The A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Development Consent Order 2024

Detailed design

10.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the detailed design for the authorised development must accord with—

(a) the preliminary scheme design shown on the works plans and the engineering drawings and sections;

(b) the principles set out in the environmental masterplan; and

(c) the design principles,

unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Secretary of State following consultation with the relevant planning authority and relevant local highway authority on matters related to their functions, provided that the Secretary of State is satisfied that any amendments would not give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects in comparison with those reported in the environmental statement.

(2) Where amended details are approved by the Secretary of State under paragraph (1), those details are deemed to be substituted for the corresponding plans sections and the undertaker must make those amended details available in electronic form for inspection by members of the public.

(3) No part of the authorised development is to commence until, for that part, a report has been submitted to, and, following consultation with the relevant local planning authority, approved by the Secretary of State, demonstrating that—

(a) the undertaker has engaged with relevant stakeholders on refinements to detailed design for that part of the authorised development;

(b) the undertaker has had regard to the relevant stakeholders’ comments; and

(c) any refinements to the detailed design for that part of the authorised development arising as a result of that engagement should accord with the scheme design approach and design principles.