Article 3
The authorised development is a nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14 and 21 of the 2008 Act comprising the construction of an up to 24 inch (609.6 millimetre) external diameter cross-country gas pipeline (to be known as the Thorpe Marsh Gas Pipeline) for the conveyance of gas and covering a distance of approximately 19.1 kilometres starting from the National Transmission System approximately 1.5 kilometres west of Camblesforth in the District of Selby in the County of North Yorkshire and ending at the proposed Thorpe Marsh Power Station to be constructed at Barnby Dun in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. It includes the laying, placing, use, inspection, maintenance and diversion of the Thorpe Marsh Gas Pipeline and the works numbered and described below—
Work No. 1 – A temporary compound comprising an approximate area of 20,180 square metres housing a temporary site office and temporary welfare facilities;
Work No. 2 – A temporary vehicular access running in a generally southerly direction from Common Lane to Work No. 1 and Work No. 3 and visibility splay and along Footpaths 35.14/5/1 and 35.14/6/2;
Work No. 3 – A temporary compound comprising an approximate area of 14,045 square metres housing temporary stores/workshops and a temporary pipe dump;
Work No. 4 – A new permanent vehicular access road of up to 4 metres in width and 75 metres in length together with mains power and telecommunication cables and a landscaping strip laid in a north to south direction from the southern side of Sandwith Lane to Work No. 5, Work No. 6 and Work No. 7;
Work No. 5 – A permanent secure compound housing equipment for the monitoring and control of gas (comprising an approximate area of 522 square metres and all with a maximum height of 3.2 metres except Work No. 5(j) with a maximum height of 4.0 metres) as shown indicatively on the AGI plan to be sited within the AGI site. Works to be carried out as part of Work No. 5 include—
(a)security fencing and incidental security boundary treatment;
(b)double entrance gate (with an approximate width of 5.0 metres);
(c)single personnel gate (with an approximate width of 1.5 metres);
(d)installation of a control kiosk (with an approximate width and length of 3.0 metres) containing instrumentation, security and electrical equipment;
(e)lighting attached to the control kiosk;
(f)installation of above or below ground pipework;
(g)installation of an above or below ground isolation joint;
(h)installation of an above or below ground remote operating valve with gas actuation;
(i)installation of above or below ground line valves and a double block and bleed valve;
(j)installation of an above ground pole with satellite dish; and
(k)changes to ground levels as may be necessary including the provision of drainage works and the laying of hard standing;
Work No. 6 – A permanent secure compound housing equipment for the monitoring and control of gas (comprising an approximate area of 833 square metres) as shown indicatively on the AGI plan to be sited within the AGI site. Works to be carried out as part of Work No. 6 include—
(a)security mesh fencing topped with razor wire (with an approximate maximum height of 3.2 metres);
(b)double entrance gate (with an approximate width of 5.0 metres and an approximate maximum height of 3.0 metres);
(c)single personnel gate (with an approximate width of 1.5 metres and an approximate maximum height of 2.1 metres);
(d)installation of a control kiosk (with an approximate length of 6.0 metres, width of 4 metres and a maximum height of 2.5 metres) containing instrumentation, security and electrical equipment;
(e)lighting attached to the control kiosk;
(f)lighting situated on six lighting columns (with an approximate maximum height of 4.0 metres);
(g)closed circuit television cameras situated on three columns (with an approximate height of 4.0 metres);
(h)installation of below ground pipework;
(i)installation of above ground pipework (with an approximate maximum height of 1.5 metres);
(j)installation of emergency shutdown valves with gas actuation (with an approximate maximum height of 2.5 metres);
(k)installation of line valves and double block and bleed valves (with an approximate maximum height of 2.0 metres);
(l)installation of a pigging facility (with an approximate maximum height of 2.0 metres);
(m)internal access roadway with an approximate length of 30.0 metres and width of 4.0 metres; and
(n)changes to ground levels as may be necessary including the provision of drainage works and the laying of hard standing;
Work No. 7 – Facilities for the benefit of Work No. 5 and Work No. 6 including access roadway, car parking and hard standing, perimeter landscaping and the planting of trees and shrubs, mains power and telecommunication cables (suspended from a wooden pole with a maximum height of 6.0 metres), freestanding electrical meter cabinet and transformer unit serving Work No. 5 and Work No. 6;
Work No. 8 – Facilities for the benefit of Work No. 5 and Work No. 6 including a new temporary compound for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities, use as an additional working area and for the benefit of Work No. 9 to provide a temporary access;
Work No. 9 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 7 and Work No. 8 to Work No. 10;
