SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2REQUIREMENTS

PART 1REQUIREMENTS

Construction and handover environmental management plans

4.—(1) The preliminary works must be carried out in accordance with the preliminary works EMP.

(2) No part of the authorised development is to commence until an EMP (Second Iteration), substantially in accordance with the Code of Construction Practice, for that part has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation by the undertaker with the relevant planning authorities, relevant local highway authorities and bodies identified in Table 2.1 of the Code of Construction Practice to the extent that it relates to matters relevant to their respective functions.

(3) The EMP (Second Iteration) must be written in accordance with ISO14001, reflect the mitigation measures set out in the REAC and must include measures or plans for the management of—

(a)site waste (substantially in accordance with the outline site waste management plan);

(b)handling of materials (substantially in accordance with the outline materials handling plan);

(c)noise and vibration;

(d)air quality;

(e)ecology;

(f)soils;

(g)contaminated land;

(h)substances hazardous to health; and

(i)pollution prevention controls.

(4) The construction of the relevant part of authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the EMP (Second Iteration) approved for that part.

(5) An EMP (Third Iteration) must be developed and completed by the end of the construction, commissioning and handover stage of any part of the authorised development, in accordance with the process set out in the Code of Construction Practice.

(6) The EMP (Third Iteration) must address the matters set out in the EMP (Second Iteration) that are relevant to the operation and maintenance of the authorised development and must, except where contained in a LEMP approved under paragraph 5 of this Schedule, contain—

(a)the environmental information needed for the future maintenance and operation of the authorised development;

(b)the long-term commitments to aftercare, monitoring and maintenance activities relating to the environmental features and mitigation measures that will be required to ensure the continued long-term effectiveness of the environmental mitigation measures and the prevention of unexpected environmental impacts during the operation of the authorised development; and

(c)a record of the consents, commitments and permissions resulting from liaison with statutory bodies.

(7) The authorised development must be operated and maintained in accordance with an EMP (Third Iteration).

(8) Any preliminary works EMP, EMP (Second Iteration) or EMP (Third Iteration) must be accompanied by a Mitigation Route Map which must index and describe the purpose and main components of each measure or plan within it in an accessible form and relate these to the purpose and main components of the following requirements under this Part of this Schedule—

(a)any LEMP prepared under paragraph 5 (landscape and ecology);

(b)any draft AMS-OWSI prepared under paragraph 9 (historic environment);

(c)any outline traffic management plan for construction prepared under paragraph 10 (traffic management);

(d)any construction travel plan prepared under paragraph 11 (construction travel plans);

(e)any operational traffic impact monitoring scheme prepared under paragraph 14 (traffic monitoring); and

(f)any Carbon and energy management plan prepared under paragraph 16 (carbon and energy management plan).

(9) In this paragraph—

“outline materials handling plan” means the outline materials handling plan appended to the Code of Construction Practice; and

“outline site waste management plan” means the outline site waste management plan appended to the Code of Construction Practice.