The authorised development is situated in the administrative area of the North Yorkshire Council.
A nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14 (nationally significant infrastructure projects: general) and 22 (highways) of the 2008 Act, and associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) (development for which development consent may be granted) of the 2008 Act, comprising—
Work No. 11-1— as shown on sheet 1 of the works plans for scheme 11 and being the improvement of the existing A66 at its junction with the A1(M) Junction 53, Scotch Corner Roundabout, to include—
(a)the provision of an additional lane on the existing Scotch Corner North Overbridge within the existing bridge cross section, facilitated by the reduction of the southern verge width;
(b)works to construct an additional lane and to facilitate its tie-in to the existing circulatory carriageway on both the east side and the west side of the existing Scotch Corner North Overbridge; and
(c)associated improvements to the existing circulatory carriageway of the Scotch Corner Roundabout.
Work No. 11-2— as shown on sheet 1 of the works plans for scheme 11 and being the improvement of Middleton Tyas Lane, to include—
(a)the construction of additional carriageway to facilitate widening of the existing Middleton Tyas Lane, on approach to the circulatory carriageway of the Scotch Corner Roundabout;
(b)the construction and improvement of footway and cycleway on the south side of Middleton Tyas Lane; and
(c)the improvement of the existing Middle Tyas Lane eastbound and westbound carriageways.
For the purposes of or in connection with the construction of any of the works and other development mentioned above, ancillary or related development which does not give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects in comparison with those reported in the environmental statement, consisting of—
(a)works within highways, including—
(i)alteration of the layout of any street permanently or temporarily, including increasing or reducing the width of the carriageway of any street by increasing or reducing the width of any kerb, footway, cycleway, or verge within the street; and altering the level or increasing the width of any footway, cycleway or verge within the street; works for the strengthening, improvement, repair, maintenance or reconstruction of any street; and works associated with the tie-in of the authorised development to the existing highway;
(ii)street works, including breaking up or opening a street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it, and tunnelling or boring under a street;
(iii)relocation or provision of new road traffic signs, signals, street lighting, road restraints and carriageway lane markings;
(iv)works to alter, remove or maintain street furniture or apparatus (including statutory undertakers’ apparatus) in, under or above a street, including mains, sewers, drains, pipes, cables, cofferdams, lights fencing and other boundary treatments;
(v)works to facilitate traffic management, provide vehicle recovery services and to deliver information relating to the authorised development; and
(vi)works to stop up, provide or re-provide private means of access to land or premises;
(b)Other works and development—
(i)for the strengthening, alteration or demolition of any building;
(ii)to place, alter, divert, relocate, protect, remove or maintain services, plant and other apparatus and equipment belonging to statutory undertakers, utility companies and others in, under or above land, including mains, sewers, drains, pipes, cables, lights, cofferdams, fencing and other boundary treatments including bollards;
(iii)comprising ramps, steps, footpaths, footways, shared use cycle tracks, cycleways, bridleways, equestrian tracks, non-motorised user routes or links, byways open to all traffic, restricted byways, private means of access, laybys and crossing facilities;
(iv)comprising embankments, cuttings viaducts, bridges, aprons, abutments, shafts, foundations, retaining walls, drainage works, drainage treatment areas, flood compensation units, ponds, lagoons, outfalls, pollution control devices, pumping stations, impounding sumps, culverts, wing walls, fire fighting system water tanks and associated plant and equipment, highway lighting and fencing;
(v)comprising settlement monitoring and mitigation measures for the benefit or protection of, or in relation to, any land, building or structure, including monitoring and safeguarding of existing infrastructure, utilities and services affected by the authorised development;
(vi)comprising landscaping, re-grading, re-profiling, contouring, noise barriers, anti-dazzle features, works associated with ecological and archaeological investigation and mitigation, and other works to mitigate any adverse effects of the construction, operation or maintenance of the authorised development;
(vii)comprising the processing, deposition or use of excavated materials;
(viii)comprising areas of hard or soft landscaping works, or public realm, at various locations adjacent to the new or improved highway and associated works;
(ix)comprising site preparation works, site clearance (including fencing and other boundary treatments, vegetation removal, works of demolition, including demolition of existing structures, and the creation of alternative highways or footpaths) and earthworks (including soil stripping and storage and site levelling);
(x)comprising construction compounds and working sites, temporary structures, storage areas (including storage of excavated material and other materials), temporary vehicle parking, construction fencing, perimeter enclosure, security fencing, construction-related buildings, erection of construction plant and equipment, temporary display of notices or advertisements, temporary worker accommodation facilities, welfare facilities, office facilities, other ancillary accommodation, construction lighting, haulage roads, and other buildings, machinery, apparatus, processing plant, works and conveniences;
(xi)comprising service compounds, plant and equipment rooms, offices, staff mess rooms, welfare facilities, and other ancillary and administrative accommodation;
(xii)comprising ground investigation works and remedial work in respect of any contamination or other adverse ground condition, including the installation and monitoring of associated apparatus;
(xiii)comprising works for the benefit or protection of the authorised development; and
(xiv)comprising works of whatever nature, as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of, or for purposes associated with or ancillary to, the construction, operation or maintenance of the authorised development.