The Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm Order 2014

Construction method statement E+W

9.—(1) No authorised development may commence until, following consultation with NRW, a construction method statement has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The construction method statement in paragraph (1) must be based on the principles set out in the Outline Construction Method Statement, included as Annex 3.1 to the environmental statement, and include the following plans as appendices—

(a) Construction Environmental Management Plan;

(b) Waste Management Plan;

(c) Emergency Response Plan;

(d) Soil and Peat Management Plan;

(e) Borrow Pit Design and Site Restoration Plan;

(f) any relevant Species Protection Plans; and

(g) Surface Water Management Plan.

(3) The construction method statement in paragraph (1) must include details of—

(a) roles and responsibilities and accountabilities for the multi-discipline team of engineering construction and environment staff,

(b) mitigation measures to avoid harm to relevant protected species and minimise damage to relevant habitats,

(c) the timing of construction works, including the timing of vegetation removal to avoid the potential for effects on protected species including reptiles and nesting birds,

(d) the vehicle washing facilities, including siting if required to be undertaken on site,

(e) the timing of works and methods of working for cable trenches, foundation works and erection of the wind turbines,

(f) the timing of works and construction of the substation/control buildings and anemometry mast,

(g) the cleaning of site accesses, site tracks and the adjacent public highway and the sheeting of all heavy goods vehicles taking spoil or construction materials to/from the site to prevent spillage or deposit of any materials on the highway,

(h) the pollution control and prevention measures including—

(i) sediment control measures,

(ii) measures for the bunding of fuel, oil and chemical storage areas,

(iii) sewage disposal measures,

(iv) measures for the protection of water courses and ground water and soils,

(v) a programme for monitoring private water supplies, water courses and water bodies before and during the authorised project, including details of the action to be taken if monitoring indicates adverse effects on private water supplies, water courses or water bodies,

(i) the management of waste arisings,

(j) the management of construction noise (including identification of access routes, locations of materials lay-down areas, details of equipment to be employed, operations to be carried out, mitigation measures and a scheme for the monitoring of noise),

(k) a routing strategy to ensure that construction vehicles use agreed routes,

(l) the handling, storage and re-use on site of excavated top soil,

(m) the handling, storage and management of any peat excavated,

(n) the design and construction methods of Works No. 3, and 4A or 4B, including drainage provisions, and the pollution prevention measures to be implemented to ensure there are no polluting discharges from tracks and disturbed areas including provision to ensure that no polluting discharge from those Works and disturbed areas enters any watercourse,

(o) access track construction and widening including the nature, type and quantity of materials to be imported on site for backfilling operations or construction of access tracks,

(p) the management of groundwater and surface water (including mitigation to protect water bodies, water courses and private water supplies),

(q) the management of dust generation during excavations and soil handling,

(r) the proposed location of temporary site compounds for storage of materials, machinery and parking within the sites clear of the highway, including the siting of the temporary buildings and all means of enclosure, oil/fuel and chemical storage and any proposals for temporary lighting, and details of proposals for restoration of the sites of the temporary compounds and works within 12 months of the first export date,

(s) the design and construction of any culverts upgrades or replacements,

(t) the method of borrow pit working including means of extraction, handling, storage and re-use of soil, drainage control and restoration,

(u) the protocols and programme for any required environmental monitoring to be made publicly available on an annual basis,

(v) the restoration of the site which will be temporarily used for construction, and

(w) the proposed communications protocol and the mechanism for investigating complaints, including the action to be taken where complaint investigations indicate materially adverse effects have occurred as a result of the construction of the authorised project.

(4) Before any wind turbine is removed or replaced a revised construction method statement, dealing with that removal or replacement, shall be submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(5) The construction method statement shall be implemented as approved.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 2.10.2014, see art. 1