Project wide
2. Unless otherwise indicated, requirements PW1 to PW36 relate to the whole of the authorised project.
| (1) Reference No. | (2) Requirements | |
|---|---|---|
| PW1 | Time limits | |
| The authorised project must commence within 5 years of the date on which this Order is made. | ||
| PW2 | Phasing of the HPC development site | |
| Work No. 1A shall be carried out in general accordance with the project progression indicated in section 4.4 of the Construction Method Statement, unless otherwise approved by West Somerset District Council. | ||
| PW3 | Buildings and structures | |
| (1) Buildings and structures comprising Work No. 1A(d) to (k) and (o) shall be carried out in accordance with the plans relating to them as set out in Schedule 1, Part 3, save to the extent that revised plans relating to their siting, scale or appearance have been submitted to and approved by West Somerset District Council. | ||
| (2) Any revised plans referred to in paragraph (1) shall be in accordance with HPC Site Parameter Plan (HINK-A1-SL-00-GA-002 (Rev 01)) and chapter 6 (Design Principles) and chapter 9 (Implementation) of the HPC development site Design and Access Statement. | ||
| (3) The works referred to in paragraph (1) shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans. | ||
| PW4 | (1) Buildings and structures comprising Work Nos. 3, 4A, 5A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10 and 11 shall be carried out in accordance with the plans as set out in Schedule 1, Part 3, save to the extent that revised plans relating to siting, scale or appearance have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. | |
| (2) Any revised plans referred to in paragraph (1), shall be in accordance with section 6 (Design Principles) and section 9 (Implementation) of the relevant site-specific Design and Access Statement. | ||
| (3) The works referred to in paragraph (1) shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans. | ||
| PW5 | Building design | |
| (1) No external materials shall be installed on any permanent building or structure unless and until details of such external materials for that building have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. | ||
| (2) The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. | ||
| PW6 | (1) No additional external roof plant, equipment or machinery shall be installed on any permanent buildings or structures unless and until details of scale and appearance of such plant, equipment or machinery have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. | |
| (2) The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. | ||
| PW7 | Highway works | |
| (1) Work Nos. 1B, 1C, 4B, 4C, 5B, 6A to 6J, 7B, 8B, 9B and 12 to 22 shall be carried out in accordance with the plans set out in Schedule 1, Part 3, save to the extent further details approved pursuant to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) indicate otherwise, or unless otherwise approved by Somerset County Council. | ||
| (2) Work Nos. 4C, 7B, 17A, 17B, 18 and 22 shall not commence until details of the layout and finished surfaces of that work have been submitted to and approved by Somerset County Council. These details shall be developed in general accordance with the plans set out in Schedule 1, Part 3 and taking into account the Highway Schemes Position Statement (31st August 2012). | ||
| (3) Work No. 6A shall not commence until details of the layout and vertical alignment have been submitted to and approved by Somerset County Council. These details shall be developed in general accordance with the plans set out in Schedule 1, Part 3 and taking into account the Highway Schemes Position Statement (31st August 2012). | ||
| (4) Work No. 19 shall not commence until details of the timing of the works comprised in it have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State for Transport. | ||
| (5) Other than as already indicated on the plans set out in Schedule 1, Part 3 and details approved pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3), no changes to existing finished ground levels or surface water drainage at Work Nos. 1B, 1C, 4B, 4C, 5B, 6A to 6J, 7B, 8B, 9B and 12 to 22 shall be permitted unless and until details of such have, following consultation with the Environment Agency, Sedgemoor District Council and West Somerset District Council, been submitted to and approved by Somerset County Council. | ||
| (6) The works referred to in paragraph (1) shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. | ||
| PW8 | Street furniture and lighting | |
| (1) No street furniture or street lighting shall be installed at Work Nos. 12 to 22 unless and until details of such street furniture and lighting, including a programme for implementation, have, following consultation with Somerset County Council, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. | ||
| (2) The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. | ||
| PW9 | HGV Traffic | |
| (1) Except in exceptional circumstances, HGV movements associated with the HPC construction works shall not be permitted on the local highway network at the following times— | ||
