The A303 Sparkford to Ilchester Dualling Development Consent Order 2021

Construction Environmental Management Plan

3.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until a CEMP has been prepared in consultation with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, the Environment Agency, the relevant planning authority and the local highway authority and submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State.

(2) The CEMP must—

(a) be substantially in accordance with the CEMP section of the outline environmental management plan and, in particular, must provide for compliance with the environmental commitments set out in Table 3.1 (record of environmental actions and commitments) of the outline environmental management plan;

(b) contain a record of all the sensitive environmental and cultural heritage features that have the potential to be affected by the construction of the proposed development;

(c) incorporate the relevant measures detailed in the environmental statement;

(d) include information on the control measures required to mitigate and reduce potential impacts which reflect the relevant mitigation measures included in the environmental statement;

(e) require adherence to working hours of 07:00 to 18:00 on Mondays to Fridays and 07:00 to 13:00 on Saturdays, except for—

(i) works requiring the full or partial closure of, or otherwise adversely affecting the operation of, the A303 highway;

(ii) works associated with the diversion of existing utilities;

(iii) works associated with traffic management and signal changes;

(iv) works associated with tie-ins to existing highways;

(v) deliveries of abnormally large or indivisible loads; and

(vi) any emergency works;

(f) include management plans, working methods and mitigation measures for each of the topics covered in the environmental statement, including—

(i) Arboricultural Method Statement;

(ii) Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation;

(iii) Japanese Knotweed Management Plan;

(iv) Materials Management Plan;

(v) Soil Handling and Management Plan;

(vi) Site Waste Management Plan;

(vii) Community Relations Strategy;

(viii) Groundwater Monitoring Strategy;

(ix) Construction Lighting Plan;

(x) Asbestos Management Plan;

(xi) Pollution Incident Control Plan;

(xii) Noise and Vibration Monitoring Strategy; and

(xiii) Bird Hazard Management Plan.

(3) The authorised development must be constructed in accordance with the approved CEMP.

(4) Upon completion of construction of the authorised development the CEMP and LEMP must be converted into the HEMP, and the authorised development must be operated and maintained in accordance with the HEMP.