PART 1 Preliminary

Citation and commencement

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Triton Knoll Electrical System Order 2016.

(2) This Order comes into force on 27th September 2016.

Interpretation

2. —(1) In this Order—

“1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961( 3 );

“1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965( 4 );

“1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980( 5 );

“1981 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981( 6 );

“1989 Act” means the Electricity Act 1989( 7 );

“1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990( 8 );

“1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991( 9 );

“2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;

“2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009( 10 );

“access to works and streets plans” means the plans certified as the access to works and streets plans by the Secretary of State under article 35 (certification of plans, etc. );

“ancillary works” means the ancillary works described in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (ancillary works) and any other works authorised by this Order that are not development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;

“authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development) and any other development authorised by this Order that is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;

“authorised project” means the authorised development and the ancillary works authorised by this Order;

“book of reference” means the book of reference certified by the Secretary of State as the book of reference under article 35;

“building” includes any structure or erection or any part of a building, structure or erection;

“cable” includes fibre-optic cables either within the cable or laid alongside it;

“cable ducts” means conduits for the installation of electrical cables;

“cable protection” means measures to protect cables from physical damage and exposure due to loss of sea bed sediment including (but not limited to) the use of bagged solutions filled with gravel or other materials as approved by the MMO, protective aprons or covering mattresses, flow energy dissipation devices or rock and gravel placement;

“collector substations” means the collector substations authorised by the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Order 2013( 11 );

“commence” means begin to carry out—

and “commencement” must be construed accordingly;

“completion” means, in respect of any stage of works, the end of final testing of that stage;

“construction compound” means a temporary construction site associated with the onshore works including hard standings, lay down and storage areas for construction materials and equipment, areas for spoil, areas for vehicular parking, bunded storage areas, areas for welfare facilities including offices and canteen and washroom facilities, workshop facilities and temporary fencing or other means of enclosure and areas for other facilities required for construction purposes;

“crossings schedule” means the document certified as the crossings schedule by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“deemed marine licence” means the marine licence set out in Schedule 9 (deemed licence under Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009);

“design principles document” means the design principles document certified by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“electrical circuit” means a number of electrical conductors necessary to transmit electricity between 2 points within the authorised development (onshore) to take the form of 3 separate cables laid in cable ducts including fibre-optic cables and earthing cables either within the electrical circuit or laid alongside;

“environmental statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“external electrical equipment” means any electrical equipment in relation to Work No. 9 or 50 that is not housed within a building and has been assessed in the environmental statement and is otherwise referred to as “external transmission components” in the environmental statement and “additional electrical infrastructure” in the design principles document;

“hedgerow plans” means the plans certified as the hedgerow plans by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the 1980 Act( 12 );

“IEC enabling works” means, in relation to Work No. 9,—

“intermediate electrical compound” means the area containing (but not limited to) switchgear, busbars, capacitors, reactors, reactive power compensation equipment, filters, cooling equipment, control and welfare buildings, lightning rods (if required), internal roads, security fencing and other associated equipment, structures and buildings including noise-attenuation works;

“land plans” means the plans certified as the land plans by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“landfall transition joint bay” means an underground pit where the offshore cables comprised in Work No. 2 are joined to the onshore works;

“limits of deviation” means the limits for the Works as shown on the works plans;

“main river” has the meaning given by the Water Resources Act 1991( 13 );

“maintain” includes—

to the extent assessed in the environmental statement; and “maintenance” must be construed accordingly;

“MCA” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;

“mean low water” means the average height of all low waters above chart datum;

“MHWS” (mean high water springs) means the average throughout a year of the heights of 2 successive high waters during the periods of 24 hours when the range of the tide is greatest, as defined by the MMO and shown on the Order limits plans;

“MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation;

“onshore works” means Work Nos. 2 to 56 and any related further associated development in connection with those Works including, in relation to the installation of electrical circuits and cable ducts jointing bays, manholes, marker posts and other works associated with the installation of electrical circuits and cable ducts;

“Order land” means the land shown on the land plans which is within the limits of land to be acquired or used and described in the book of reference;

“Order limits” means the limits shown on the Order limits plans within which the authorised project may be carried out, whose grid co-ordinates seaward of MHWS are set out in the table in paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1;

“Order limits plans” means the plans certified as the Order limits plans by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“outline access management plan” means the document certified as the outline access management plan by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“outline code of construction practice (onshore)” means the document certified as the outline code of construction practice (onshore) by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“outline landscape strategy and ecological management plan” means the document certified as the outline landscape strategy and ecological management plan by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“outline onshore written scheme of investigation” means the document certified as the outline onshore written scheme of investigation by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“outline traffic management plan” means the document certified as the outline traffic management plan by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981( 14 );

“pipeline crossings” means the crossing of existing subsea pipelines by the cables authorised by this Order together with physical protection measures including concrete mattresses or rock placement;

“public rights of way plans” means the plans certified as the public rights of way plans by the Secretary of State under article 35;

“relevant planning authority”, in relation to any land, means the district planning authority for the area in which the land is situated;

“Requirement” means a Requirement set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1; and a reference to a numbered Requirement is a reference to the Requirement set out in the paragraph of that Part with the same number;

“statutory nature conservation body” means the government’s advisor on the natural environment;

“statutory undertaker” means any person falling within section 127(8) of the 2008 Act;

“street” means a street within the meaning of section 48 of the 1991 Act( 15 ), together with land on the verge of a street or between 2 carriageways, and includes part of a street;

“substation enabling works” means, in relation to Work No. 50,—

“temporary highways alterations” includes temporary removal and replacement of street furniture and the temporary plating and matting of grass verges to be carried out within the highway boundary;

“trenchless techniques” means the installation of electrical circuits by means of boring techniques for installing cable ducts including horizontal directional drilling, pipe jacking/horizontal auger boring and micro-boring;

“Tribunal” means the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal;

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

“undertaker” means, subject to article 5(9) (transfer of benefit of Order), Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited (company number 03696654);

“unlicensed works” means works needed to connect the authorised project to the National Grid substation at Bicker Fen that National Grid is not required, under its transmission licence, to carry out itself including (but not limited to) cabling, cable sealing ends, circuit breakers, surge arrestors, dis-connectors, transformers, busbars and busbar clamp measuring equipment, relay marshalling rooms and electrical earthing works;

“vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes a non-displacement craft, a personal watercraft, a seaplane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted for movement through, in, on or over water and which is at the time in, on or over water;

“watercourse” includes any river, stream, creek, ditch, drain, canal, cut, culvert, dyke, sluice, sewer and passage through which water flows except a public sewer or drain;

“Work” means a Work set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1; and a reference to a Work designated by a number, or by a combination of a number and a letter (for example, “Work No. 3A”) is a reference to the Work so designated in that Part;

“works plans” means the plans certified as the works plans by the Secretary of State under article 35.

(2) References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do or to place and maintain, anything in, on or under land or in the air-space above its surface.

(3) All distances, directions and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate, except for the parameters referred to in—

(a) Requirements 3 and 5; and

(b) Condition 1 of the deemed marine licence.

(4) References in this Order to points identified by letters must be construed as references to the points so lettered on the works plans unless otherwise stated.

(5) The expression “includes” must be construed without limitation.

PART 2 Principal powers

Development consent granted by Order

3. —(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order and to the Requirements, the undertaker is granted—

(a) development consent for the authorised development; and

(b) consent for the ancillary works,

to be carried out within the Order limits.

(2) Each Work may be constructed and maintained only within the limits of deviation for that Work.

(3)Schedule 1 (authorised project) has effect.

Maintenance of authorised project

4. The undertaker may at any time maintain the authorised project except to the extent that this Order or an agreement made under this Order provides otherwise.

Transfer of benefit of Order

5. —(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Order, the provisions of this Order have effect solely for the benefit of the undertaker.

(2) The undertaker may—

(a) transfer to another person (the “transferee”) any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order (including the deemed marine licence) and such related statutory rights as may be agreed between the undertaker and the transferee; or

(b) grant to another person (the “lessee”) for a period agreed between the undertaker and the lessee any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order (including the deemed marine licence) and such related statutory rights as may be agreed between the undertaker and the lessee.

(3) The consent of the Secretary of State is required for a transfer or grant under paragraph (2), except where—

(a) the transfer or grant is to a person licensed under section 6 of the 1989 Act( 16 ); or

(b) the time limits for claims for compensation in respect of the acquisition of land or effects on land under this Order have elapsed and either no such claim has been made or, if such a claim has been made,—

(i) the claim has been comprised or withdrawn;

(ii) compensation has been paid in final settlement of the claim;

(iii) payment of compensation into court has taken place in lieu of settlement of the claim; or

(iv) a tribunal or court of competent jurisdiction has determined that no compensation is payable in respect of the claim.

(4) Where the consent of the Secretary of State is required for a transfer or grant under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State must consult the MMO before giving consent if the proposed transfer or grant is relevant to the exercise of functions within the MMO’s jurisdiction.

(5) Where there is a transfer or grant under paragraph (2), the exercise by the transferee or, as the case may be, by the lessee of any benefit or right conferred by the transfer or grant is subject to the same restrictions, liabilities and obligations as would apply under this Order if the benefit or right were exercised by the undertaker.

(6) Despite anything in Part 4 of the 2009 Act (marine licensing), but subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), the undertaker may transfer or grant under paragraph (2) any of the provisions set out in Part 1 of the deemed marine licence together with the corresponding conditions set out in Part 2 of the licence (and subsections (7) and (8) of section 72 of the 2009 Act do not apply to such a transfer or grant).

(7) The undertaker must give notice in writing of any transfer or grant under paragraph (2)—

(a) to the Secretary of State; and

(b) if the transfer or grant is relevant to the exercise of functions within the MMO’s or the relevant planning authority’s jurisdiction, to the MMO or relevant planning authority (or to both),

at least 10 days before the transfer or grant takes effect or, if the transfer or grant is relevant to the exercise of functions within the MMO’s jurisdiction and the Secretary of State’s consent is not required for the transfer or grant, at least 28 days before the transfer or grant takes effect.

(8) The notice must—

(a) state—

(i) the name and contact details of the transferee or lessee;

(ii) the date on which the transfer or grant will take effect;

(iii) the provisions to be transferred or granted; and

(iv) the restrictions, liabilities and obligations that, in accordance with paragraph (5), will apply to the transferee or lessee;

(b) be accompanied by—

(i) where relevant, a plan showing the Works or areas to which the transfer or grant relates;

(ii) where the Secretary of State’s consent is needed for the transfer or grant, a copy of the consent; and

(iii) a copy of the document effecting the transfer or grant signed by the person making the transfer or grant and the transferee or lessee; and

(c) be signed by the person making the transfer or grant and the transferee or lessee.

(9) Where there is a transfer or grant under paragraph (2), references in this Order to the undertaker, except in paragraph (5), include references to the transferee or the lessee.

Application and modification of legislative provisions

6. —(1)Regulation 6 of the Hedgerows Regulations 1997( 17 ) is modified so as to read for the purposes of this Order only as if the following were inserted after paragraph (1)(j)—

“ (k) for carrying out development which has been authorised by development consent granted under the Planning Act 2008. ” .

(2) The following provisions 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—

(a) the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010( 18 ), to the extent that they require a permit for anything that would have required consent under section 109 of the Water Resources Act 1991 immediately before the repeal of that section;

(b) the provisions of any byelaws made under, or having effect as if made under, paragraphs 5, 6 or 6A of Schedule 25 to the Water Resources Act 1991( 19 ) that require consent or approval for the carrying out of works;

(c) section 23 of the Land Drainage Act 1991( 20 ) (prohibition of obstructions, etc. in watercourses); and

(d) the provisions of any byelaws made under section 66 of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (powers to make byelaws) that require consent or approval for the carrying out of works.

(3) The provisions of the Lindsey County Council (Sandhills) Act 1932( 21 ) do not apply in relation to the exercise of any power conferred by this Order.

