Monitoring of the effects of the authorised development
18.—(1) No part of the authorised development is to be opened for public use until a written scheme for monitoring the following effects of the authorised development has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority—
(a)effects on nature conservation interests;
(b)effects on access to community and private assets;
(c)effects on the water environment including water quality, hydrology and flood risk;
(d)landscape and visual effects;
(e)effects on air quality; and
(f)noise and vibration effects.
(2) The monitoring scheme must cover the monitoring of the above effects of the authorised development and their mitigation as set out in the environmental statement.
19.—(1) In this requirement, “the Transport Assessment” means the Woodside Link Transport Assessment forming part of the environmental statement.
(2) No part of the authorised development is to be opened for public use until a written scheme (“the Parkside Drive Scheme”) for monitoring and assessing the volume and effects of traffic using Parkside Drive, Houghton Regis has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.
(3) The Parkside Drive Scheme must make provision for the monitoring of the volumes of motorised vehicular traffic using Parkside Drive on the basis of the same traffic monitoring methodology used for the Transport Assessment for a period of 2 weeks commencing on the first anniversary of the link road opening date and afterwards on the fourth, seventh, tenth, thirteenth and sixteenth anniversaries of that date.
(4) Any scheme which is approved by the relevant planning authority under sub-paragraph (2) must be implemented as approved.
(5) Should the monitoring show that motorised vehicle movements on Parkside Drive exceed 8300 movements per day averaged over a 2 week period, Central Bedfordshire Council must consult people living within 500 metres of Parkside Drive regarding whether to implement further traffic mitigation measures in order to secure significant amelioration of any adverse traffic, highway safety or traffic-related environmental conditions identified in the assessment.