The National Grid (Richborough Connection Project) Development Consent Order 2017

Construction hours

7.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) work may only take place between 0700 and 1900 Mondays to Fridays and between 0800 and 1700 on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays (the core working hours).

(2) Working on a consecutive Saturday and Sunday may only take place on two out of any four alternate weekends in each relevant local authority area.

(3) The following operations may take place outside the core working hours referred to in sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) the installation and removal of conductors, pilot wires and associated protective netting across highways, railway lines or watercourses;

(b) the completion of operations commenced during the core working hours which cannot safely be stopped;

(c) any highway works requested by the highway authority to be undertaken on a Saturday or a Sunday or outside the core working hours;

(d) security monitoring;

(e) the testing or commissioning of any electrical plant installed as part of the authorised development; and

(f) the completion of works delayed or held up by severe weather conditions which disrupted or interrupted normal construction activities.

(4) The specified construction activity at locations identified in Table 1.3 (Construction activities/locations subject to restricted working hours) of the Noise and Vibration Management Plan (Document 8.8(B)) may only take place between 0800 and 1800 Mondays to Fridays (the restricted working hours).

(5) The restricted working hours referred to in sub-paragraph (4) include start up and close down activities up to 1 hour either side of the restricted working hours.