Defence to proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance

7. —(1) Where proceedings are brought under section 82(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990( 22 ) (summary proceedings by person aggrieved by statutory nuisance) in relation to a nuisance falling within section 79(1)(g) of that Act (noise emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance), no order may be made, and no fine imposed, under section 82(2) of that Act if the defendant shows that the nuisance—

(a) relates to premises used by the undertaker for the purposes of or in connection with the construction or maintenance of the authorised project and is attributable to the carrying out of the authorised project in accordance with a notice served under section 60 (control of noise on construction site), or a consent given under section 61 (prior consent for work on construction site), of the Control of Pollution Act 1974( 23 );

(b) is a consequence of the construction or maintenance of the authorised project and cannot reasonably be avoided; or

(c) is a consequence of the use of the authorised project and cannot reasonably be avoided.

(2) Section 61(9) (consent for work on construction site to include statement that it does not of itself constitute a defence to proceedings under section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 does not apply where the consent relates to the use of premises by the undertaker for purposes of or in connection with the construction or maintenance of the authorised project.

PART 3 Streets

Street works

8. —(1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 2 (streets subject to street works) as is within the Order limits and may—

(a) break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it;

(b) tunnel or bore under the street;

(c) place apparatus under the street;

(d) maintainapparatus under the street or change its position; and

(e) execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).

(2) The authority given by paragraph (1) is a statutory right for the purposes of sections 48(3) (streets, streetworks and undertakers) and 51(1) (prohibition of unauthorised streetworks) of the 1991 Act.

(3) Sections 54 to 106 of the 1991 Act( 24 ) apply to any streetworks carried out under paragraph (1).

(4) In this article, “apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act( 25 ) (streetworks in England and Wales).

Temporary stopping up of streets

9. —(1) Subject to paragraph (4) , the undertaker, during and for the purposes of carrying out the authorised project, may temporarily stop up, alter or divert any street within the Order limits and may for any reasonable time—

(a) divert the traffic or a class of traffic from the street; and

(b) subject to paragraph (2) , prevent persons from passing along the street.

(2) The undertaker must provide reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting a street affected by the temporary stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street under this article if there would otherwise be no such access.

(3) Without limiting paragraph (1) , the undertaker may—

(a) temporarily stop up, alter or divert the streets specified in column (2) of Schedule 3 (streets to be temporarily stopped up); and

(b) temporarily stop up, alter or divert—

(i) any footpath specified in column (2) of Schedule 3 to the extent of the diversion zone for that footpath shown on the public rights of way plans;

(ii) any diverted footpath to the extent of the diversion zone agreed with the highway authority.

(4) The undertaker must not temporarily stop up, alter or divert—

(a) any street referred to in paragraph (3) without notifying the relevant planning authority and the highway authority;

(b) any other street without the consent of the highway authority, which may attach reasonable conditions to any consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(5) Except as agreed in advance by the relevant planning authority, any notification under paragraph (4)(a) must be made at least 14 days before the temporary stopping up, alteration or diversion takes place.

(6) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act (determination of questions of disputed compensation).

(7) In this article, “diverted footpath” means a footpath identified in column (2) of Schedule 3 that has been diverted by the highway authority before commencement of the onshore works.

Access to works and temporary highways alterations

10. The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project,—

(a) form and lay out a means of access, or improve an existing means of access, in the locations specified in column (2) of Schedule 4 (access to works);

(b) after consultation with the highway authority and with the approval of the relevant planning authority, form and lay out such other means of access, or improve an existing means of access, at such locations within the Order limits as the undertaker reasonably requires for the purposes of the authorised project; and

(c) after consultation with the highway authority and with the approval of the relevant planning authority, carry out the temporary highways alterations.

Agreements with a highway authority

11. —(1) A highway authority and the undertaker may enter into agreements with respect to—

(a) any temporary stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street authorised by this Order; or

(b) the carrying out in the street of any of the works referred to in article 8 (1) (streetworks).

(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) may, without limiting that paragraph,—

(a) provide for the highway authority to carry out any function under this Order which relates to the street in question;

(b) include an agreement between the undertaker and highway authority specifying a reasonable time for the completion of the works; and

(c) contain such terms as to payment and otherwise as the parties consider appropriate.

PART 4 Supplemental powers

Discharge of water

12. —(1) The undertaker may use any watercourse or any public sewer or drain for the drainage of water in connection with the carrying out or maintenance of the authorised project and for that purpose may lay down, take up and alter pipes and may, on any land within the Order limits, make openings into, and connections with, the watercourse, public sewer or drain, subject to the obtaining of consent and approval under paragraphs (3) and (4) respectively.

(2) Any dispute arising from the making of connections to or the use of a public sewer or drain by the undertaker under paragraph (1) must be determined as if it were a dispute under section 106 of the Water Industry Act 1991( 26 ) (right to communicate with public sewers).

(3) The undertaker must not discharge any water into any watercourse, public sewer or drain except with the consent of the person to whom it belongs; and such consent may be given subject to such terms and conditions as the person may reasonably impose, but must not be unreasonably withheld.

(4) The undertaker must not carry out any works to any public sewer or drain under paragraph (1) except—

(a) in accordance with plans approved by the person to whom the sewer or drain belongs, but such approval must not be unreasonably withheld; and

(b) where that person has been given the opportunity to supervise the making of the opening.

(5) The undertaker must not, in carrying out or maintaining works under this article, damage or interfere with the bed or banks of any watercourse forming part of a main river.

(6) The undertaker must take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that any water discharged into a watercourse or public sewer or drain under this article is as free as may be practicable from gravel, soil or other solid substance, oil or matter in suspension.

(7) Nothing in this article overrides the requirement for an environmental permit under regulation 12(1)(b) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.

(8) If a person who receives an application for consent under paragraph (3) or for approval under paragraph (4)(a) fails to notify the undertaker of a decision within 28 days of receiving the application, the person is deemed to have granted consent or given approval, as the case may be.

(9) In this article—

(a) “public sewer or drain” means a sewer or drain which belongs to a sewerage undertaker( 27 ), the Environment Agency, an internal drainage board or a local authority; and

(b) except as provided in article 2 (interpretation), other expressions used both in this article and in the Water Resources Act 1991 have the same meaning as in that Act.

Authority to survey and investigate land

13. —(1) The undertaker may for the purposes of this Order enter on any land shown within the Order limits or which may be affected by the authorised project and—

(a) survey or investigate the land;

(b) without limiting sub-paragraph (a), make trial holes in such positions on the land as the undertaker thinks fit to investigate the nature of the surface layer and subsoil and remove soil samples;

(c) without limiting sub-paragraph (a) , carry out ecological or archaeological investigations on the land; and

(d) place on, leave on and remove from the land apparatus for use in connection with the survey and investigation of land and making of trial holes.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not authorise the undertaker to carry out any of the actions listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) on any land seaward of MHWS.

(3) No land may be entered or equipment placed or left on or removed from the land under paragraph (1) unless at least 14 days’ notice has been served on every owner and occupier of the land.

(4) Any person entering land under this article on behalf of the undertaker—

(a) must, if so required on entering the land, produce written evidence of the authority to do so; and

(b) may take with him or her such vehicles and equipment as are necessary to carry out the survey or investigation or to make the trial holes.

(5) No trial holes may be made under this article—

(a) in land located within the highway boundary without the consent of the highway authority; or

(b) in a private street without the consent of the street authority.

(6) The undertaker must compensate the owners and occupiers of the land for any loss or damage arising by reason of the exercise of the authority conferred by this article, such compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(7) If either a highway authority or street authority which receives an application for consent—

(a) under paragraph (5)(a), in the case of a highway authority; or

(b) under paragraph (5)(b), in the case of a street authority,

fails to notify the undertaker of its decision within 28 days of receiving the consent, the authority is deemed to have given consent.

Removal of human remains

14. —(1) In this article, “specified land” means the land within the limits of deviation.

(2) Before the undertaker carries out any development or works which will or may disturb any human remains in the specified land, it must remove the human remains from the specified land, or cause them to be removed, in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(3) Before any such remains are removed from the specified land, the undertaker must give notice of the intended removal, describing the specified land and stating the general effect of the following provisions of this article, by—

(a) publishing a notice in each of 2 successive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the area of the authorised project; and

(b) displaying a notice in a conspicuous place on or near to the specified land.

(4) As soon as reasonably practicable after the first publication of a notice under paragraph (3) , the undertaker must send a copy of the notice to the relevant planning authority.

(5) At any time within 56 days after the first publication of a notice under paragraph (3) , any person who is a personal representative or relative of any deceased person whose remains are interred in the specified land may give notice in writing to the undertaker of that person’s intention to undertake the removal of the remains.

(6) Where a person has given notice under paragraph (5) , and the remains in question can be identified, that person may cause the remains to be—

(a) removed and re-interred in any burial ground or cemetery in which burials may legally take place; or

(b) removed to, and cremated in, any crematorium,

and that person must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the re-internment or cremation, provide to the undertaker a certificate for the purpose of enabling compliance with paragraph (11) .

(7) If the undertaker is not satisfied that any person giving notice under paragraph (5) is the personal representative or relative as that person claims to be, or that the remains in question can be identified, the question must be determined on the application of either party in a summary manner by the county court, and the court may make an order specifying who must remove the remains and as to the payment of the costs of the application.

(8) The undertaker must pay the reasonable expenses of removing and re-interring or cremating the remains of any deceased person under this article.

(9) If—

(a) within the period of 56 days referred to in paragraph (5) no notice under that paragraph is given to the undertaker in respect of any remains in the specified land;

(b) notice under paragraph (5) is given and no application is made under paragraph (7) within 56 days after the giving of the notice, but the person who gave the notice fails to remove the remains within a further period of 56 days;

(c) within 56 days after any order is made by the county court under paragraph (7) any person, other than the undertaker, specified in the order fails to remove the remains; or

(d) it is determined that the remains to which a notice under paragraph (5) relates cannot be identified,

subject to paragraph (10) , the undertaker must remove the remains and cause them to be re-interred in such burial ground or cemetery in which burials may legally take place as the undertaker thinks suitable for the purpose; and, so far as possible, remains from individual graves must be re-interred in individual containers which must be identifiable by a record prepared with reference to the original position of burial of the remains that they contain.

(10) If the undertaker is satisfied that any person giving notice under paragraph (5) is the personal representative or relative as that person claims to be and that the remains in question can be identified, but that person does not remove the remains, the undertaker must comply with any reasonable request that person may make in relation to the removal and re-interment or cremation of the remains.

(11) On the re-interment or cremation of any remains under this article—

(a) a certificate of re-interment or cremation must be sent by the undertaker to the Registrar-General giving the date of re-interment or cremation and identifying the place from which the remains were removed and the place in which they were re-interred or cremated; and

(b) a copy of the certificate of re-interment or cremation and the record referred to in paragraph (9) must be sent by the undertaker to the relevant planning authority referred to in paragraph (4) .

(12) The removal of the remains of any deceased person under this article must be carried out in accordance with any directions which may be given by the Secretary of State.

(13) Any jurisdiction or function conferred on the county court by this article may be exercised by the district judge of the court.

(14)Section 25 of the Burial Act 1857( 28 ) (offence of removal of body from burial ground) does not apply to a removal carried out in accordance with this article.

PART 5 Powers of acquisition

Compulsory acquisition of land

15. —(1) The undertaker may acquire compulsorily so much of the Order land as is required for the authorised project or to facilitate, or is incidental to, it.

(2) This article is subject to—

(a) article 17 (time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily);

(b) article 18(2) (compulsory acquisition of rights);

(c) article 24(9) (temporary use of land for carrying out authorised project); and

(d) article 40 (Crown rights).

(3) From the day on which a compulsory acquisition notice under section 134 of the 2008 Act( 29 ) is served or the day on which the Order land, or any part of it, is vested in the undertaker, whichever is the later, the land or that part of it that is vested (as the case may be) is discharged from all rights, trusts and incidents to which it was previously subject.

