The Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

Code of Construction Practice

7.—(1) No part of the authorised development above MLWS is to commence within the area of a local planning authority until a code of construction practice relating to the works authorised above MLWS based on the draft code of construction practice contained in volume 4 of the Environmental Statement has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority such approval to be provided in the case of any construction traffic management plan submitted pursuant to sub-paragraph (e), and any travel plan submitted pursuant to sub-paragraph (l) in consultation with the relevant highway authority and the Highways Agency. The code of construction practice must include—

(a) an external lighting scheme for the construction phase;

(b) construction noise and vibration monitoring and management measures;

(c) air quality and dust monitoring and management measures during construction;

(d) a site waste management plan detailing sustainable site waste management measures;

(e) a construction traffic management plan;

(f) measures to prevent and control spillage of oil, chemicals and other potentially harmful liquids;

(g) details of the storage of materials during construction;

(h) measures for the protection of surface and ground water during construction;

(i) a communication plan;

(j) a Health and Safety Plan including details of how health and safety risks are identified and managed during construction;

(k) details of screening and fencing to be installed during construction;

(l) a travel plan for the construction workforce to include details of—

(i) expected means of travel to and from the construction sites;

(ii) numbers of construction staff, working hours and modal split;

(iii) details of the number of car parking spaces to be provided on sites and if appropriate a car park management plan;

(iv) specification of measures to encourage sustainable travel to and from the construction site for construction staff;

(v) responsibility and timescales for implementing proposed measures;

(vi) targets for vehicle trips and modal splits;

(vii) formal monitoring regime for those targets; and

(viii) details of mess/canteen facilities for staff.

(2) All construction works must be undertaken in accordance with the approved code.