SCHEDULE 3Exempt facilities and waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions

PART 4Exempt flood risk activities: descriptions and conditions

Access platforms11

1

The construction of access platforms on the bank of a main river or that project into or over a main river.

2

For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are—

a

the platform is not located within 50 metres of any other man-made structure,

b

the platform projects no more than 1.2m into or over the main river and occupies no more than 2m of bank length,

c

the works do not adversely affect any culvert, remote defence, river control works, sea defence or any raised embankment or wall forming part of the bank of the main river,

d

that part of the platform which projects over the channel is constructed as a flat deck, with no solid infill beneath the platform, supported on piers or piles of no more than 300mm width,

e

the works do not have a significant adverse effect on species included in a list published by the Secretary of State under section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, or by Welsh Ministers under section 7 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, that are not protected species,

f

the works do not occur in, or within 500 metres upstream of, a type of habitat included in a list published by the Secretary of State under section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 or by Welsh Ministers under section 7 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016,

g

the works are not carried out in, or within 100 metres of, a water body in England that is part of a main river classified as of high morphological status by the Agency in accordance with the relevant directions, and

h

any steps cut into the bank are supported by timber risers on the vertical part of the step.