Compulsory acquisition of land: minerals

16. Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 2 (minerals) to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (minerals) are incorporated in this Order, subject to the following modifications—

(a) paragraph 8(3) is not incorporated;

(b) for “acquiring authority” substitute “undertaker”; and

(c) for “undertaking” substitute “authorised project”.

Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily

17. —(1) After 4th September 2021—

(a) no notice to treat may be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and

(b) no declaration may be executed under section 4 of the 1981 Act( 30 ) as applied by article 20 (application of Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).

(2) The authority conferred by article 24 ceases at the end of 4th September 2021, except that nothing in this paragraph prevents the undertaker remaining in possession of land after that date, if the land was entered, and possession taken, on or before 4th September 2021.

Compulsory acquisition of rights

18. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2) , the undertaker may acquire compulsorily such rights or impose such restrictive covenants over the Order land as may be required for any purpose for which that land may be acquired under article 15 (compulsory acquisition of land), by creating them as well as by acquiring rights already in existence.

(2) In the case of the Order land specified in column (1) of Schedule 5 (land in which only new rights, etc. may be acquired), the undertaker’s powers of compulsory acquisition are limited to the acquisition of such new rights and the imposition of such restrictive covenants as may be required for the purpose specified in relation to that land in column (2) of that Schedule.

(3) Subject to section 8 of the 1965 Act (other provisions as to divided land) as substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 (modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights and restrictive covenants), where the undertaker acquires a right over land or the benefit of a restrictive covenant under paragraph (1) or (2) , the undertaker is not required to acquire a greater interest in that land.

(4) Schedule 6 has effect for the purpose of modifying the enactments referred to in that Schedule in their application in relation to the compulsory acquisition under this article of a right over land by the creation of a new right or the imposition of restrictive covenants.

(5) In any case where the acquisition of new rights under paragraph (1) is required for the purpose of diverting, replacing or protecting apparatus of a statutory undertaker, the undertaker may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, transfer the power to acquire such rights to the statutory undertaker in question.

(6) The exercise by a statutory undertaker of any power in accordance with a transfer under paragraph (5) is subject to the same restrictions, liabilities and obligations as would apply under this Order if that power were exercised by the undertaker.

Private rights

19. —(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights over land subject to compulsory acquisition under this Order are extinguished—

(a) as from the date of acquisition of the land by the undertaker, whether compulsorily or by agreement; or

(b) on the date of entry on the land by the undertaker under section 11(1) of the 1965 Act (power of entry),

whichever is the earlier.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights over land subject to the compulsory acquisition of rights or the imposition of restrictive covenants under this Order are extinguished in so far as their continuance would be inconsistent with the exercise of the right or restrictive covenant—

(a) as from the date of the acquisition of the right by the undertaker, whether compulsorily or by agreement; or

(b) on the date of entry on the land by the undertaker under section 11(1) of the 1965 Act in pursuance of the right,

whichever is the earlier.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights over land owned by the undertaker which, being within the limits of land which may be acquired shown on the land plans, is required for the purposes of this Order are extinguished on the appropriation of the land by the undertaker for any of those purposes.

(4) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights over land of which the undertaker takes temporary possession under this Order are suspended and unenforceable for as long as the undertaker remains in lawful possession of the land.

(5) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or suspension of any private right under this article is entitled to compensation in accordance with the terms of section 152 of the 2008 Act( 31 ) to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(6) This article does not apply in relation to any right to which section 138 of the 2008 Act( 32 ) (extinguishment of rights, and removal of apparatus, of statutory undertakers etc.) or article 27 (statutory undertakers) applies.

(7) Paragraphs (1) to (4) have effect subject to—

(a) any notice given by the undertaker before—

(i) the completion of the acquisition of the land or the acquisition of rights or the imposition of restrictive covenants over or affecting the land;

(ii) the undertaker’s appropriation of the land;

(iii) the undertaker’s entry onto it; or

(iv) the undertaker’s taking temporary possession of it,

that any or all of those paragraphs do not apply to any right specified in the notice; or

(b) any agreement made at any time between the undertaker and the person in or to whom the right in question is vested or belongs.

(8) If any agreement referred to in paragraph (7) (b) —

(a) is made with a person in or to whom the right is vested or belongs; and

(b) is expressed to have effect also for the benefit of those deriving title from or under that person,

it is effective in respect of the persons so deriving title, whether the title was derived before or after the making of the agreement.

(9) References in this article to private rights over land include references to any trusts or incidents to which the land is subject.

Application of Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981

20. —(1) The 1981 Act applies as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order and as if the undertaker were a public authority under section 1(2) of that Act.

(2) The 1981 Act, as so applied, has effect with the following modifications.

(3) In section 3 (preliminary notices), for subsection (1) substitute—

“ (1) Before making a declaration under section 4 with respect to any land which is subject to a compulsory purchase order, the acquiring authority must include the particulars specified in subsection (3) in a notice which is—

(a) given to every person with a relevant interest in the land with respect to which the declaration is to be made (other than a mortgagee who is not in possession); and

(b) published in a local newspaper circulating in the area where the land is situated. ” .

(4) In that section, in subsection (2)—

(a) for “(1)(b)” substitute “(1)”; and

(b) after “given” insert “and published”.

(5) In that section, for subsections (5) and (6) substitute—

“ (5) For the purpose of this section, a person has a relevant interest in land if—

(a) the person is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the land, whether in possession or in the reversion; or

(b) the person holds, or is entitled to the rents and profits of, the land under a lease or agreement, the unexpired term of which exceeds 1 month. ”

(6) In section 5 (earliest date for execution of declaration)—

(a) in subsection (1), after “publication” insert “in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated”; and

(b) omit subsection (2).

(7) In section 7 (constructive notice to treat), in subsection (1)(a), omit “(as modified by section 4 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981)”.

(8) References to the 1965 Act in the 1981 Act must be construed as references to that Act as applied by section 125 of the 2008 Act( 33 ) to the compulsory acquisition of land under this Order.

Acquisition of subsoil only

21. —(1) The undertaker may acquire compulsorily so much of, or such rights in, the subsoil of the land referred to in article 15 (1) as may be required for any purpose for which that land may be acquired under that provision instead of acquiring the whole of the land.

(2) Where the undertaker acquires any part of, or rights in, the subsoil of land under paragraph (1), the undertaker is not required to acquire an interest in any other part of the land.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not prevent article 23 (acquisition of part of certain properties) from applying where the undertaker acquires a cellar, vault, arch or other construction forming part of a house, building or manufactory.

Rights under or over streets

22. —(1) The undertaker may enter on and appropriate so much of the subsoil of, or air-space over, any street within the Order limits as may be required for the purposes of the authorised project and may use the subsoil or air-space for those purposes or any other purpose ancillary to the authorised project.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) , the undertaker may exercise any power conferred by paragraph (1) in relation to a street without being required to acquire any part of the street or any easement or right in the street.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to—

(a) any subway or underground building; or

(b) any cellar, vault, arch or other construction in, on or under a street which forms part of a building fronting onto the street.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5) , any person who—

(a) is an owner or occupier of land appropriated under paragraph (1) without the undertaker acquiring any part of that person’s interest in the land; and

(b) suffers loss as a result,

is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(5) Compensation is not payable under paragraph (4) to any person who is an undertaker to whom section 85 of the 1991 Act (sharing cost of necessary measures) applies in respect of measures of which the allowable costs are to be borne in accordance with that section.

Acquisition of part of certain properties

23. —(1) This article applies instead of section 8(1) of the 1965 Act (other provisions as to divided land) (as applied by section 125 of the 2008 Act) where—

(a) a notice to treat is served on a person (the “owner”) under the 1965 Act (as so applied) in respect of land forming only part of a house, building or manufactory or of land consisting of a house with a park or garden (the “land subject to the notice to treat”); and

(b) a copy of this article is served on the owner with the notice to treat.

(2) In such a case, the owner may, within the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the notice was served, serve on the undertaker a counter-notice objecting to the sale of the land subject to the notice to treat which states that the owner is willing and able to sell the whole (the “land subject to the counter-notice”).

(3) If no counter-notice is served within that period, the owner is required to sell the land subject to the notice to treat.

(4) If a counter-notice is served within that period, the question whether the owner is required to sell only the land subject to the notice to treat must, unless the undertaker agrees to take the land subject to the counter-notice, be referred to the Tribunal.

(5) If on a reference the Tribunal determines that the land subject to the notice to treat can be taken—

(a) without material detriment to the remainder of the land subject to the counter-notice; or

(b) in the case of part of land consisting of a house with a park or garden, without material detriment to the remainder of the land subject to the counter-notice and without seriously affecting the amenity and convenience of the house,

the owner is required to sell the land subject to the notice to treat.

(6) If on a reference the Tribunal determines that only part of the land subject to the notice to treat can be taken—

(a) without material detriment to the remainder of the land subject to the counter-notice; or

(b) in the case of part of land consisting of a house with a park or garden, without material detriment to the remainder of the land subject to the counter-notice and without seriously affecting the amenity and convenience of the house,

the notice to treat is deemed to be a notice to treat for that part.

(7) If on a reference the Tribunal determines that—

(a) the land subject to the notice to treat cannot be taken without material detriment to the remainder of the land subject to the counter-notice; but

(b) the material detriment is confined to a part of the land subject to the counter-notice,

the notice to treat is deemed to be a notice to treat for the land to which the material detriment is confined in addition to the land already subject to the notice, whether or not the additional land is land which the undertaker is authorised to acquire compulsorily under this Order.

(8) If—

(a) the undertaker agrees to take the land subject to the counter-notice; or

(b) the Tribunal determines that—

(i) none of the land subject to the notice to treat can be taken without material detriment to the remainder of the land subject to the counter-notice or, as the case may be, without material detriment to the remainder of the land subject to the counter-notice and without seriously affecting the amenity and convenience of the house; and

(ii) the material detriment is not confined to a part of the land subject to the counter-notice,

the notice to treat is deemed to be a notice to treat for the land subject to the counter-notice whether or not the whole of that land is land which the undertaker is authorised to acquire compulsorily under this Order.

(9) Where, by reason of a determination by the Tribunal under this article, a notice to treat is deemed to be a notice to treat for less land or more land than that specified in the notice, the undertaker may, within the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day on which the determination is made, withdraw the notice to treat; and, if it does so, must pay the owner compensation for any loss or expense occasioned to the owner by the giving and withdrawal of the notice, to be determined in case of dispute by the Tribunal.

(10) Where the owner is required under this article to sell only part of a house, building or manufactory or of land consisting of a house with a park or garden, the undertaker must pay the owner compensation for any loss sustained by the owner due to the severance of that part in addition to the value of the interest acquired.

Temporary use of land for carrying out authorised project

24. —(1) The undertaker may, in connection with the carrying out of the authorised project,—

(a) enter on and take temporary possession of—

(i) the land specified in column (2) of Schedule 7 (land of which temporary possession may be taken) for the purpose specified in relation to that land in column (3) of that Schedule relating to the part of the authorised project specified in column (4) of that Schedule; and

(ii) any other Order land in respect of which no notice of entry has been served under section 11 of the 1965 Act (powers of entry) (other than in connection with the acquisition of rights or restrictive covenants only) and no declaration has been made under section 4 of the 1981 Act;

(b) remove any buildings and vegetation from that land;

(c) construct any permanent or temporary works (including the provision of means of access), haul roads, security fencing, bridges, structures and buildings on that land;

(d) use the land for the purposes of a working site with access in connection with the authorised project; and

(e) construct or carry out any works (including mitigation works or operations) or use the land for the purposes of the authorised project.

(2) Not less than 14 days before entering on and taking temporary possession of land under this article, the undertaker must serve notice of the intended entry on the owners and occupiers of the land.

(3) The undertaker may not, without the agreement of the owners of the land, remain in possession of any land under this article—

(a) in the case of land specified in paragraph (1)(a) (i) above , after the end of the period of 1 year beginning with the date of completion of the part of the authorised project specified in relation to that land in column (4) of Schedule 7; or

(b) in the case of land referred to in paragraph (1)(a) (ii) , after the end of the period of 1 year beginning with the date of completion of the work for which temporary possession of the land was taken unless the undertaker has, before the end of that period, served a notice of entry under section 11 of the 1965 Act or made a declaration under section 4 of the 1981 Act in relation to that land or has otherwise acquired the land subject to temporary possession.