Work No. 10 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 9 to Work No. 11 and crossing under the track known as Race Lane;
Work No. 11 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 10 to Work No. 13;
Work No. 12 – A temporary construction access to the west of Work No. 11;
Work No. 13 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 11 to Work No. 14 and crossing under the track known as Bull Alley Lane;
Work No. 14 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 13 to Work No. 15;
Work No. 15 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-easterly direction from Work No. 14 to Work No. 19 and passing under the Knottingley to Drax Power Station railway line;
Work No. 16 – A new temporary compound for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 17 – A temporary construction access to the west of Work No. 16;
Work No. 18 – A new temporary compound for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 19 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 15 to Work No. 20;
Work No. 20 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 19 to Work No. 23 and crossing under Hirst Road and the Trans Pennine Trail;
Work No. 21 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 22 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 23 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 20 to Work No. 24;
Work No. 24 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 23 to Work No. 26 and passing under the River Aire and Gowdall Footpath No. 7;
Work No. 25 – Temporary compounds for the storage of excavated material;
Work No. 26 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 24 to Work No. 27;
Work No. 27 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 26 to Work No. 28 and crossing under an unnamed drainage ditch;
Work No. 28 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 27 to Work No. 31;
Work No. 29 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 30 – A temporary construction access from Low Road to Work No. 29;
Work No. 31 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 29 to Work No. 33 and crossing under Low Road and the Trans Pennine Trail and passing under the Pontefract railway line;
Work No. 32 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 33 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-easterly direction from Work No. 31 to Work No. 34;
Work No. 34 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-easterly direction from Work No. 33 to Work No. 35 and crossing under Gowdall Footpath No. 1 (Dorr Lane);
Work No. 35 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-easterly direction from Work No. 34 to Work No. 38;
Work No. 36 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 37 – New temporary construction accesses and visibility splays from the A645 Pontefract Road to Works No. 36 and 38;
Work No. 38 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-easterly direction from Work No. 35 to Work No. 39 and crossing under the A645 Pontefract Road;
Work No. 39 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 38 to Work No. 40;
Work No. 40 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 39 to Work No. 41 and crossing under Snaith and Cowick Footpath No. 22;
Work No. 41 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 40 to Work No. 43;
Work No. 42 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 43 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 41 to Work No. 44 and crossing under the M62 motorway;
Work No. 44 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-easterly direction from Work No. 43 to Work No. 45;
Work No. 45 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 44 to Work No. 47 and crossing under an unnamed track;
Work No. 46 – A temporary construction access from Long Lane to Work No. 45;
Work No. 47 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 45 to Work No. 48;
Work No. 48 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 47 to Work No. 49 and crossing under Pollington Footpath No. 3;
Work No. 49 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 48 to Work No. 50;
Work No. 50 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 49 to Work No. 51 and crossing the Government Pipelines and Storage System oil pipeline;
Work No. 51 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 50 to Work No. 53;
Work No. 52 – A new temporary compound for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 53 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 51 to Work No. 55 and crossing under Snaith and Cowick Footpath No. 20 (Balne Croft Lane);
Work No. 54 – A temporary construction access from Works No. 52 and 53;
Work No. 55 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 53 to Work No. 57;
Work No. 56 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 57 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 55 to Work No. 58 and passing under the Aire and Calder Navigation Knottingley to Goole Canal and crossing under an unnamed drain and an unnamed road;
Work No. 58 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 57 to Work No. 59;
Work No. 59 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 58 to Work No. 60 and crossing under the Pollington Fleet Drain;
Work No. 60 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 59 to Work No. 62;