| (a) | on Sundays or on public holidays; and | |
| (b) | between the hours of 22:00 and 07:00 (Monday to Saturday). | |
| (2) For the avoidance of doubt, these restrictions do not apply to the movement of HGVs on the strategic road network (notably the M5 motorway) or on the highway connections between the M5 and the Junction 23 and Junction 24 Freight Management Facilities or in relation to the movement of AILs. | ||
| (3) The authorised project shall be carried out in accordance with a scheme of marking for HGVs which shall be submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authorities. The scheme shall be designed with the aim of enabling residents of the districts of West Somerset and Sedgemoor, wherever practicable, easily to identify if a vehicle is engaged on work on the authorised project. | ||
| PW10 | Traffic Incident Management Plan | |
| (1) Vehicles associated with the authorised project in the area delineated in Figure 4.1 of the TIMP as the “incident management area” shall be monitored for the detection of incidents in accordance with sections 5 and 6 of the TIMP. | ||
| (2) In the event of a traffic incident in that area during the HPC construction works, the measures set out in sections 7 to 11 and the temporary diversionary routes set out in Appendix B of the TIMP shall be implemented. | ||
| (3) The TIMP shall be fully implemented as approved throughout the HPC construction works, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority. | ||
| PW11 | Waste Management Implementation Strategy | |
| (1) The authorised project shall be carried out in accordance with the Waste Management Implementation Strategy, unless otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority. | ||
| (2) No development shall commence until a site waste management plan template has, after consultation with Somerset County Council and the Environment Agency, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. | ||
| PW12 | Sports Facilities Management Strategy | |
| (1) Work Nos. 3, 4A and 5A shall not be brought into use until the undertaker has, in consultation with the relevant planning authority, prepared and published a public access proposal for the sports and leisure facilities. | ||
| (2) The published public access proposals for the sports and leisure facilities referred to in paragraph (1) shall provide for— | ||
| (a) | a minimum of 12 hours of public access Monday to Friday, of which at least 2 hours and no more than 4 hours would be between the hours of 18:00 and 22:00; and | |
| (b) | at least a further 4 hours of public access at weekends, | |
| at a charge comparable with similar facilities. | ||
| PW13 | Off-site associated development sites: working hours: general | |
| (1) Construction and post-operation works associated with Work Nos. 4A, 4B, 4C, 5A, 5B, 9A, 9B and 10 to 22 shall only be undertaken between the hours of 07:00 and 19:00 on weekdays (excluding public holidays) and 07:00 and 13:00 on Saturdays, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority. | ||
| (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to non-intrusive and internal activities such as start-up and shut-down, electrical installation, building fit-out and non-destructive testing. | ||
| PW14 | Code of Construction Practice | |
| The construction of the authorised project shall be carried out in accordance with the Code of Construction Practice dated 14th September 2012, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority. | ||
| PW15 | Ministry of Defence Communication Protocol | |
| (1) The undertaker shall, in consultation with the Ministry of Defence, prepare and implement a vessel communication protocol, setting out procedures for informing the Ministry of Defence of vessel movements associated with the HPC construction works travelling through or adjacent to the Lilstock Firing Range. | ||
| (2) Vessel movements associated with the HPC construction works shall be managed in accordance with the vessel communication protocol, unless otherwise approved by the Ministry of Defence. | ||
| PW16 | Use of temporary associated development sites | |
| The sites within the Order limits and marked as the locations of each of Work Nos. 3, 4A, 5A, 7A, 8A(2)(a) to (h), 9A, 10 and 11 on sheet nos. 5, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 respectively shall only be used in connection with the authorised project and their use shall cease upon completion of the HPC construction works. | ||
| PW17 | Cross-shore rock platform erosion and sediment transport monitoring plan | |
| (1) Work Nos. 1A(o), TJ1 to TJ3, 2B, 2D, 2F and 2H shall not commence until a cross-shore rock platform erosion and sediment transport monitoring plan has, after consultation with the Countryside Council for Wales, Natural England and the Environment Agency, been submitted to and approved by the Marine Management Organisation. The plan should include— | ||
| (a) | the geographical extent of the monitoring which shall include, but is not limited to, the intertidal shore fronting the HPC development site, the ‘pocket beach’ at the junction between the existing and proposed sea wall defences (Hinkley Point A and Hinkley Point C interface), the offshore intake and outfall heads, the jetty head and all associated dredged areas; | |