(4) Before giving up possession of land of which temporary possession has been taken under paragraph (1)(a) (i) , unless otherwise agreed by the owners of the land, the undertaker must remove all works and restore the land to the reasonable satisfaction of the owners of the land; but the undertaker is not required to—

(a) replace a building removed under this article;

(b) remove or reposition any apparatus belonging to statutory undertakers or any necessary mitigation works.

(5) Before giving up possession of land of which temporary possession has been taken under paragraph (1)(a) (ii) , unless otherwise agreed by the owners of the land, the undertaker must either acquire the land referred to in paragraph (3)(b) or remove all works and restore the land to the reasonable satisfaction of the owners of the land; but the undertaker is not required to replace a building removed under this article.

(6) The undertaker must pay compensation to the owners and occupiers of land of which temporary possession is taken under this article for any loss or damage arising from the exercise in relation to the land of the powers conferred by this article.

(7) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (6) , or as to the amount of the compensation, must be determined under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(8) Nothing in this article affects any liability to pay compensation under section 10(2) of the 1965 Act (further provisions as to compensation for injurious affection) or under any other enactment in respect of loss or damage arising from the carrying out of the authorised project, other than loss or damage for which compensation is payable under paragraph (6) .

(9) The undertaker may not compulsorily acquire under this Order the land referred to in paragraph (1)(a) (i) (but the undertaker is not precluded from carrying out a survey of that land under article 13 (authority to survey and investigate land)).

(10) Where the undertaker takes possession of land under this article, the undertaker is not required to acquire the land or any interest in it.

(11) Section 13 of the 1965 Act( 34 ) (refusal to give possession to acquiring authority) applies to the temporary use of land under this article to the same extent as it applies to the compulsory acquisition of land under this Order by virtue of section 125 of the 2008 Act (application of compulsory acquisition provisions).

Temporary use of land for maintaining authorised project

25. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2) , at any time during the maintenance period relating to any part of the authorised project, the undertaker may—

(a) enter on and take temporary possession of any land within the Order limits if such possession is reasonably required for the purpose of maintaining the authorised project;

(b) enter on any land within the Order limits for the purpose of gaining such access as is reasonably required for the purpose of maintaining the authorised project; and

(c) construct such temporary works (including the provision of means of access) and buildings on the land as may be reasonably necessary for those purposes.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not authorise the undertaker to take temporary possession of—

(a) any house or garden belonging to a house;

(b) any building (other than a house) if it is for the time being occupied; or

(c) any land seaward of MHWS.

(3) Not less than 28 days before entering on and taking temporary possession of land under this article, the undertaker must serve notice of the intended entry on the owners and occupiers of the land.

(4) The undertaker may remain in possession of land under this article only for so long as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the maintenance of the part of the authorised project for which possession of the land was taken.

(5) Before giving up possession of land of which temporary possession has been taken under this article, the undertaker must remove all temporary works and restore the land to the reasonable satisfaction of the owners of the land.

(6) The undertaker must pay compensation to the owners and occupiers of land of which temporary possession is taken under this article for any loss or damage arising from the exercise in relation to the land of the powers conferred by this article.

(7) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (6) , or as to the amount of the compensation, must be determined under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(8) Nothing in this article affects any liability to pay compensation under section 10(2) of the 1965 Act or under any other enactment in respect of loss or damage arising from the maintenance of the authorised project, other than loss or damage for which compensation is payable under paragraph (6) .

(9) Where the undertaker takes possession of land under this article, the undertaker is not required to acquire the land or any interest in it.

(10) Section 13 of the 1965 Act applies to the temporary use of land under this article to the same extent as it applies to the compulsory acquisition of land under this Order by virtue of section 125 of the 2008 Act.

(11) In this article, “maintenance period”, in relation to any part of the authorised project, means the period of 5 years beginning with the date on which that part of the authorised project first exports electricity to the national electricity transmission network.

Protective provisions

26.Schedule 8 (protective provisions) has effect.

Statutory undertakers

27. —(1) Subject to Schedule 8, the undertaker may—

(a) exercise the powers conferred by articles 15 and 18 in relation to so much of any land referred to in those articles as belongs to statutory undertakers;

(b) construct the authorised development in such a way as to cross underneath or over apparatus belonging to statutory undertakers and other like bodies within the Order limits; and

(c) extinguish the rights of, remove, relocate or reposition the apparatus belonging to statutory undertakers over or within the Order limits.

(2) In this article, a reference to a statutory undertakerincludes a reference to a public communications provider (as defined in article 29(4) (recovery of costs of new connections)).

No double recovery

28. Compensation is not payable in respect of the same matter both under this Order and under any other enactment, any contract or any rule of law.

Recovery of costs of new connections

29. —(1) Where any apparatus of a public utility undertaker or of a public communications provider is removed under article 27, any person who is the owner or occupier of premises to which a supply was given from that apparatus is entitled to recover from the undertaker compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by that person, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of effecting a connection between the premises and any other apparatus from which a supply is given.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of the removal of a public sewer but where such a sewer is removed under article 27, any person who is—

(a) the owner or occupier of premises the drains of which communicated with the sewer; or

(b) the owner of a private sewer which communicated with the sewer,

is entitled to recover from the undertaker compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by the person, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of making the drain or sewer belonging to the person communicate with any other public sewer or with a private sewerage disposal plant.

(3) This article does not have effect in relation to apparatus to which Part 3 of the 1991 Act applies.

(4) In this article—

“public communications provider” has the same meaning as in section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003( 35 );

“public utility undertaker” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act( 36 ).

Special category land

30. —(1) On the exercise by the undertaker of the Order rights, so much of the special category land as is required for the purposes of the exercise of those rights is discharged from all rights, trusts and incidents to which it was previously subject, so far as their continuance would be inconsistent with the exercise of the Order rights.

(2) In this article—

“Order rights” means rights exercisable over the special category land by the undertaker under article 18 ;

“special category land” means the land identified as such on the land plans and numbered 01/01 in the book of reference.

PART 6 Miscellaneous and general

Deemed marine licence under Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

31. The marine licence set out in Schedule 9 is deemed to have been issued under Part 4 of the 2009 Act for the licensed marine activities specified in Part 1 of the licence and subject to the conditions specified in Part 2 of the licence.

Application of landlord and tenant law

32. —(1) This article applies to—

(a) any agreement for leasing to a person the whole or any part of the authorised project or the right to operate it; and

(b) any agreement entered into by the undertaker with a person for the construction, maintenance, use or operation of the authorised project, or any part of it,

so far as the agreement relates to the terms on which any land which is the subject of a lease granted by or under that agreement is to be provided for the person’s use.

(2) No enactment or rule of law regulating the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants prejudices the operation of an agreement to which this article applies.

(3) Accordingly, no such enactment or rule of law applies in relation to the rights and obligations of the parties to any lease granted by or under such an agreement so as to—

(a) exclude or in any respect modify any of the rights and obligations of the parties under the terms of the lease, whether with respect to the termination of the tenancy or any other matter;

(b) confer or impose on any such party any right or obligation arising out of or connected with anything done or omitted on or in relation to land which is the subject of the lease, in addition to any right or obligation provided for by the terms of the lease; or

(c) restrict the enforcement (whether by action for damages or otherwise) by any party to the lease of any obligation of any other party under the lease.

Operational land for purposes of Town and Country Planning Act 1990

33. Development consent granted by this Order must be treated as specific planning permission for the purposes of section 264(3) of the 1990 Act (cases in which land is to be treated as operational land for the purposes of that Act).

Felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows

34. —(1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project, remove any hedgerows within the Order limits, specified in Schedule 10 (removal of hedgerows) and identified on the hedgerow plans that may be required for the purposes of carrying out the authorised project.

(2) In paragraph (1), “hedgerow” has the same meaning as in the Hedgerows Regulations 1997( 37 ).

(3) The undertaker may fell or lop any tree or shrub within or overhanging the Order limits, or cut back its roots if it reasonably believes it to be necessary to do so, in order to prevent the tree or shrub from obstructing or interfering with the construction, maintenance or operation of the authorised project or any apparatus used in connection with the authorised project.

(4) In carrying out any activity authorised by paragraph (3) —

(a) the undertaker must not do unnecessary damage to any tree or shrub and must pay compensation to any person for any loss or damage arising from the activity; and

(b) the duty contained in section 206(1) of the 1990 Act (replacement of trees) does not apply( 38 ).

(5) The authority given by paragraph (3) constitutes a deemed consent under the relevant tree preservation order.

(6) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (4) , or as to the amount of compensation, must be determined under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

Certification of plans, etc.

35. —(1) The undertaker must, as soon as practicable after the making of this Order, submit to the Secretary of State copies of—

(a) the works plans (rev. C);

(b) the Order limits plans (rev. C);

(c) the land plans (rev. C);

(d) the book of reference (rev. D, dated 8th August 2016);

(e) the environmental statement (rev. A);

(f) the access to works and streets plans (rev. C);

(g) the hedgerow plans (rev. C);

(h) the public rights of way plans (rev. C);

(i) the crossings schedule (rev. 4.0);

(j) the design principles document (rev. A);

(k) the outline code of construction practice (onshore) (rev. C) comprising—

(i) the outline construction method statement (rev. E);

(ii) the outline health and safety plan;

(iii) the outline noise and vibration management plan (rev. B);

(iv) the outline air quality management plan;

(v) the outline soil management plan (rev. E);

(vi) the outline artificial light emissions plan;

(vii) the outline site waste management plan;

(viii) the outline pollution prevention and emergency incident response plan (rev. C);

(ix) the outline construction environment management plan (rev. B);

(x) the outline communications plan (rev. B);

(l) the outline landscape strategy and ecological management plan (rev. D);

(m) the outline traffic management plan (rev. B);

(n) the outline onshore written scheme of investigation (rev. B);

(o) the outline offshore written scheme of investigation (rev. A);

(p) the outline access management plan (rev. B);

(q) the outline offshore operations and maintenance plan (rev. A),

for certification that they are true copies of the documents referred to in this Order.

(2) A plan or document so certified is admissible in proceedings as evidence of the contents of the document of which it is a copy.

Arbitration

36. Any difference under any provision of this Order, unless otherwise provided for, must be referred to and settled by a single arbitrator to be agreed between the parties, or failing agreement, to be appointed on the application of either party (after giving notice in writing to the other) by the Secretary of State.

Guarantees in respect of payment of compensation

37. —(1) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by the provisions referred to in paragraph (2) in relation to any land unless it has first put in place—

(a) a guarantee approved by the Secretary of State in respect of the liabilities of the undertaker to pay compensation under this Order in respect of the exercise of the relevant power in relation to that land; or

(b) an alternative form of security for that purpose approved by the Secretary of State.

(2) The provisions are—

(a) article 15 (compulsory acquisition of land);

(b) article 16 (compulsory acquisition of land: minerals);

(c) article 18 (compulsory acquisition of rights);

(d) article 19 (private rights);

(e) article 21 (acquisition of subsoil only);

(f) article 22 (rights under or over streets);

(g) article 24 (temporary use of land for carrying out authorised project);

(h) article 25 (temporary use of land for maintaining authorised project); and

(i) article 27 (statutory undertakers).

(3) A guarantee or alternative form of security given in respect of any liability of the undertaker to pay compensation under this Order must be treated as enforceable against the guarantor or person providing the alternative form of security by any person to whom such compensation is payable and must be in such a form as to be capable of enforcement by such a person.

(4) Nothing in this article requires a guarantee or alternative form of security to be in place for more than 15 years after the date on which the relevant power is exercised.

Procedure regarding certain approvals, etc.