Work No. 61 – A new temporary compound for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 62 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally westerly direction from Work No. 60 to Work No. 63 and crossing under a disused railway;
Work No. 63 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally westerly direction from Work No. 62 to Work No. 64;
Work No. 64 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally westerly direction from Work No. 63 to Work No. 65 and crossing under Public Footpath 35.3/17/1 and the Trans Pennine Trail;
Work No. 65 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally westerly direction from Work No. 64 to Work No. 70;
Work No. 66 – A new temporary compound for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities, use as an additional working area and for the welding of the pipe string required for Work No. 70;
Work No. 67 – A temporary construction access from Balne Hall Farm (off Lowgate) to Works No. 65, 66 and 70;
Work No. 68 – Works to facilitate a temporary construction access from Balne Hall Farm (off Lowgate) to Work No. 67;
Work No. 69 – Works to facilitate construction access along Lowgate;
Work No. 70 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 65 to Work No. 71 and crossing under Public Footpath 35.3/15/2 and passing under the River Went;
Work No. 71 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 70 to Work No. 72;
Work No. 72 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 71 to Work No. 73 and crossing under Fenwick Footpath No. 12 (Bunfold Shaw Lane);
Work No. 73 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 72 to Work No. 74;
Work No. 74 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 73 to Work No. 75 and crossing under Fenwick Footpath No. 10;
Work No. 75 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 74 to Work No. 76;
Work No. 76 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 75 to Work No. 77 and crossing under Fenwick Footpath No. 15;
Work No. 77 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 75 to Work No. 78;
Work No. 78 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 77 to Work No. 79 and crossing under Fenwick Footpath No. 14;
Work No. 79 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 78 to Work No. 80;
Work No. 80 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 79 to Work No. 81 and crossing under Moss Footpath No. 6;
Work No. 81 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 80 to Work No. 85;
Work No. 82 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 83 – Cables laid underground from the high pressure gas pipeline at Work No. 81 to Work No. 84;
Work No. 84 – One free-standing steel cabinet and one free-standing steel kiosk (each with an approximate maximum height of 1.5 metres) standing on a concrete base and surrounded by a post and rail fence and galvanised gate, with the cabinet to house an electricity meter and the kiosk to house a transformer rectifier, together with a permanent pedestrian access way from the edge of Moss Road to the cabinet and kiosk, also to accommodate a mains power cable;
Work No. 85 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 81 to Work No. 87 and crossing under Moss Road;
Work No. 86 – A temporary construction access and visibility splay from Moss Road to Works No. 81, 82, 85 and 87;
Work No. 87 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 85 to Work No. 89;
Work No. 88 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 89 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 87 to Work No. 90 and crossing under Trumfleet Lane;
Work No. 90 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 89 to Work No. 91;
Work No. 91 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 90 to Work No. 92 and crossing under Moss Footpath No. 20;
Work No. 92 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 91 to Work No. 94;
Work No. 93 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 94 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 92 to Work No. 96 and crossing under Wrancarr Lane and Wrancarr Drain;
Work No. 95 – A temporary construction access and visibility splays from Wrancarr Lane to Works No. 93 and 94;
Work No. 96 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 94 to Work No. 97;
Work No. 97 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 96 to Work No. 98 and crossing under Moss Bridleway No. 22 (Old House Lane);
Work No. 98 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 97 to Work No. 99;
Work No. 99 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 98 to Work No. 100 and crossing under Thorpe in Balne Footpath No. 3;
Work No. 100 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 99 to Work No. 101;
Work No. 101 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 100 to Work No. 102 and crossing under Thorpe in Balne Footpath No. 1;
Work No. 102 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 101 to Work No. 103;
Work No. 103 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-westerly direction from Work No. 102 to Work No. 104 and crossing under Thorpe in Balne Bridleway No. 10 (Airey Lane);
Work No. 104 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 103 to Work No. 105;
