocate, extend, remove or alter the apparatus.

Creation of rights for Anglian Water

6

Regardless of any provision in this Order or anything shown on any plan, the undertaker must not acquire any apparatus otherwise than by agreement, and before extinguishing any existing rights for Anglian Water to use, keep, inspect, renew and maintain its apparatus in the Order land, the undertaker shall, with the agreement of Anglian Water, create a new right to use, keep, inspect, renew and maintain the apparatus that is reasonably convenient for Anglian Water, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld.

Alternative means of access to apparatus

7

If in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order the access to any apparatus is materially obstructed the undertaker shall provide such alternative means of access to such apparatus as will enable Anglian Water to maintain or use the apparatus no less effectively than was possible before such obstruction.

Unmapped sewers, lateral drains or other apparatus

8

If in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order, previously unmapped sewers, lateral drains or other apparatus are identified by the undertaker, notification of the location of such assets will be given to Anglian Water as soon as reasonably practicable and, if identified by Anglian Water as being within its responsibility, thereupon afforded the same protection as other Anglian Water assets.

Damage or interruption caused by construction

9

If for any reason or in consequence of the construction of any of the works referred to in paragraphs 4 to 6 and 8 above, any damage is caused to any apparatus (other than apparatus the repair of which is not reasonably necessary in view of its intended removal for the purposes of those works) or property of Anglian Water, or there is any interruption in any service provided, or in the supply of any goods, by Anglian Water, the undertaker shall—

(a) bear and pay the cost reasonably incurred by Anglian Water in making good any damage or restoring the supply; and

(b) make reasonable compensation to Anglian Water for any other expenses, loss, damages, penalty or costs incurred by Anglian Water,

by reason or in consequence of any such damage or interruption.

10

An amount which apart from this paragraph would be payable to Anglian Water in respect of works by virtue of paragraph 9 of this Part shall if the works include the placing of apparatus provided in substitution for apparatus placed more than 7 years and 6 months earlier so as to confer on Anglian Water any financial benefit by deferment of the time for renewal of the apparatus in the ordinary course, be reduced by the amount which represents that benefit.

PART 2 — For the protection of the Environment Agency

1

(1) The following provisions shall apply for the protection of the Agency unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the Agency.

(2) In this part of this Schedule—

“the Agency” means the Environment Agency;

“construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal and excavation, and “construct” and “constructed” shall be construed accordingly;

“drainage work” means any watercourse and includes any land which provides or is expected to provide flood storage capacity for any watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance, constructed or used for land drainage, flood defence, sea defence or tidal monitoring and any ancillary works constructed as a consequence of works carried out for drainage purposes;

“emergency” means a situation which— is unexpected, involving little or no prior warning, or aspects of which could not have reasonably been predicted in advance; is a serious event presenting a risk of harm or damage to people, property or the environment; and requires a need for urgent action to address the risk of harm, carry out repairs or prevent a worsening of the situation;

“the fishery” means any waters containing fish and the fish in, or migrating to or from, such waters and the spawn, spawning ground, habitat or food of such fish;

“plans” includes sections, drawings, specifications, calculations and method statements;

“specified work” means so much of any work or operation authorised by this Order as is in, on, under, over or within 16 metres of a drainage work or is otherwise likely to— affect any drainage work or the volumetric rate of flow of water in or flowing to or from any drainage work; affect the flow, purity or quality of water in any watercourse or other surface waters or ground water; cause obstruction to the free passage of fish or damage to the fishery; or affect the conservation, distribution or use of water resources; and

“watercourse” includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, basins, sewers and passages through which water flows except a public sewer.

2

(1) Before beginning to construct any specified work, the undertaker shall submit to the Agency plans of the specified work and such further particulars available to it as the Agency may within 28 days of the receipt of the plans reasonably require.

(2) Any such specified work shall not be constructed except in accordance with such plans as may be approved in writing by the Agency, or determined under paragraph 11.