38. —(1) Where an application is made to, or a request is made of, the relevant planning authority, a highway authority, a street authority or the owner of a watercourse, sewer or drain for any consent, agreement or approval required or contemplated by any of the provisions of this Order, the consent, agreement or approval must, if given, be given in writing and is not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

(2)Schedule 11 (procedure for discharge of Requirements) has effect in relation to all consents, agreements or approvals granted, refused or withheld in relation to the Requirements unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the relevant planning authority.

Saving provisions for Trinity House

39. Nothing in this Order prejudices or derogates from any of the rights, duties or privileges of Trinity House.

Crown rights

40. —(1) Nothing in this Order affects prejudicially any estate, right, power, privilege, authority or exemption of the Crown and, in particular, nothing in this Order authorises the undertaker or any licensee to take, use, enter on or in any manner interfere with any land or rights of any description (including any portion of the shore or bed of the sea or any river, channel, creek, bay or estuary)—

(a) belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown and forming part of the Crown Estate without the consent in writing of the Crown Estate Commissioners;

(b) belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown and not forming part of the Crown Estate without the consent in writing of the government department having the management of that land; or

(c) belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department without the consent in writing of that government department.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the exercise of any right under this Order for the compulsory acquisition of an interest in any Crown land (as defined in the 2008 Act) which is for the time being held otherwise than by or on behalf of the Crown.

(3) A consent under paragraph (1)—

(a) may be given unconditionally or subject to terms and conditions;

(b) is deemed to have been given in writing where it is sent electronically.

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1 Authorised project

PART 1 Authorised development

1. Development which, in accordance with a direction made by the Secretary of State under section 35 of the 2008 Act on 14th November 2013, is development for which development consent is required on the bed of the North Sea from the coast to approximately 33 kilometres off the coast of Lincolnshire and 46 kilometres off the coast of Norfolk within the Renewable Energy Zone and within the County of Lincolnshire and the District of East Lindsey and Borough of Boston, comprising—

Offshore

Work No. 1 – up to 6 cables for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid on or beneath the seabed between the collector substations and Work No. 2 including pipeline crossings and cable protection;

In the County of Lincolnshire, District of East Lindsey

Work No. 2 – up to 6 cables for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid on or beneath the seabed and/or underground in cable ducts from mean low water connecting Work No. 1 and Work No. 3;

Work No. 3 –

(a) up to 6 cables connecting up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground including in cable ducts connecting Work No. 2 and Work No. 5;

(b) Work No. 3A – up to 6 landfall transition joint bays including ground preparation and ground-raising;

(c) access to Work No. 2 including the construction of haul roads;

(d) Work No. 3B – a temporary construction compound;

Work No. 4 – upgrading of the existing access to provide a permanent access from Roman Bank to Work Nos. 2 and 3;

Work No. 5 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 3 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 5.5 kilometres to Work No. 7 including access for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 6 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of the A52 highway including access from the public highway;

Work No. 7 – a temporary construction compound to the south side of the A52 highway including access from the public highway;

Work No. 8 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 5 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 4.9 kilometres to Work No. 9 including access for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 9 –

(a) the IEC enabling works;

(b) Work No. 9A – the intermediate electrical compound for the compensation of reactive power;

(c) landscaping and drainage, utilities connections, temporary and permanent access roads, a security gate, cabling and ducting to the south of Marsh Lane near Orby;

Work No. 10 – a temporary construction compound for Work No. 9 including access from the public highway;

Work No. 11 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 9 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 3.3 kilometres to Work No 14 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 12 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of the A158 highway including access from the public highway;

Work No. 13 – a temporary construction compound to the south side of the A158 highway including access from the public highway;

Work No. 14 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 11 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 6.3 kilometres to Work No. 17 including the construction of a temporary haul road and accesses for construction;

Work No. 15 – a temporary construction compound to the south of Tipp Lane including access from the public highway;

Work No. 16 – a temporary construction access to the south of the Lymn;

Work No. 17 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 14 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 0.4 kilometres to Work No. 19 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 18 – a temporary construction compound to the west of Steeping River including access from the public highway;

Work No. 19 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 17 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 2.3 kilometres to Work No. 21 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 20 – a temporary construction compound to the south side of Station Road including access from the public highway;

Work No. 21 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 19 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 2.5 kilometres to Work No. 22 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 22 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 21 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 4.4 kilometres to Work No. 24 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 23 – a temporary construction compound to the east side of Hobhole Bank including access from the public highway;

Work No. 24 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 22 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 1.3 kilometres to Work No. 26 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 25 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of Fodder Dike including access from the public highway;

Work No. 26 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 24 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 4.3 kilometres to Work No. 29 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 27 – a temporary construction compound to the east side of the A16 highway including access from the public highway;

Work No. 28 – a temporary construction compound to the west side of the A16 highway including access from the public highway;

Work No. 29 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 26 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 3.6 kilometres to Work No. 31 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 30 – a temporary construction compound to the west side of Staunt Road including access from the public highway;

Work No. 31 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 29 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 1 kilometre to Work No. 33 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 32 – a temporary construction compound to the east side of Carrington Road including access from the public highway;

Work No. 33 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 31 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 5 kilometres to Work No. 37 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 34 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of Leagate Road including access from the public highway;

Work No. 35 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of Mere Booth Road including access from the public highway;

Work No. 36 – a temporary construction compound to the south side of Mere Booth Road including access from the public highway;

In the County of Lincolnshire, Borough of Boston

Work No. 37 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 33 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 2.3 kilometres to Work No. 39 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 38 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of North Forty Foot Bank including access from the public highway;

Work No. 39 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 37 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 3.9 kilometres to Work No. 42 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 40 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of Sutterton Drove including access from the public highway;

Work No. 41 – a temporary construction compound to the west side of Claydike Bank including access from the public highway;

Work No. 42 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 39 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 1.8 kilometres to Work No. 44 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 43 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of the A17 highway including access from the public highway;

Work No. 44 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 42 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 0.6 kilometres to Work No. 46 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 45 – a temporary construction compound to the south side of the A17 highway including access from the public highway;

Work No. 46 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 44 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 3.4 kilometres to Work No. 50 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;

Work No. 47A – a temporary construction compound to the west side of the A17 highway and to the north of Work No. 49 including access from the public highway;

Work No. 48 – a permanent access from the A17 to Work No. 50 including security gates;

Work No. 49 – a temporary access from the A17 to Work No. 50 including security fencing and access from the public highway;

Work No. 50 –

(a) the substation enabling works;

(b) Work No. 50A – a compound for the connection of the electrical circuits to the transmission network (the “substation compound”) containing (but not limited to) switchgear and electrical equipment including power transformers, reactive compensation equipment, filters, cooling equipment, control and welfare buildings, lightning rods, internal roads, security fencing and other associated equipment, structures and buildings including noise-attenuation works;

(c) landscaping and drainage, utilities connections, temporary and permanent access roads, a security gate, cabling and ducting to the north west of the existing National Grid substation at Bicker Fen;

Work No. 51 – the temporary construction compound for Work No. 50;

Work No. 52 – up to 4 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity including earthing connections between Work Nos. 50 and 55 laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 50 in a generally south easterly direction for a distance of 1.3 kilometres to the connection point at the National Grid substation at Bicker Fen including earthing connections between Work Nos. 50 and 54, accesses for construction, operations and maintenance;

Work No. 53 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of the National Grid substation at Bicker Fen.

2. Associated development comprising the following—

Work No. 54 –

(a) unlicensed works at the National Grid substation at Bicker Fen including cable ducts and cabling;

(b) Work No. 54A – connecting bays at the northern part of the National Grid substation at Bicker Fen housing circuit breakers, cable sealing ends, dis-connectors, surge arrestors, transformers, busbars and busbar clamps, measuring equipment and relay/marshalling rooms;

(c) Work No. 54B – a connection bay at the southern part of the National Grid substation at Bicker Fen housing circuit breakers, cable sealing ends, dis-connectors, surge arrestors, transformers, busbars and busbar clamps, measuring equipment and relay/marshalling rooms;

(d) electrical earthing works;

Work No. 55 – up to 2 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity including earthing connections between Work Nos. 52 and 54 laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 52 in a generally southerly direction for a distance of 0.3 kilometres to Work No. 54B including landscaping;

Work No. 56 – temporary highways alterations.

3. In connection with Work Nos. 2 to 56, further associated development shown on the plans referred to in, or approved under, the Requirements including—

(a) ramps, means of access and footpaths;

(b) bunds, embankments, swales, landscaping and boundary treatments;

(c) habitat creation;

(d) boreholes;

(e) jointing bays, manholes, link boxes, marker posts and other works associated with the installation of cable ducts and electrical circuits including trenchless techniques, tunnelling works beneath sea defences, watercourses and roads and trenchless techniques launch and receptor pits;

(f) water supply works, foul drainage provision and surface water management systems;

(g) temporary structures including those needed to facilitate the crossing of watercourses including bailey bridges;

(h) temporary construction laydown areas and compounds including accesses and their restoration;

(i) temporary drilling and tunnelling compounds and working areas and their restoration;

(j) works to remove, reconstruct or alter the position of apparatus including mains, sewers, drains, cables and pipelines; and

(k) such other works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the relevant part of the authorised project,

which fall within the scope of the works assessed by the environmental statement.

4. The grid co-ordinates for the part of the authorised project which is seaward of MHWS are specified below and more particularly shown on the Order limits plans—

PART 2 Ancillary works

Works and operations within the Order limits and which fall within the scope of the work assessed by the environmental statement comprising—

(a) temporary landing places, moorings or other means of accommodating vessels in the construction or maintenance of the authorised development;

(b) temporary or permanent buoys, beacons, fenders and other navigational warning or ship impact protection works;

(c) temporary works for the protection of land or structures affected by the authorised development;

(d) cable route preparation works including grapnel runs and pre-lay jetting; and

(e) the removal, reconstruction or alteration of the position of subsea cables.

PART 3 Requirements

Interpretation

1. In this Part—

“above-ground infrastructure” means the buildings, busbars, capacitors, reactors, reactive power compensation equipment, filters, cooling equipment, control and welfare buildings, lightning rods, security fencing and other associated equipment, structures and buildings including noise-attenuation panels required for the intermediate electrical compound and the substation compound (Work No. 50A);

“AIS” means air-insulated switchgear;

“AOD” means above ordnance datum;

“GIS” means gas-insulated switchgear;

“stage” means one of the following 28 stages of the onshore works—

or such other stage of the onshore works agreed in writing with the relevant planning authority.

Time limit for commencing authorised development

2. The authorised development must be commenced on or before 26th September 2021.

Detailed offshore design parameters

3. —(1) The total number of cables comprising Work No. 1 must not exceed 6.

(2) The total length of the cables comprising Work No. 1 must not exceed 396 kilometres.

(3) The total amount of cable protection for the cables comprising Work No. 1 must not exceed 367,200 square metres and 320,760 cubic metres.

(4) The finished height of any cable protection must not exceed 10% of the navigable water depth existing before workscommence unless otherwise agreed in writing in advance with the MMO and the MCA.

Offshore decommissioning

4. No part of the development seaward of MHWS may be commenced until a written decommissioning programme in compliance with any notice served on the undertaker by the Secretary of State under section 105(2) of the Energy Act 2004( 39 ) has been submitted to the Secretary of State for approval.

Detailed design onshore

5. —(1) The IEC enabling works and the substation enabling works must not be commenced until details of the ground-raising and stoned site platform have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) No part of Work No. 9A may be commenced until details of the layout, scale and external appearance of the above-ground infrastructure including permanent fencing relating to Work No. 9A have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(3) No part of Work No. 50A may be commenced until—

(a) details of the layout, scale and external appearance of the above-ground infrastructure including permanent fencing relating to Work No. 50A have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority; and

(b) the undertaker has notified the relevant planning authority whether AIS or GIS is to be installed for Work No. 50A.

(4) Any details provided by the undertaker under paragraphs (2) and (3) must, where relevant to that stage, be in accordance with the design principles document.

(5) Finished floor levels for Work Nos. 9A and 50A must, after consultation with the Environment Agency, be based on the results of topographic surveys.

