The London Underground (East London Line Extension) (No. 2) Order 2001

Principal powers

Power to construct works

4.—(1) The Company may construct and maintain the scheduled works.

(2) Subject to article 5 below, the scheduled works shall be constructed in the lines or situations shown on the deposited plans and in accordance with the levels shown on the deposited sections.

(3) Subject to paragraph (6) below, the Company may from time to time carry out and maintain such of the following works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in connection with or in consequence of, the construction of the scheduled works, namely—

(a) works to alter the position of apparatus, including mains, sewers, drains, pipes and cables;

(b) works to erect and construct such houses, warehouses, offices, and other buildings, yards, stations, engines, machinery, apparatus, and other works, and conveniences as the Company thinks fit;

(c) junctions and communications (including the provision of steps or ramps for the use of persons on foot) with any highway or access way interfered with by, or contiguous with, any of the works described in this paragraph, and works to widen or alter any highway or access way for the purposes of connecting it with any of those works or another highway, or of crossing under or over another highway or access way;

(d) all such embankments, aprons, abutments, retaining walls, wing walls, culverts and such other works as the Company thinks fit;

(e) landscaping and other works to mitigate any adverse effects of the construction, maintenance or operation of the scheduled works; and

(f) works for the benefit or protection of premises affected by the scheduled works.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (2) and (3) above, the Company may, in connection with the construction of the scheduled works—

(a) provide the following streets in the London Borough of Lewisham—

(i) a footpath between points F2, F3, F4, F5, F19 and F20;

(ii) a footpath between points F21, F9 and F10; and

(iii) a footpath between points F18, F22 and F23;

(b) provide a controlled pedestrian crossing between points F20 and F21 in Surrey Canal Road.

(5) Subject to paragraph (6) below, the Company may from time to time carry out and maintain such other works (of whatever nature) as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in connection with or in consequence of, the construction of the scheduled works.

(6) Paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) above shall only authorise the carrying out or maintenance of works outside the limits of deviation for the scheduled works shown on the deposited plans if the works are carried out on land specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 2 to this Order for the purpose specified in relation to that land in column (3) of that Schedule.

Power to deviate

5.  In constructing or maintaining any of the scheduled works, the Company may—

(a) deviate laterally from the lines or situations shown on the deposited plans to the extent of the limits of deviation for that work shown on the deposited plans, and

(b) deviate vertically from the levels shown on the deposited sections—

(i) to any extent not exceeding 5 metres upwards, or

(ii) to any extent downwards as may be found necessary or convenient.