(3) Any approval of the Agency required under this paragraph—

(a) shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;

(b) shall be deemed to have been given if it is neither given nor refused within 2 months of the submission of the plans or receipt of further particulars if such particulars have been required by the Agency for approval and, in the case of a refusal, accompanied by a statement of the grounds of refusal; and

(c) may be given subject to such reasonable modifications to the plans as the Agency may request and such reasonable requirements as the Agency may make for the protection of any drainage work or the fishery or for the protection of water resources, or for the prevention of flooding or pollution or in the discharge of its environmental duties.

(4) The Agency shall use its reasonable endeavours to respond to the submission of any plans before the expiration of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(b).

3

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 2 but subject always to the provision of that paragraph as to reasonableness, the requirements which the Agency may make under that paragraph include conditions requiring the undertaker at its own expense to construct such protective works, whether temporary or permanent, before or during the construction of the specified works (including the provision of flood banks, walls or embankments or other new works and the strengthening, repair or renewal of existing banks, walls or embankments) as are reasonably necessary—

(a) to safeguard any drainage work against damage; or

(b) to secure that its efficiency for flood defence purposes is not impaired and that the risk of flooding is not otherwise increased,

by reason of any specified work.

4

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any specified work, and all protective works required by the Agency under paragraph 3, shall be constructed—

(a) with all reasonable despatch in accordance with the plans approved or deemed to have been approved or settled under this Schedule; and

(b) to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency,

and the Agency shall be entitled by its officer to watch and inspect the construction of such works.

(2) The undertaker shall give to the Agency not less than 14 days’ notice in writing of its intention to commence construction of any specified work and notice in writing of its completion not later than 7 days after the date on which it is completed.

(3) If the Agency shall reasonably require, the undertaker shall construct all or part of the protective works so that they are in place prior to the construction of any specific work.

(4) If any part of a specified work or any protective work required by the Agency is constructed otherwise than in accordance with the requirements of this Schedule, the Agency may by notice in writing require the undertaker at the undertaker’s own expense to comply with the requirements of this part of this Schedule or (if the undertaker so elects and the Agency in writing consents, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to remove, alter or pull down the work and, where removal is required, to restore the site to its former condition to such extent and within such limits as the Agency reasonably requires.

(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (6) and paragraph 8, if within a reasonable period, being not less than 28 days from the date when a notice under sub-paragraph (4) is served upon the undertaker, it has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the requirements of the notice and subsequently to make reasonably expeditious progress towards their implementation, the Agency may execute the works specified in the notice and any expenditure incurred by it in so doing shall be recoverable from the undertaker.

(6) In the event of any dispute as to whether sub-paragraph (4) is properly applicable to any work in respect of which notice has been served under that sub-paragraph, or as to the reasonableness of any requirement of such a notice, the Agency shall not, except in emergency, exercise the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (5) until the dispute has been finally determined.

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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (6) the undertaker shall, from the commencement of the construction of the specified works, maintain in good repair and condition and free from obstruction any drainage work which is situated within the limits of deviation and on land held by the undertaker for the purposes of or in connection with the specified works, whether or not the drainage work is constructed under the powers conferred by this Order or is already in existence.

(2) If any such drainage work which the undertaker is liable to maintain is not maintained to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency, the Agency may by notice in writing require the undertaker to repair and restore the work, or any part of such work, or (if the undertaker so elects and the Agency in writing consents, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to remove the work and restore the site to its former condition, to such extent and within such limits as the Agency reasonably requires.

(3) Subject to paragraph 8, if, within a reasonable period being not less than 28 days beginning with the date on which a notice in respect of any drainage work is served under sub-paragraph (2) on the undertaker, the undertaker has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the reasonable requirements of the notice and has not subsequently made reasonably expeditious progress towards their implementation, the Agency may do what is necessary for such compliance and may recover any expenditure reasonably incurred by it in so doing from the undertaker.

(4) If there is any failure by the undertaker to obtain consent or comply with conditions imposed by the Agency in accordance with these protective provisions the Agency may serve written notice requiring the undertaker to cease all or part of the specified works and the undertaker shall cease the specified works or part thereof until it has obtained the consent or complied with the condition unless the cessation of the specified works or part thereof would cause greater damage than compliance with the written notice.

