The Swansea Bay Tidal Generating Station Order 2015

Major events

23.—(1) No major event is to be held at the authorised development unless an overarching Major Event Strategy (“MES”) including identification of a strategy co-ordinator has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authorities.

(2) The MES must also make provision for—

(a) prior consultation with the relevant planning authority, highway authority, Welsh Ministers and Police as well as the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and RNLI, so far as appropriate;

(b) submission of subsidiary event-specific Major Event Plans;

(c) management of pressures on Swansea Beaches and Crymlyn Burrows SSSI (to the extent appropriate);

(d) any co-ordination of other licensing requirements;

(e) management of travel and traffic; and

(f) responsibility for provision of off-site parking and transport between any off-site parking and the authorised development.

(3) Any event-specific Major Event Plan must include—

(a) an explanation of why the event constitutes a major event;

(b) expected number of attendees, participants, competitors, exhibitors and spectators and their expected modes of travel;

(c) proposed arrangements for the management of vehicular and pedestrian access, including details of off-site parking, any proposed temporary provision of park and ride facilities, drop off and pick up arrangements together with amenity facilities at such locations;

(d) details of any proposed temporary road closures or other traffic management required;

(e) proposed car and coach parking arrangements;

(f) details of liaison proposed to be or held with the police and other relevant first responder services;

(g) details of measures to control visitor movement and other activity with respect to Crymlyn Burrows SSSI and any designated quiet bird area; and

(h) the proposed access signage and advertising strategy for each event.

(4) All major events held at the authorised development must be held in accordance with the approved MES and any event-specific Major Event Plan.