Work No. 105 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally easterly direction from Work No. 104 to Work No. 107 and crossing under Bell Croft Lane and the Trans Pennine Trail;
Work No. 106 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 107 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally easterly direction from Work No. 105 to Work No. 109;
Work No. 108 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 109 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally easterly direction from Work No. 107 to Work No. 110 and crossing under Applehurst Lane;
Work No. 110 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally easterly direction from Work No. 109 to Work No. 111;
Work No. 111 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally south-easterly direction from Work No. 110 to Work No. 113 and crossing under a disused railway;
Work No. 112 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area and crossing Thorpe in Balne Footpath No. 2;
Work No. 113 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally easterly direction from Work No. 111 to Work No. 114;
Work No. 114 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally easterly direction from Work No. 113 to Work No. 115 and crossing under Thorpe in Balne Footpath No. 2, Thorpe in Balne Footpath No. 13 and Thorpe Marsh Drain;
Work No. 115 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally easterly direction from Work No. 114 to Work No. 118;
Work No. 116 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 117 – A temporary construction access to the north of Work No. 118 and running parallel to Thorpe in Balne 11 Bridleway;
Work No. 118 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally easterly direction from Work No. 115 to Work No. 119 and crossing under Thorpe in Balne Bridleway No. 11;
Work No. 119 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally easterly, then southerly direction from Work No. 118 to Work No. 121;
Work No. 120 – New temporary compounds for the storage of materials and excavated material, the erection of temporary welfare facilities, temporary car parking facilities and use as an additional working area;
Work No. 121 – A high pressure gas pipeline up to 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in external diameter laid underground in a generally southerly direction from Work No. 119 to the Thorpe Marsh Power Station site and passing under the railway line;
Work No. 122 – Pipeline marking including—
(a)aerial marker posts (with an approximate maximum height of 3.0 metres) set at intervals of approximately 2.0 kilometres (or closer where required);
(b)marker posts (with an approximate maximum height of 1.0 metre) set at every road, rail, drain, watercourse, fence, wall and hedgerow crossing; and
(c)any other marking required to comply with current or future legislation and regulations;
together with any other necessary works required in connection with the above;
Work No. 123 – Cathodic protection test posts (with an approximate maximum height of 1.0 metre) with cables connected onto the pipeline and set at intervals of approximately 1.0 kilometre at locations in close proximity to road crossings.
In connection with Works No. 1 to 123, and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such works, any further associated development (which fall within the scope of the environmental impact assessment recorded in the environmental statement) as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the relevant part of the authorised development and comply with the Requirements.
1. In this Part—
“European protected species” has the meaning given in Part 3 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010(1); and
“stage” means a defined section or part of the authorised development (including maintenance), the extent of which is shown in a scheme, submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority pursuant to Requirement 3 (stages of authorised development).
2. The authorised development must commence no later than the expiration of five years beginning with the date that this Order comes into force.
3. No authorised development must commence until a written scheme setting out all the stages of the authorised development has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.
4.—(1) No stage of the authorised development below must commence until details of the layout, scale and external appearance of that stage have been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority—
(a)Work No. 4;
(b)Work No. 5;
(c)Work No. 6;
(d)Work No. 7;
(e)the detailed alignment of the pipeline works; and
(f)the working width and temporary compounds.
(2) The works approved by the relevant planning authority under sub-paragraph (1) must be in accordance with the works plan (or relevant parts of the plan) and be within the Order limits.
(3) The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the approved details.
5.—(1) No stage of the authorised development must commence until a written construction environmental management plan for that stage, based upon the outline construction environmental management plan and the mitigation measures included in the environmental statement, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the Environment Agency, any relevant Internal Drainage Boards and the Canal and River Trust.