(5) In the event of any dispute as to the reasonableness of any requirement of a notice served under sub-paragraph (2), the Agency shall not, except in a case of emergency, exercise the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (3) until the dispute has been finally determined.

(6) This paragraph does not apply to drainage works which are vested in the Agency, or which the Agency or another person is liable to maintain and is not proscribed by the powers of the Order from doing so.

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Subject to paragraph 8, if by reason of the construction of any specified work or of the failure of any such work the efficiency of any drainage work for flood defence purposes is impaired, or that drainage work is otherwise damaged, such impairment or damage shall be made good by the undertaker to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency and if the undertaker fails to do so, the Agency may make good the same and recover from the undertaker the expense reasonably incurred by it in so doing.

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(1) The undertaker shall take all such measures as may be reasonably practicable to prevent any interruption of the free passage of fish in the fishery during the construction of any specified work.

(2) If by reason of—

(a) the construction of any specified work; or

(b) the failure of any such work,

damage to the fishery is caused, or the Agency has reason to expect that such damage may be caused, the Agency may serve notice on the undertaker requiring it to take such steps as may be reasonably practicable to make good the damage, or, as the case may be, to protect the fishery against such damage.

(3) Subject to paragraph 8, if within such time as may be reasonably practicable for that purpose, being not less than 28 days beginning with the date on which a notice of any damage or expected damage to a fishery is served under sub-paragraph (2) on the undertaker, it has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the requirements of the notice and subsequently to make reasonably expeditious progress towards their implementation, the Agency may execute the works specified in the notice and any expenditure incurred by it in so doing shall be recoverable from the undertaker.

(4) Subject to paragraph 8, in any case where immediate action by the Agency is reasonably required in order to secure that the risk of damage to the fishery is avoided or reduced, the Agency may take such steps as are reasonable for the purpose, and may recover from the undertaker the reasonable cost of so doing provided that notice specifying those steps is served on the undertaker as soon as reasonably practicable after the Agency has taken, or commenced to take, the steps specified in the notice.

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The undertaker shall indemnify the Agency in respect of all costs, charges and expenses which the Agency may reasonably incur or have to pay or which it may sustain—

(a) in the examination or approval of plans under this part of this Schedule;

(b) in the inspection of the construction of the specified works or any protective works required by the Agency under this part of this Schedule; and

(c) the carrying out of any surveys or tests by the Agency which are reasonably required in connection with the construction of the specified works.

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(1) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Part of this Schedule, the undertaker shall indemnify the Agency from all claims, demands, proceedings, costs, damages, expenses or loss, which may be made or taken against, recovered from, or incurred by, the Agency by reason of—

(a) any damage to any drainage work so as to impair its efficiency for the purposes of flood defence;

(b) any damage to the fishery;

(c) any raising or lowering of the water table in land adjoining the authorised development or any sewers, drains and watercourses;

(d) any flooding or increased flooding of any such lands; or

(e) inadequate water quality in any watercourse or other surface waters or in any groundwater,

which is caused by the construction of any of the specified works or any act or omission of the undertaker, its contractors, agents or employees whilst engaged upon the work.

(2) The Agency shall give to the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand and no settlement or compromise shall be made without the agreement of the undertaker which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

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The fact that any work or thing has been executed or done by the undertaker in accordance with a plan approved or deemed to be approved by the Agency, or to its satisfaction, or in accordance with any directions or award of an arbitrator, shall not relieve the undertaker from any liability under the provisions of this Part of this Schedule.

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(1) The undertaker must not in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order unreasonably prevent the Agency’s access to and use of Haven Road.

(2) Where construction and operation of the authorised development reasonably requires interference with or obstruction of the free, uninterrupted and safe use of Haven Road or any traffic on Haven Road, a suitable alternative access shall be provided prior to and for the duration of any such interference.

PART 3 — For the protection of Network Rail

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