| (b) | arrangements for monitoring of the cross-shore rock platform fronting the HPC development site to seaward to quantify platform lowering during the operation of Work No. 1A; | |
| (c) | arrangements for sediment transport monitoring before, during and after construction, describing the mobile bed (non-suspended) sediment load and distribution, unless otherwise agreed by the Marine Management Organisation; | |
| (d) | appropriate contingency measures that would be implemented having regard to the results of the monitoring referred to in (b) and (c) together with the trigger points at which such measures would apply; | |
| (e) | monitoring arrangements associated with the offshore intake and outfall heads, jetty heads and associated dredged areas; and | |
| (f) | the monitoring methodology, frequency of monitoring and format of monitoring reports. | |
| (2) The cross-shore rock platform erosion and sediment monitoring plan referred to in paragraph (1) shall be implemented as approved. | ||
| PW18 | Residential amenity: information dissemination and complaints handling | |
| (1) The authorised project shall not commence until a system for the provision of information to local residents and occupiers about the works and for the handling of complaints has, following consultation with Somerset County Council, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The information to be disseminated shall include general provision of information in relation to the phasing and carrying out of construction works for the authorised project and specifically in relation to activities on-site that may lead to nuisance. | ||
| (2) The approved information dissemination and complaints handling systems shall be implemented as approved throughout the construction of the authorised project, unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority. | ||
| PW19 | No Burning of Materials | |
| There shall be no burning of waste, materials or refuse on the site at any time during the construction of the authorised project. | ||
| PW20 | Previously unidentified contamination | |
| (1) If in undertaking the construction of any part of the authorised project, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site of that part of the authorised project, then no further development shall be carried out on that site until details as to how this contamination not previously identified is to be dealt with have, following consultation with the Environment Agency and Somerset County Council, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority and put into effect. | ||
| (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a defined area or areas may be identified and agreed with the relevant planning authority where development can continue without approval of the details submitted in accordance with paragraph (1). | ||
| PW21 | Noise Monitoring Scheme (Offsite Associated Development Sites) | |
| (1) No development shall commence at Work Nos. 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6A to 6J, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9A, 9B, 10 and 11 until a noise monitoring scheme for that work has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The noise monitoring scheme shall set out details of— | ||
| (a) | noise monitoring to establish the effectiveness of the noise management measures; | |
| (b) | frequency and format of reporting monitoring information to the relevant planning authority; and | |
| (c) | contingency measures that would be implemented where monitoring identifies the exceedance of the noise emission levels set at table 5.2 of the Code of Construction Practice. | |
| (2) The noise monitoring scheme referred to in paragraph (1) shall be implemented for the duration of construction, demolition and dismantling works. | ||
| PW22 | Piling techniques | |
| (1) The installation of piles associated with Work Nos. 1A, TJ1, 2A to 2H and 8A(1)(a) to (f) shall use the best practice methods, including the use of soft start techniques, equivalent to or better than those outlined in the Report to Inform the Habitats Regulations Assessment. | ||
| (2) Notwithstanding the requirement of paragraph (1) no impact piling shall be used for Work No. 8A(1)(a) to (f) during the months October to March inclusive. | ||
| PW23 | Disposal of dredged material | |
| Dredged material arising from the authorised project shall not be disposed of except within the Severn Estuary Special Area of Conservation. | ||
| PW24 | Use of infill materials | |
| Only uncontaminated rock, subsoil, brick rubble, crushed concrete, and ceramic materials shall be permitted as infill material used within the authorised project. All site-won fill materials shall be used subject to the controls established within the Code of Construction Practice, and the protocols defined within: “The Definition of Waste: Development Industry Code of Practice. Version 2, March 2011”. Published by Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environment (CL:AIRE).Code of Practice. | ||