(6) In relation to Work No. 3A—

(a) the total area in which the landfall transition joint bays may be contained must not exceed 20,288 square metres;

(b) the total area of land raising must not exceed 5,000 square metres; and

(c) the total number of landfall transition joint bays must not exceed 6.

(7) In relation to Work No. 9A—

(a) the highest part of any building must not exceed 16.54 metres AOD;

(b) the highest part of any external electrical equipment, excluding lightning rods, must not exceed 14.04 metres AOD;

(c) the total number of lightning rods within the fenced compound must not exceed 4 and the height of any lightning rod must not exceed 21.54 metres AOD;

(d) the total area of the fenced compound (excluding its accesses) must not exceed 17,000 square metres; and

(e) any GISbuilding may be located only within the dotted area shown within Work No. 9A on the works plans.

(8) In relation to Work No. 50A—

(a) if AIS is installed—

(i) the highest part of any building must not exceed 10 metres AOD;

(ii) the highest part of any external electrical equipment, excluding lightning rods, must not exceed 15 metres AOD; and

(iii) the total area of the fenced compound (excluding its accesses) must not exceed 86,000 square metres;

(b) if GIS is installed—

(i) the highest part of any building must not exceed 16 metres AOD;

(ii) the highest part of any external electrical equipment, excluding lightning rods, must not exceed 13.5 metres AOD; and

(iii) the total area of the fenced compound (excluding its accesses) must not exceed 69,000 square metres; and

(c) the total number of lightning rods within the fenced compound must not exceed 22 and the height of any lightning rod must not exceed 21 metres AOD.

(9) In relation to Work No. 54—

(a) the total number of connection bays must not exceed 2;

(b) the connection bays may be located only within the hatched areas shown within Work Nos. 54A and 54B on the works plans; and

(c) if 2 connection bays are accommodated within Work No. 54A, Work Nos. 54B and 55 must not be constructed.

(10) Unless otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority, after consultation with the relevant drainage boards, the Environment Agency and the highways authority, where identified in the crossings schedule for the purpose of passing under a relevant obstruction, trenchless techniques must be used to install the cable ducts and electrical circuits within Work Nos. 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 42, 44 and 46.

(11) The undertaker must—

(a) at least 3 months before the commencement of the onshore cable works—

(i) submit to the relevant planning authority a cable route sequencing plan including details of the indicative sequencing of the onshore cable works; and

(ii) notify the public and owners of land of the sequencing of the onshore cable works in accordance with the communications plan approved as part of the code of construction practice;

(b) before construction of any stage of the onshore cable works, submit to the relevant planning authority a copy of the cable installation plans provided to owners in accordance with the soil management plan approved as part of the code of construction practice; and

(c) within 3 months of the completion of the installation of the cable circuits for any stage of the onshore cable works, submit to the relevant planning authority as built plans for that stage showing the alignment of the cable circuits.

(12) Any plans submitted in accordance with paragraph (11)(a) and (b) may be updated from time to time and must be submitted to the relevant planning authority and communicated to owners and the public in accordance with the code of construction practice.

(13) In this Requirement, “onshore cable works” means Work Nos. 3, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 42, 44, 46 and 52.

Provision of landscaping

6. —(1)Work Nos. 9A and 50A must not be commenced until a written landscaping scheme and associated work programme (in accordance with the outline landscape strategy and ecological management plan) for the relevant work has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The written landscaping scheme must include details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works including—

(a) location, number, species, size and planting density of any proposed planting including any trees; and

(b) implementation timetables for all landscaping works.

(3) If Work No. 55 is constructed before the completion of the unlicensed works, a written landscaping scheme and associated work programme (in accordance with the outline landscape strategy and ecological management plan) must be submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority after consultation with National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (company number 02366977).

Implementation and maintenance of landscaping

7. —(1) All landscaping works must, where relevant, be carried out in accordance with the landscaping scheme approved under Requirement 6 .

(2) Any tree or shrub planted as part of an approved landscaping scheme that, within 10 years after planting, is removed, dies or becomes, in the reasonable opinion of the relevant planning authority, seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the first available planting season with a specimen of the same species and size as that originally planted.

Highway accesses and improvements

8. —(1) No stage of the onshore works may be commenced until for that stage written details (which accord with the outline access management plan) of the siting, design, layout, sequencing and timing and any access management measures for any new permanent or temporary means of access to a highway to be used by vehicular traffic, or any alteration to an existing means of access to a highway, have, after consultation with the highway authority, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The highway accesses for that stage must be constructed or altered, and the works described in paragraph (1) in relation to access management measures carried out, in accordance with the approved details before the relevant highway accesses are brought into use for the purposes of the authorised development.

(3) No stage of the onshore works may be commenced until for that stage a scheme of temporary highways alterations within the highway boundary has, after consultation with the highway authority, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(4) The temporary highways alterations for that stage must be constructed in accordance with the approved scheme before they are brought into use for the purposes of the authorised development.

Fencing and other means of enclosure

9. —(1) No stage of the onshore works may be commenced until for that stage written details of all proposed fences, walls or other means of enclosure have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) All temporary construction compounds must remain securely fenced in accordance with the approved details at all times during construction of the onshore works.

(3) Temporary fencing, except temporary fencing for the beach works, must be removed on completion of the relevant stage of the onshore works.

(4) Temporary fencing for the beach works must be removed on completion of construction of those works excluding testing.

(5) Any approved permanent fencing in relation to Work Nos. 9A and 50A must be completed before the relevant Work is brought into use and maintained for the operational lifetime of Work Nos. 9A and 50A.

(6) In this Requirement, “beach works” means Work No. 2 and works related to the installation of cable ducts and cable circuits within Work No. 3 but excluding Work Nos. 3A and 3B.

Requirement for surface water drainage scheme

10. —(1)Work Nos. 9, 50, 54A and 54B must not be commenced until a surface water drainage scheme for the Work, or part of the Work, in question has, after consultation with Lincolnshire County Council and the relevant drainage boards, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The surface water drainage scheme submitted under paragraph (1) must be based on sustainable drainage principles and an assessment of the hydrological and hydrogeological context of the authorised development and must be in accordance with the surface water drainage strategy submitted as part of the flood risk assessment included within the environmental statement.

(3) Where relevant to the Work, or part of the Work, in question, the scheme must include—

(a) provision for limiting the surface water run-off generated by all rainfall events up to the 1 in 100 year plus 20% (for climate change) critical rain storm so that it will not exceed the run-off from the undeveloped site and not increase the risk of flooding off-site;

(b) provision of surface water run-off attenuation storage to accommodate the difference between the allowable discharge rates and all rainfall events up to the 1 in 100 year plus 20% (for climate change) critical rain storm;

(c) detailed design (plans, cross-sections and calculations) in support of any surface water drainage scheme including details of any attenuation system and the outfall arrangements;

(d) details of how the scheme is to be maintained and managed after completion; and

(e) details of percolation testing (carried out in accordance with Building Research Establishment Digest 365 or Construction Industry Research and Information Association guidance R156) to demonstrate that the use of infiltration techniques are suitable.

(4) The surface water drainage scheme must be implemented as approved.

(5) In this Requirement, “relevant drainage boards” means the drainage boards within the meaning of section 25 of the Land Drainage Act 1991( 40 ) for the area in which the Work is situated.

Requirement for foul water drainage scheme

11. —(1)Work Nos. 9 and 50 must not be commenced until a detailed foul water drainage scheme (including means of pollution control) for the Work, or part of the Work, in question has, after consultation with Anglian Water Services Limited (company number 02366656) and the Environment Agency, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The foul water drainage scheme must be implemented as approved.

Archaeology

12. —(1) No stage of the onshore works may be commenced until for that stage a written scheme of investigation in accordance with the outline onshore written scheme of investigation has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The approved scheme must—

(a) identify areas where archaeological work is required; and

(b) the measures to be taken to protect, record or preserve any significant archaeological remains (as defined in the outline onshore written scheme of investigation) that may be found.

(3) Pre-construction archaeological investigations and pre-commencement material operations which involve intrusive ground works may take place only in accordance with a specific written scheme of investigation which—

(a) is in accordance with the details set out in the outline onshore written scheme of investigation; and

(b) has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(4) Any archaeological works must be carried out by a suitably qualified and competent person or body previously notified to the relevant planning authority.

(5) The written scheme of investigation must be implemented as approved.

Ecological management plan and removal of hedgerows

13. —(1) No stage of the onshore works may be commenced until for that stage a written ecological management plan (which accords with the outline landscape strategy and ecological management plan) reflecting the survey results and ecological mitigation and enhancement measures included in the environmental statement has after consultation with the appropriate statutory nature conservation body been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The ecological management plan must include an implementation timetable and measures to be taken to reinstate hedgerows on completion of the relevant stage of the onshore works.

(3) The ecological management plan must be implemented as approved.

(4) Any hedgerow removal or replacement undertaken before approval of the written ecological management plan under paragraph (1) must be carried out in accordance with the details set out in the outline landscape strategy and ecological management plan.

Code of construction practice

14. —(1) No stage of the onshore works may be commenced until for that stage a code of construction practice in accordance with the outline code of construction practice (onshore) has, after consultation with the Environment Agency, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The code of construction practice must, where relevant to that stage, cover all the matters set out in the outline code of construction practice (onshore).

(3) The code of construction practice must include—

(a) a construction method statement including details of the management of public rights of way and methods (including trenchless and non-trenchless techniques) for the crossing of watercourses (main river crossings to be undertaken using trenchless techniques only);

(b) a health and safety plan;

(c) a noise and vibration management plan;

(d) an air quality management plan;

(e) a soil management plan;

(f) an artificial light emissions plan;

(g) a site waste management plan;

(h) a pollution prevention and emergency incident response plan;

(i) a construction environment management plan; and

(j) a communications plan.

(4) The soil management plan (which forms part of the code of construction practice) must, where relevant to a stage, secure that any link box located in a place where agricultural machinery may pass over it has a cover that is—

(a) capable of bearing agricultural machinery loads; and

(b) designed so as to allow the wheels or tracks of agricultural machinery to pass over the link box without damaging the wheels or tracks of the machinery or the link box.

(5) The code of construction practice must be implemented as approved.

Unexpected contamination

15. —(1) If, during any stage of the authorised development, contamination not identified or addressed within the relevant code of construction practice is found to be present within the Order limits, no further development in the vicinity of the contamination may be carried out until a written scheme to deal with the associated risks has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority after consultation with the Environment Agency.

(2) The scheme must include an investigation and assessment report, prepared by a specialist consultant notified in advance to the relevant planning authority, the purpose of which is to identify the extent of any contamination and the remedial measures to be taken to render the land fit for its intended purpose, together with a management plan which sets out long-term measures with respect to any contaminants remaining on site.

(3) No remedial work identified in accordance with paragraph (2) may be carried out until the scheme has been approved.

(4) The scheme and management plan must be implemented as approved.

Control of operational artificial light emissions

16. —(1)Work Nos. 9A and 50A must not be brought into operation until a written scheme for the management and mitigation of artificial light emissions for the relevant Work has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The approved schemes for the management and mitigation of artificial light emissions must be implemented and maintained during the lifetime of Work Nos. 9A and 50A.

Construction hours

17. —(1) Except as otherwise agreed in the code of construction practice and subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), construction of the onshore works and construction-related traffic movements to or from the site of the relevant Work may take place only between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. from Monday to Saturday, with no activity on Sundays or bank holidays.

(2) If agreed in advance with the relevant planning authority, construction of the onshore works and construction-related traffic movements to or from the site of the relevant Work may take place outside the hours specified in paragraph (1) for certain identified works including—

(a) where continuous periods of construction are required, for works such as concrete pouring and finishing, electrical circuit pulling and jointing and testing;

(b) for the delivery and unloading of abnormal loads;

(c) for the landfall works; and

(d) for any other time-critical element of the onshore works.

