SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2REQUIREMENTS

PART 4REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO OTHER OPERATIONAL MATTERS

Noise insulation plan and programme

34.—(1) No increase in passenger capacity may occur until a detailed plan and programme for the four-year delivery of noise insulation has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The programme will set out the total number of eligible properties remaining to be insulated and the numbers of eligible properties that it is intended to insulate in the following year and each subsequent calendar year.

(3) No later than two months before the end of the calendar year, an update report will be submitted to the relevant planning authority for written approval. The update report will include a summary of the completion and survey rates, explaining the cause and remedy for any delays and setting out the programme for the next year.

(4) The noise insulation programme will be carried out in accordance with the plans approved under sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) and will continue until such time that the relevant planning authority has confirmed in writing that it is satisfied that all eligible properties have been insulated to a satisfactory level.

(5) Changes to the delivery programme may be agreed by the Secretary of State, subject to demonstrating that such changes would not result in materially new or materially different effects than those assessed in the environment statement.