The National Grid (Hinkley Point C Connection Project) Order 2016

Interpretation

1.—(1) In this Schedule unless the context requires otherwise—

“advance planting” means the installation and maintenance of embedded landscape or replacement planting as soon as practicable after the Order has been made, unless otherwise specified timescales apply as set out in the Requirements, to achieve screening for construction activities or to expedite its function for mitigation and enhancement in sensitive areas;

“Archaeological Method Statements” means the detailed method statements prepared in accordance with the measures set out in the Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation;

“commence” means the carrying out of a material operation, as defined in section 155 of the 2008 Act (when development begins), comprised in or carried out for the purposes of the authorised development, but does not include any engineering investigation, environmental (including archaeological) investigation and monitoring, site or soil survey, environmental mitigation measures, erection of temporary amphibian fencing, erection of stock fencing to site boundaries or demarcation fencing marking out site boundaries;

“Design Approach to Site Specific Infrastructure” means Document 8.32 and is applicable to all site specific infrastructure;

“Drainage Management Plan” means a plan prepared in accordance with Requirement 17 (surface water drainage) and the principles set out in sections 3.4 and 3.5 of the CEMP;

“Emergency Response Plan for Flood Events” means the plan detailing emergency procedures in the event of a flood as outlined in section 3.5 of the CEMP;

“exceptional circumstances” means an event that causes a delay to the transit of an HGV caused by—

(a)

an incident that disrupts the normal operation of the highway network or results in the closure of the highway network;

(b)

a breakdown of a HGV en-route to the authorised development;

(c)

inclement weather that disrupts the normal operation of the highway network; or

(d)

activities reasonably required for emergency purposes to include a health and safety incident and emergency flood protection works;

“HGV” means any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of 7.5 tonnes gross required for the construction of the authorised development but excluding any vehicles transporting abnormal indivisible loads;

“Joint Councils” means Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, Sedgemoor District Council, Somerset County Council, South Gloucester Council and West Somerset Council acting together.

“LGV” means a car, van, 4 x 4 pick up, 4 x 4 transit van or welfare van as set out in Table 2.1 of the Construction Traffic Management Plan;

“Lighting Scheme” means the scheme prepared in accordance with Requirement 8 (control of artificial light emissions) and in accordance with section 2.6 of the CEMP;

“Pollution Incident Control Plan” means the plan detailing remedial measures in the event of an incident and in accordance with section 1.13 of the CEMP;

“Project Environmental Management Plan” means the plan detailing environmental mitigation measures to be implemented during each stage of the construction of the authorised development and in accordance with the CEMP;

“relevant drainage authority” means, in any given Requirement, the relevant drainage authority for the area to which the Requirement relates;

“Riverview Farm Traffic Management Plan” means a plan for the provision of construction mitigation measures at Riverview Farm, Factory Lane, Bason Bridge, TA9 4RN;

“Site Waste Management Plan” means the detailed plan for the collection, segregation, treatment and disposal of waste prepared in accordance with the measures set out in the Waste Management Plan;

“Soil Management Plan” means the plan prepared in accordance with section 3.3.13 of the CEMP describing how works must be undertaken to minimise effects on the nature and quality of soil; and

“stage” means a defined section or part of the authorised development, the extent of which is shown in a scheme submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority pursuant to Requirement 4.

“Tree and Hedgerow Protection Strategy” means the strategy prepared in accordance with Requirement 12 (retention and protection of existing trees and hedgerows).

(2) Where an approval is required under the terms of any Requirement or a document referred to in a Requirement, or any Requirement specifies “unless otherwise approved” or “unless otherwise agreed” by the relevant highway authority or the relevant planning authority such approval or agreement may only be given in relation to minor or immaterial changes where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the relevant highway authority or the relevant planning 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.

(3) Where any Requirement which requires the authorised development to be carried out in accordance with the details approved by the relevant highway authority or by the relevant planning authority, the approved details are to be taken to include any amendments that may subsequently be approved in writing by the relevant highway authority or by the relevant planning authority.