(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), all construction works which are to be undertaken outside the hours specified in paragraph (1) must be agreed in advance with the relevant planning authority.

(4) In respect of trenchless techniques—

(a) where continuous 24-hour working is required, the undertaker must notify the relevant planning authority in advance of such works;

(b) where a trenchless technique is to take place within 100 metres of an occupied dwelling, the works must take place within the hours specified in paragraph (1) unless otherwise agreed in advance with the resident of that dwelling and notified to the relevant planning authority.

Control of noise during operational phase

18. —(1) The rating level of the overall operational noise immissions from Work No. 9A or 50A must not exceed 35 dB LAeq (5 min.) free-field (as defined in and measured in accordance with BS4142:2014 including any relevant penalties for tonal or impulsive character) at any residential property that lawfully exists on the date on which this Order is made.

(2) In the event of a complaint to the relevant planning authority relating to noise immissions from the operation of Work No. 9A or 50A which may reasonably be expected to result in levels above those allowed by paragraph (1)—

(a) the undertaker must submit a proposed measurement and assessment procedure, based on the guidance and assessment methodology outlined in BS4142:2014, including a proposed measurement methodology and monitoring locations to the relevant planning authority for approval;

(b) measurements must be undertaken in accordance with the approved procedure by an independent consultant appointed by the undertaker in order to determine compliance or otherwise with paragraph (1).

Construction traffic

19. —(1) No stage of the onshore works may be commenced until for that stage, after consultation with the highway authority, a construction traffic management plan in accordance with the outline traffic management plan including a contractor travel plan has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) Construction and contractor traffic related to the authorised development must use only Work No. 48 or 49 to access Work Nos. 50 to 55.

(3) The timings for the construction of Work Nos. 48 and 49 must be included within the construction method statement approved as part of the relevant code of construction practice.

(4) The construction traffic management plan and contractor travel plan must be implemented as approved.

European protected species

20. —(1) No stage of the onshore works may be commenced until for that stage final pre-construction survey work has been carried out to establish whether a European protected species is present on any of the land affected, or likely to be affected, by that stage of the onshore works or in any of the trees to be lopped or felled as part of that stage of the onshore works.

(2) Where a European protected species is shown to be present, the relevant stage of the onshore works may not be commenced until, after consultation with the statutory nature conservation body and the relevant planning authority, a scheme of protection and mitigation measures has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(3) The relevant stage of the onshore works must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.

(4) In this Requirement, “European protected species” means a European protected species of animal or plant within the meaning of Part 3 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010( 41 ).

Restoration of land used temporarily for construction

21. —(1) Any land landward of MHWS which is used temporarily for construction of the onshore works and not ultimately incorporated in permanent works or approved landscaping must be reinstated within 6 months of completion of the relevant stage of the onshore works in accordance with details approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) Any hedgerow reinstatement must be carried out on accordance with Requirement 13(3) .

Onshore decommissioning

22. Within 6 months of the cessation of commercial operation of the onshore works, and after consultation with owners in relation to their landholding, an onshore decommissioning plan must be submitted to the relevant planning authority for approval.

Local employment

23. —(1) No stage of the onshore works within a relevant planning authority’s area may be commenced until, after consultation with the relevant planning authority and the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership, a plan detailing arrangements to promote local employment and skills development opportunities related to the onshore works has been notified to the relevant planning authority.

(2) The plan must include proposals for working with the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership and the relevant planning authority to promote such opportunities.

(3) The employment and skills plan must be implemented and maintained for the duration of the construction of the onshore works.

Approval, etc. to be in writing

24. Where the approval or agreement of the Secretary of State or the relevant planning authority is required under a Requirement, that approval or agreement must be given in writing.

Amendments to approved plans, etc.

25. —(1) Where a Requirement requires the authorised development to be carried out in accordance with a plan, scheme, statement, strategy or details (the “plan”) approved by the relevant planning authority, the plan must be carried out as approved unless an amendment is previously agreed in writing by the relevant planning authority in accordance with paragraph (2) .

(2) Any amendment to the approved plan must be in accordance with the principles and assessments set out in the environmental statement and the other documents set out in article 35; and the agreement of the relevant planning authority to an amendment may be given only where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the relevant planning authority that the amendment is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.

(3) The approved plan must be taken to include any amendment that may subsequently be approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.

Article 8

SCHEDULE 2 Streets subject to street works

Article 9

SCHEDULE 3 Streets to be temporarily stopped up

Article 10

SCHEDULE 4 Access to works

Article 18

SCHEDULE 5 Land in which only new rights, etc. may be acquired

East Lindsey District

Boston Borough

Article 18

SCHEDULE 6 Modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights and restrictive covenants

Compensation enactments modified

1. The enactments for the time being in force with respect to compensation for the compulsory purchase of land apply, with the necessary modifications as respects compensation, in the case of a compulsory acquisition under this Order of a right by the creation of a new right or the imposition of a restrictive covenant as they apply as respects compensation on the compulsory purchase of land and interests in land.

Land Compensation Act 1973 modified

2. —(1) Without limiting paragraph 1, the Land Compensation Act 1973( 42 ) has effect subject to the modifications set out in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In section 44(1) (compensation for injurious affection), as it applies to compensation for injurious affection under section 7 of the 1965 Act as substituted by paragraph 4,—

(a) for “land is acquired or taken from” substitute “a right or restrictive covenant over land is purchased from or imposed on the land of”; and

(b) for “acquired or taken from him” substitute “over which the right is exercisable or the restrictive covenant is enforceable”.

(3) In section 58(1) (determination of material detriment where part of house etc. proposed for compulsory acquisition), as it applies to determinations under section 8 of the 1965 Act as substituted by paragraph 5,—

(a) for “part” in paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “a right over or restrictive covenant affecting land consisting”;

(b) for “severance” substitute “right or restrictive covenant over or affecting the whole of the house, building or manufactory or of the house and the park or garden;

(c) for “part proposed” substitute “right or restrictive covenant proposed”; and

(d) for “part is” substitute “right or restrictive covenant is”.

Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 modified

3. —(1) The 1965 Act has effect with the modifications necessary to make it apply to the compulsory acquisition under this Order of a right by the creation of a new right, or to the imposition under this Order of a restrictive covenant, as it applies to the compulsory acquisition under this Order of land, so that, in appropriate contexts, references in that Act to land must be read (according to the requirements of the particular context) as referring to, or as including references to—

(a) the right acquired or to be acquired or the restrictive covenant imposed or to be imposed; or

(b) the land over which the right is or is to be exercisable or the restrictive covenant is or is to be enforceable.

(2) Without limiting sub-paragraph (1), Part 1 of the 1965 Act applies in relation to the compulsory acquisition under this Order of a right by the creation of a new right, or in relation to the imposition of a restrictive covenant, with the modifications specified in the following provisions of this Schedule.

4. For section 7 of the 1965 Act (measure of compensation in case of severance) substitute the following section—

“ 7. In assessing the compensation to be paid by the acquiring authority under this Act, regard must be had not only to the extent (if any) to which the value of the land over which the right is to be acquired or the restrictive covenant is to be imposed is depreciated by the acquisition of the right or the imposition of the restrictive covenant but also to the damage (if any) to be sustained thereby by the owner of the land in relation to other land of the owner, or injuriously affecting that other land by the exercise of the powers conferred by this or the special Act. ” .

5. For section 8 of the 1965 Act (other provisions as to divided land) substitute the following section—

“ 8. —(1) Where in consequence of the service on a person under section 5 of this Act of a notice to treat in respect of a right over, or a restrictive covenant affecting, land consisting of a house, building or manufactory or of a park or garden belonging to a house (the “relevant land”)—

(a) a question of disputed compensation in respect of the purchase of the right or the imposition of the restrictive covenant would apart from this section fall to be determined by the Upper Tribunal (the “tribunal”); and

(b) before the tribunal has determined that question, the tribunal is satisfied that the person has an interest in the whole of the relevant land and is able and willing to sell that land and—

(i) where that land consists of a house, building or manufactory, that the right cannot be purchased or the restrictive covenant imposed without material detriment to that land; or

(ii) where that land consists of such a park or garden, that the right cannot be purchased or the restrictive covenant imposed without seriously affecting the amenity or convenience of the house to which that land belongs,

the Triton Knoll Electrical System Order 2016 (the “Order”), in relation to that person, ceases to authorise the purchase of the right or the imposition of the restrictive covenant and is deemed to authorise the purchase of that person’s interest in the whole of the relevant land including, where the land consists of such a park or garden, the house to which it belongs, and the notice is deemed to have been served in respect of that interest on such date as the tribunal directs.

(2) Any question as to the extent of the land in which the Order is deemed to authorise the purchase of an interest by virtue of subsection (1) must be determined by the tribunal.

(3) Where, in consequence of a determination of the tribunal that it is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1), the Order is deemed by virtue of that subsection to authorise the purchase of an interest in land, the acquiring authority may, at any time within the period of 6 weeks beginning with the date of the determination, withdraw the notice to treat in consequence of which the determination was made; but nothing in this subsection prejudices any other power of the authority to withdraw the notice. ” .

6. The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state the effect of a deed poll executed in various circumstances where there is no conveyance by persons with interests in the land), that is to say—

(a) section 9(4) (refusal to convey, failure to make title, etc.);

(b) paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 1 (persons without power to sell their interests);

(c) paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 2 (absent and untraced owners); and

(d) paragraphs 2(3) and 7(2) of Schedule 4 (common land),

are modified so as to secure that, as against persons with interests in the land which are expressed to be overridden by the deed, the right which is to be compulsorily acquired or the restrictive covenant which is to be imposed is vested absolutely in the acquiring authority.

7. Section 11 of the 1965 Act (powers of entry) is modified so as to secure that, as from the date on which the acquiring authority has served notice to treat in respect of any right or restrictive covenant, it has power, exercisable in equivalent circumstances and subject to equivalent conditions to those provided for in that section, to enter for the purpose of exercising that right or enforcing that restrictive covenant (which is deemed for this purpose to have been created on the date of service of the notice); and sections 12 (unauthorised entry) and 13 (refusal to give possession to acquiring authority) of the 1965 Act are modified correspondingly.

8. Section 20 of the 1965 Act( 43 ) (tenants at will, etc.) applies with the modifications necessary to secure that persons with such interests in land as are mentioned in that section are compensated in a manner corresponding to that in which they would be compensated on a compulsory acquisition under this Order of that land, but taking into account only the extent (if any) of such interference with such an interest as is actually caused, or likely to be caused, by the exercise of the right or the enforcement of the restrictive covenant in question.

9. Section 22 of the 1965 Act (interests omitted from purchase) is modified so as to enable the acquiring authority, in circumstances corresponding to those referred to in that section, to continue to be entitled to exercise the right acquired or to enforce the restrictive covenant imposed, subject to compliance with that section as respects compensation.

Article 24

SCHEDULE 7 Land of which temporary possession may be taken

Articles 26 and 27

SCHEDULE 8 Protective provisions

PART 1 Protection for Environment Agency and drainage authorities

1. The provisions of this Part have effect for the protection of the drainage authority unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the drainage authority.

2. In this Part—

“construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal; and “construct” must be construed accordingly;

“drainage authority” means—

“drainage work” means any watercourse and includes any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance, constructed or used for land drainage, flood defence, sea defence or tidal monitoring which is the responsibility of the drainage authority as identified in the crossings schedule subject to such changes as notified to the undertaker;

“ordinary watercourse” has the meaning given by section 72 of the Land Drainage Act 1991;

“plans” includes any information reasonably required by the drainage authority including location details, grid references, sections, drawings, specifications, assessments and method statements;

“specified work” means so much of any work or operation authorised by this Order as is in, on, under, over or within 9 metres of a drainage work or is otherwise likely to—

3. —(1) Before commencing construction of a specified work, the undertaker must submit to the drainage authorityplans of the specified work and such further particulars available to it as the drainage authority may within 28 days of the submission of the plans reasonably require.

(2) The undertaker must not commenceconstruction of the specified work until approval, unconditionally or conditionally, has been given as provided in this paragraph.

