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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Preliminary

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Application and modification of legislative provisions

  3. PART 2 Principal powers

    1. 4.Development consent etc granted by the Order

    2. 5.Maintenance of authorised development

    3. 6.Limits of deviation

    4. 7.Benefit of Order

    5. 8.Consent to transfer benefit of Order

  4. PART 3 Streets

    1. 9.Application of the 1991 Act

    2. 10.Street works

    3. 11.Temporary closure of streets and public rights of way

    4. 12.Access to works

    5. 13.Agreements with street authorities

  5. PART 4 Supplemental powers

    1. 14.Discharge of water

    2. 15.Defence to proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance

    3. 16.Protective work to buildings

    4. 17.Authority to survey and investigate the land

  6. PART 5 Powers of acquisition

    1. 18.Compulsory acquisition of rights

    2. 19.Power to override interests, rights and restrictions

    3. 20.Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire rights compulsorily

    4. 21.Application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981

    5. 22.Acquisition of part of certain properties

    6. 23.Acquisition of subsoil or airspace only

    7. 24.Rights under or over streets

    8. 25.Temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development

    9. 26.Temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development

    10. 27.Statutory undertakers

    11. 28.Application of landlord and tenant law

  7. PART 6 Miscellaneous and general

    1. 29.Operational land for purposes of the 1990 Act

    2. 30.Felling or lopping of trees

    3. 31.Protection of interests

    4. 32.Certification of plans etc

    5. 33.Service of notices

    6. 34.Arbitration

    7. 35.Procedure regarding certain approvals

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Authorised development

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Requirements

      1. 1.Interpretation

      2. 2.Time limits

      3. 3.Compliance with approved details

      4. 4.Provision of landscaping

      5. 5.Implementation and maintenance of landscaping

      6. 6.Highway accesses

      7. 7.Fencing and other means of enclosure

      8. 8.Contaminated land and groundwater

      9. 9.Controlled water protection scheme

      10. 10.Archaeology

      11. 11.Landscape and ecological management plan

      12. 12.Code of construction practice

      13. 13.External lighting

      14. 14.Construction traffic

      15. 15.Control of noise during construction and maintenance

      16. 16.Construction hours

      17. 17.Control of dust emissions

      18. 18.Accumulations and deposits

      19. 19.Restoration of land used temporarily for construction

      20. 20.Requirement for written approval

      21. 21.Amendments to approved details

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights

      1. 1.Compensation enactments

      2. 2.Modification of the Land Compensation Act 1973

      3. 3.Application of the 1965 Act

      4. 4.For section 7 of the 1965 Act (measure of compensation...

      5. 5.For section 8 of the 1965 Act (other provisions as...

      6. 6.The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state the...

      7. 7.Section 11 of the 1965 Act (powers of entry) is...

      8. 8.Section 20 of the 1965 Act (protection for interests of...

      9. 9.Section 22 of the 1965 Act (protection of acquiring authority’s...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Streets subject to street works

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Streets/rights of way to be temporarily closed

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Access to works

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Land of which temporary possession may be taken

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Protective provisions

      1. PART 1 For the protection of electricity, gas, water and sewerage undertakers

        1. 1.(1) For the protection of the statutory undertakers referred to...

        2. 2.This Part of this Schedule does not apply to apparatus...

        3. 3.Regardless of any provision in this Order or anything shown...

        4. 4.(1) If, in the exercise of the powers conferred by...

        5. 5.(1) Not less than 28 days before starting the execution...

        6. 6.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the...

      2. PART 2 For the protection of National Grid Gas plc

      3. PART 3 For the protection of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

      4. PART 4 For the protection of operators of electronic communications code networks

        1. 1.For the protection of any operator, the following provisions are...

        2. 2.In this Part of this Schedule— “the 2003 Act” means...

        3. 3.The exercise of the powers of article 27 (statutory undertakers)...

        4. 4.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), if as the...

        5. 5.This Part of this Schedule does not apply to—

        6. 6.Nothing in this Part of this Schedule affects the provisions...

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      Discharge of requirements

      1. 1.Applications made under requirement

      2. 2.Further information

      3. 3.Appeals

      4. 4.Appeal process

      5. 5.Fees

      6. 6.Interpretation of Schedule 9

  10. Explanatory Note