PART 2PRINCIPAL POWERS

Application and modification of legislative provisions

article 6 + 6.—(1) Regulation 6 of the Hedgerows Regulations 1997(1) (permitted work) is modified so as to read for the purposes of this Order only as if there were inserted after sub-paragraph (1)(j) the following—

“or

(k)for carrying out development which has been authorised by an order granting development consent pursuant to the Planning Act 2008”.

(2) The provisions of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017(2) insofar as they relate to temporary possession of land under articles 31 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised project) and 32 (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised project) of this Order do not apply in relation to the construction of works carried out for the purpose of, or in connection with, the construction or maintenance of the authorised project.

(3) This Order does not constitute a planning permission for the purposes of Part 10A of the 2008 Act (Infrastructure Levy: England) (or any statutory instrument to be made pursuant to that Part) or Part 11 of the 2008 Act (Community Infrastructure Levy) notwithstanding the definition of development in section 204E of the 2008 Act or the definition of planning permission contained within article 5 (meaning of planning permission) of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (3).