(2) The construction environmental management plan must set out written details of—
(a)relevant health, safety and environmental legislation and compliance;
(b)local community liaison responsibilities;
(c)any proposed temporary fences or other means of enclosure including any top or subsoil mounds in areas at high risk of flooding to be erected during the construction of that stage of the authorised development;
(d)any temporary external lighting to be installed at any of the construction sites during the construction of that stage, including measures to manage and mitigate artificial light emissions and prevent light spillage and measures to ensure that any temporary lighting does not distract drivers on roads in the vicinity of the Order limits;
(e)measures for the management of noise and vibration during the construction of that stage, to include details of noise attenuation measures to minimise noise resulting from the construction of the authorised development, including any noise limits, and a scheme for monitoring noise during the construction of the authorised development to ensure compliance with the noise limits and the effectiveness of the attenuation measures;
(f)measures for the management and mitigation of dust emissions during the construction of the authorised development;
(g)measures for the management, storage, handling and recycling of construction waste;
(h)measures for the restoration and reinstatement of land within the Order limits which is used temporarily for construction and which is not incorporated in permanent works or approved landscaping;
(i)measures for the management of water resources, including an assessment of the risks to controlled ground and surface waters and measures to mitigate such risks, including pollution incident control;
(j)measures for the handling, placing, compaction and management of soil;
(k)measures to allow plant to cross rivers, drains or any works within or around river or drain banks;
(l)a flood plan for the construction of the authorised development;
(m)measures to manage flood risk when drilling between defended and undefended areas;
(n)the crossing methods to be employed at each crossing, including the means by which the environmental and structural effects of that method will be controlled;
(o)measures for the management of construction vehicle movements around public footpaths within Burn airfield; and
(p)measures to ensure the security of land within and accesses to the Order limits during the construction of the authorised development;
and any other matters the relevant planning authority reasonably requires.
(3) The measures set out in the construction environmental management plan for each stage must be implemented as approved.
6.—(1) No stage of the authorised development must commence until a construction traffic management plan for that stage in accordance with the outline construction traffic management plan and the mitigation measures included in the environmental statement and containing details of construction traffic and temporary highway access arrangements has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the relevant highway authority.
(2) The construction traffic management plan for each stage must set out written details of—
(a)construction vehicle routing;
(b)site accesses;
(c)the management of junctions to, and crossings of, the public highway and other public rights of way;
(d)the scheduling and timing of movements, in particular the details of abnormal load movements;
(e)temporary warning signs;
(f)the marking and identification of construction vehicles;
(g)a workforce travel plan; and
(h)access routes along the highway network to construction compounds.
(3) The construction traffic management plan for each stage must be implemented as approved.
7.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), construction work must not take place other than between 0700 hours and 1900 hours Monday to Friday, 0700 hours and 1300 hours on Saturdays, with no activity on Sundays or bank holidays.
(2) Work outside of the days or times in sub-paragraph (1) may take place only if—
(a)it is associated with the hydrostatic pressure testing of the pipeline constructed as part of the authorised development;
(b)it is associated with the horizontal directional drilling of crossings in the locations assessed in the environmental statement;
(c)it is associated with an emergency; or
(d)it is carried out with the prior written approval of the relevant planning authority.
8.—(1) The construction of the AGI site must not commence until written details of the permanent external lighting to be installed at the AGI site, measures to prevent light spillage and measures to regulate the times at which the permanent external lighting may operate have been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The authorised development must be operated in accordance with the approved details.
9.—(1) The construction of the AGI site must not commence until a written landscaping scheme in relation to those works has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority. The landscaping scheme must include details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works, including—
(a)cultivation, importing of materials and other operations to ensure plant establishment;
(b)proposed finished ground levels;
(c)hard surfacing materials;
(d)vehicular and pedestrian access, parking and circulation areas;
(e)minor structures such as furniture, refuse or other storage units, signs and lighting;
(f)proposed and existing functional services above and below ground including drainage, power and communications cables and pipelines, manholes and supports;
(g)details of existing trees to be retained with measures for their protection during the construction period;
(h)implementation timetables for all landscaping works; and
(i)future maintenance regimes.
(2) All landscaping works must be carried out in accordance with the landscaping scheme and the implementation timetables approved under sub-paragraph (1).
10.—(1) The construction of the AGI site must not commence until written details of the siting, design and layout of the permanent means of access to Sandwith Lane to be used by vehicular traffic at the AGI site has, after consultation with the relevant highway authority, been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The highway access to the AGI site must be constructed in accordance with the approved details.
11.—(1) For any stage of the authorised development that would affect any hedgerow or tree, no construction of the authorised development must commence until (for that stage and in relation to the relevant works within that stage) a written plan for the management of the removal and (where appropriate) reinstatement of all hedgerows and trees (as applicable) has been approved in writing by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the relevant highway authority. The written plan must be consistent with and have regard to the ecological management plan to be approved pursuant to Requirement 16.
(2) The plan must identify hedgerows and trees (as applicable) where mitigation measures are to be applied and include a detailed reinstatement and after-care plan.
(3) The removal and reinstatement of the hedgerows and trees (as applicable) must be carried out in accordance with the plan.
(4) Any hedgerows and trees (as applicable) which are to be reinstated must be reinstated in the first planting season following the completion of construction.
(5) Any hedgerow or tree planting which is part of an approved reinstatement plan that, within a period of five years beginning with the date of planting, is removed, uprooted, destroyed, dies or (in the opinion of the relevant planning authority) becomes seriously damaged or defective, must be replaced in the first available planting season with planting material of the same specification as that originally planted.
12.—(1) No stage of the authorised development may commence that would affect any public right of way until, following consultation with the relevant highway authority, a written plan based upon the outline public rights of way plan for the temporary closure, diversion (where appropriate) and re-opening of the right of way has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The temporary closure, re-opening or diversion of the relevant right of way must be carried out in accordance with the approved plan.
13.—(1) No stage of the authorised development must commence until for that stage, written details of the surface and (if any) foul water drainage system (including means of pollution control) for both temporary and permanent works have, in accordance with the flood risk assessment included in the environmental statement and the flood risk assessment addendum, been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the Environment Agency and the sewerage and drainage authority.
(2) The surface water drainage system for each stage must be constructed in accordance with the approved details.
(3) No discharge of water used under article 17 (discharge of water) must be made until details of the location and rate of discharge have been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the Environment Agency and the sewerage and drainage authority.
14.—(1) No stage of the authorised development must commence until a written scheme applicable to that stage to deal with the contamination of any land (including groundwater) within the Order limits which is likely to cause significant harm to persons or pollution of controlled waters or the environment has, after consultation with the Environment Agency, been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The scheme must include an intrusive geotechnical investigation and assessment report to identify the extent of any contamination and any remedial measures to be taken to render the land fit for its intended purpose.
(3) Should any remediation be identified as necessary in the investigation and assessment report, such remediation must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.
(4) If during the construction of the authorised development further contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site, then no further work must be carried out on that part of the site until—
(a)a risk assessment has been carried out and the results of the risk assessment have been provided to the relevant planning authority; and
(b)such additional mitigation measures (if any) as may be identified by the risk assessment have been incorporated into the approved scheme.
(5) In this Requirement “controlled waters” has the meaning given in Part 3 of the Water Resources Act 1991(2).
15.—(1) No stage of the authorised development must commence until for that stage a written scheme for the investigation of areas of archaeological interest as identified in the environmental statement has, after consultation with Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council and their respective archaeological advisors or North Yorkshire County Council (as appropriate) and English Heritage, been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The scheme must identify areas where an agreed scheme of archaeological works is required and the measures to be taken to protect, record or preserve any significant archaeological remains that may be found and must include an implementation timetable.
(3) Any archaeological works carried out under the scheme must be carried out by a suitably qualified person or body and approved by the relevant planning authority.
(4) Any archaeological works must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.
16.—(1) No stage of the authorised development must commence until a written ecological management plan for that stage reflecting the survey results and ecological mitigation and enhancement measures included in the environmental statement, after consultation with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and any relevant statutory body, has been submitted to and approved, in writing, by the relevant planning authority. The ecological management plan must be consistent with, and have regard to, the written management plan for hedgerows and trees to be approved pursuant to Requirement 11.
(2) The ecological management plan must include an implementation timetable and must be carried out as approved.
(3) Any ecological works carried out under the ecological management plan must be carried out by a suitably qualified person or body and approved by the relevant planning authority.
(4) The undertaker must replace with equivalent works at the earliest practicable opportunity any ecological works carried out in accordance with the approved ecological management plan that, within a period of five years beginning with the date of the implementation of the plan, become seriously damaged, destroyed or defective or are removed.
17.—(1) No stage of the authorised development may commence until it has been established by existing or further survey work whether any European protected species is present on any of the land affected, or likely to be affected, by the authorised development.
(2) Where a European protected species is shown to be present, no authorised development of that stage may be begun until, after consultation with Natural England, a scheme of protection and mitigation measures has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority; and the authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.
18.—(1) Operational noise from all fixed plant at the AGI site, measured at the façade of the nearest sensitive residential receptor, must be no higher than 26dB LAeq, 1 hr between the hours of 0700 and 2300 and no higher than 22dB LAeq, 15 mins between the hours of 2300 and 0700.
(2) A scheme of post-completion noise monitoring at the AGI site must be submitted to and agreed in writing with the relevant planning authority.
(3) The scheme of post-completion noise monitoring at the AGI site must be implemented as approved.
19.—(1) Upon the cessation of commercial operation of the authorised development, a written scheme for the decommissioning of the authorised development and the final proposed condition of the relevant land, including a proposed timetable for decommissioning, must be submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority, in consultation with the Health and Safety Executive or any successor to its statutory functions.
(2) The scheme for decommissioning must be implemented as approved.
20. Where under any of the above Requirements the written approval or agreement of the relevant planning authority or another person or authority is required, that approval or agreement must be given in writing.
21.—(1) 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 or another approval authority, the approved details must be carried out as approved unless an amendment or variation is previously agreed, by the relevant planning authority or that other approval authority as specified in the relevant Requirement, in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) and in consultation with any body specified in the relevant Requirement.
(2) No amendments to or variations from the approved details may be approved if their likely significant effects on the environment are not assessed in the environmental statement, or have not been subject to such further assessment as the relevant planning authority or that other approval authority may require; provided that such approval must not be given except where it has been demonstrated that the subject-matter of the approval sought is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects in comparison with the authorised development as approved (as identified in the environmental statement).
(3) The approved details must be taken to include any amendments that may subsequently be approved by the relevant planning authority or that other approval authority.
22.—(1) No stage of the authorised development must commence until for that stage there has been submitted to and approved in writing by (and deposited with) the relevant planning authority, in consultation with the Environment Agency and the relevant internal drainage board, a scheme for the mitigation of flood risk during the construction and operation of the authorised development prepared in accordance with the flood risk assessment included in the environmental statement, the flood risk assessment addendum and the outline construction environmental management plan.
(2) The approved scheme must be implemented fully and adhered to during the construction and operation of the relevant stage of the authorised development.
23.—(1) No stage of the authorised development may commence until for that stage a written scheme for the promotion of local employment opportunities has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The scheme must set out the means by which the undertaker will work with local agencies, including the relevant planning authority, to secure as far as reasonably practicable the use of local labour, contractors, goods and services during the construction stage of the authorised development.
(3) The approved scheme must be implemented in full during the construction stage of the authorised development.
24.—(1) The authorised development must not commence until a written scheme for the management of the interaction between the authorised development and gliding operations at Burn airfield has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority in consultation with Burn Gliding Club.
(2) The scheme must set out written details of—
(a)the layout and operation of Works No. 1, 2 and 3 adjacent to runway 07/25;
(b)the means by which a minimum 50 metre offset from Works No. 1, 2 and 3 to runway 07/25 will be achieved;
(c)the means by which the undertaker will manage activity within 100 metres of runway 07/25 on days on which runway 07/25 is operational for gliding;
(d)a communications and management strategy to ensure that operations in relation to Works No. 1, 2 and 3 do not conflict with gliding operations on runway 07/25; and
(e)a strategy for the provision to and use by Burn Gliding Club of new cables during winch launches to minimise the risk of cable breaks.
(3) The approved scheme must be substantially in accordance with the pipe dump plan and must be implemented in full during the construction stage of the authorised development.
S.I. 2010/490. There are amendments to these Regulations which are not relevant to this Order. “European protected species” is defined in regulation 40(2).