(3) A specified work must not be constructed except in accordance with such plans as may be approved in writing by the drainage authority or determined under paragraph

(4) Any approval of the drainage authority required under this paragraph—

(a) must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;

(b) is deemed to have been given if it is neither given nor refused within 2 months of the submission of the plans for approval, or submission of further particulars (where required by the drainage authority under sub-paragraph (1)) whichever is the later; and

(c) may be given subject to such reasonable requirements as the drainage authority may make for the protection of any drainage work, for the protection of any navigation work, for the protection of water resources, for the prevention of pollution or in the discharge of its environmental functions.

(5) Any refusal under this paragraph must be accompanied by a statement of the reasons for refusal.

4. Without limiting paragraph requirements which the drainage authority may make under that paragraph include conditions requiring the undertaker at its own expense to construct such protective works, whether temporary or permanent, during the construction of the specified work (including the provision of flood banks, walls or embankments or other new works and the strengthening, repair or renewal of existing banks, walls or embankments) as are reasonably necessary—

(a) to safeguard any drainage work against damage by reason of any specified work; or

(b) to secure that the efficiency of any drainage work for flood defence and land drainage purposes is not impaired, and that the risk of flooding is not otherwise increased, by reason of any specified work.

5. —(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any specified work, and all protective works required by the drainage authority under paragraph

(a) without unreasonable delay in accordance with the plans approved or deemed to have been approved or settled under this Part; and

(b) to the reasonable satisfaction of the drainage authority,

and an officer of the drainage authority is entitled to watch and inspect the construction of such works.

(2) The undertaker must give to the drainage authority—

(a) not less than 14 days’ notice in writing of its intention to commenceconstruction of any specified work; and

(b) notice in writing of its completion not later than 7 days after the date of completion.

(3) If the drainage authority reasonably requires, the undertaker must construct all or part of the protective works so that they are in place before the construction of the specified work.

(4) If any part of a specified work or any protective work required by the drainage authority is constructed otherwise than in accordance with the requirements of this Part, the drainage authority may by notice in writing require the undertaker at the undertaker’s expense to comply with the requirements of this Part or (if the undertaker so elects and the drainage authority in writing consents, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to remove, alter or pull down the work and, where removal is agreed, to restore the site to its former condition to such extent and within such limits as the drainage authority reasonably requires.

(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (6), if within a reasonable period, being not less than 28 days from the date when a notice under sub-paragraph (4) is served on the undertaker, the undertaker has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the requirements of the notice and subsequently to make reasonably expeditious progress towards their implementation, the drainage authority may execute the works specified in the notice and any expenditure incurred by it in so doing is recoverable from the undertaker.

(6) In the event of any dispute as to whether sub-paragraph (4) is properly applicable to any work in respect of which notice has been served under that sub-paragraph, or as to the reasonableness of any requirement of such a notice, the drainage authority must not except in an emergency exercise the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (5) until the dispute has been finally determined.

6. —(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), the undertaker must from the commencement of the construction of the specified workmaintain in good repair and condition and free from obstruction any drainage work which is situated within the limits of deviation on land held by the undertaker for the purposes of or in connection with the specified work, whether or not the drainage work is constructed under the powers conferred by this Order or is already in existence.

(2) If any drainage work which the undertaker is liable to maintain is not maintained to the reasonable satisfaction of the drainage authority, the drainage authority may by notice in writing require the undertaker to repair and restore the work, or any part of the work, or (if the undertaker so elects and the drainage authority in writing consents, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to remove the specified work and restore the site to its former condition, to such extent and within such limits as the drainage authority reasonably requires.

(3) If, within a reasonable period being not less than 28 days beginning with the date on which a notice in respect of any drainage work is served under sub-paragraph (2) on the undertaker, the undertaker has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the reasonable requirements of the notice and has not subsequently made reasonably expeditious progress towards their implementation, the drainage authority may do what is necessary for such compliance and may recover any expenditure reasonably incurred by it in so doing from the undertaker.

(4) In the event of any dispute as to the reasonableness of any requirement of a notice served under sub-paragraph (2), the drainage authority must not except in a case of emergency exercise the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (3) until the dispute has been finally determined.

(5) This paragraph does not apply to—

(a) drainage works which are vested in the drainage authority, or which the drainage authority or another person is liable to maintain and is not prevented by this Order from so doing; and

(b) any obstruction of a drainage work for the purpose of a work or operation authorised by this Order and carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Part provided that any obstruction is removed as soon as reasonably practicable.

7. If by reason of the construction of a specified work or of the failure of any such work the efficiency of any drainage work for flood defence purposes or land drainage is impaired, or that drainage work is otherwise damaged, the impairment or damage must be made good by the undertaker as soon as reasonably practicable to the reasonable satisfaction of the drainage authority and, if the undertaker fails to do so, the drainage authority may make good the impairment or damage and recover from the undertaker the expense reasonably incurred by it in doing so.

8. The undertaker must indemnify the drainage authority in respect of all costs, charges and expenses which the drainage authority may reasonably incur, have to pay or sustain—

(a) in the examination or approval of plans under this Part; and

(b) in inspecting the construction of the specified work or any protective works required by the drainage authority under this Part; and

(c) in carrying out any surveys or tests by the drainage authority which are reasonably required in connection with the construction of the specified work.

9. —(1) Without limiting the other provisions of this Part, the undertaker must indemnify the drainage authority from all claims, demands, proceedings, costs, damages, expenses or loss, which may be made or taken against, recovered from, or incurred by, the drainage authority by reason of—

(a) any damage to any drainage work;

(b) any raising or lowering of the water table in land adjoining the authorised project or any sewers, drains and watercourses; or

(c) any flooding or increased flooding of any such lands and, where the drainage authority is the Environment Agency, inadequate water quality in any watercourse or other surface waters or in any groundwater,

caused by the construction of any specified work or any act or omission of the undertaker, its contractors, agents or employees whilst engaged on the work.

(2) The drainage authority must give to the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand, and no settlement or compromise may be made without the agreement of the undertaker which agreement must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

10. The fact that any work or thing has been executed or done by the undertaker in accordance with a plan approved or deemed to be approved by the drainage authority, or to its satisfaction, or in accordance with any directions or award of an arbitrator, does not relieve the undertaker from any liability under this Part.

11. Any dispute arising between the undertaker and the drainage authority under this Part, if the parties agree, is to be determined by arbitration under article 36 (arbitration), but otherwise is to be determined by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy acting jointly on a reference to them by the undertaker or the drainage authority, after notice in writing by one to the other.

PART 2 Protection for Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, etc.

1. The provisions of this Part have effect unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and Network Rail and, in the case of paragraph 15, any other person on whom rights or obligations are conferred by that paragraph.

2. In this Part—

“construction” includes execution, placing, alteration and reconstruction; and “construct” must be construed accordingly;

“engineer” means an engineer appointed by Network Rail for the purposes of this Order;

“network licence” means the network licence, as amended from time to time, granted to Network Rail Infrastructure Limited by the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers under section 8 of the Railways Act 1993( 44 );

“Network Rail” means—

and for the purpose of paragraph (b) “associated company” means any company which is (within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006( 45 )) the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a subsidiary of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited or another subsidiary of the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited;

“plans” includes sections, designs, design data, software, drawings, specifications, soil reports, calculations, descriptions (including descriptions of methods of construction), staging proposals, programmes and details of the extent, timing and duration of any proposed occupation of railway property;

“railway operational procedures” means procedures specified under any access agreement (as defined in the Railways Act 1993( 46 )) or station lease;

“railway property” means—

“specified work” means so much of any of the authorised development as is situated on, across, under, over or within 15 metres of, or may in any way adversely affect, railway property.

3. —(1) Where under this Part Network Rail is required to give its consent or approval in respect of any matter, that consent or approval is subject to the condition that Network Rail complies with any relevant railway operational procedures and any obligations under its network licence or under statute.

(2) In so far as any specified work or the acquisition or use of railway property is or may be subject to railway operational procedures, Network Rail must—

(a) co-operate with the undertaker with a view to avoiding undue delay and securing conformity as between any plans approved by the engineer and requirements emanating from those procedures; and

(b) use its reasonable endeavours to avoid any conflict arising between the application of those procedures and the proper implementation of the authorised development under this Order.

4. —(1) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by—

(a) article 12 (discharge of water);

(b) article 13 (authority to survey and investigate land);

(c) article 15 (compulsory acquisition of land);

(d) article 18 (compulsory acquisition of rights);

(e) article 19 (private rights);

(f) article 21 (acquisition of subsoil only);

(g) article 24 (temporary use of land for carrying out authorised project);

(h) article 25 (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised project);

(i) article 27 (statutory undertakers);

(j) article 34 (felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows); or

(k) section 11(3) of the 1965 Act,

in respect of any railway property unless the exercise of such powers is with the consent of Network Rail.

(2) The undertaker must not in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order prevent pedestrian or vehicular access to any railway property unless preventing such access is with the consent of Network Rail.

(3) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by sections 271 (extinguishment of rights of statutory undertakers: preliminary notices) or 272 (extinguishment of rights of electronic code communications operators: preliminary notices) of the 1990 Act( 47 ) or by article 27 (statutory undertakers) in relation to any right of access of Network Rail to railway property, but the right of access may be diverted with the consent of Network Rail.

(4) The undertaker must not under the powers conferred by this Order acquire or use or acquire new rights over any railway property except with the consent of Network Rail.

(5) Where Network Rail is asked to give its consent under this paragraph, its consent must not be unreasonably withheld but may be given subject to reasonable conditions.

5. —(1) The undertaker must before commencing construction of any specified work supply to Network Rail proper and sufficient plans of that work for the reasonable approval of the engineer, and the specified work must not be commenced except in accordance with such plans as have been approved in writing by the engineer or settled by arbitration.

(2) The approval of the engineer under sub-paragraph (1) must not be unreasonably withheld, and if, by the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which such plans have been supplied to Network Rail, the engineer has not intimated disapproval of those plans and the grounds of disapproval—

(a) the undertaker may serve on the engineer written notice requiring the engineer to intimate approval or disapproval within a further period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the engineer receives written notice from the undertaker; and

(b) if by the expiry of the further 28 days the engineer has not intimated approval or disapproval, the engineer is deemed to have approved the plans as submitted.

(3) If, by the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which written notice was served on the engineer under sub-paragraph (2), Network Rail gives notice to the undertaker that Network Rail desires itself to construct any part of a specified work which in the opinion of the engineer will or may affect the stability of railway property or the safe operation of traffic on the railways of Network Rail then, if the undertaker desires such part of the specified work to be constructed, Network Rail must construct it with all reasonable dispatch on behalf of and to the reasonable satisfaction of the undertaker in accordance with the plans approved or deemed to be approved or settled under this paragraph and under the supervision (where appropriate and if given) of the undertaker.

(4) When signifying approval of the plans, the engineer may specify any protective works (whether temporary or permanent) which in the engineer’s opinion should be carried out before the commencement of the construction of a specified work to ensure the safety or stability of railway property or the continuation of safe and efficient operation of the railways of Network Rail or the services of operators using them (including any relocation, de-commissioning and removal of works, apparatus and equipment necessitated by a specified work and the comfort and safety of passengers who may be affected by the specified work), and—

(a) such protective works as may be reasonably necessary for those purposes must be constructed by Network Rail or by the undertaker, if Network Rail so desires, and at the expense of the undertaker in either case, with all reasonable dispatch; and

(b) the undertaker must not commence the construction of the specified work until the engineer has notified the undertaker that the protective works have been completed to the engineer’s reasonable satisfaction.

6. —(1) Any specified work and any protective works to be constructed by virtue of paragraph 5(4) must, when commenced, be constructed—

(a) with all reasonable dispatch in accordance with the plans approved or deemed to have been approved or settled under paragraph 5;

(b) under the supervision (where appropriate and if given) and to the reasonable satisfaction of the engineer;

(c) in such manner as to cause as little damage as is possible to railway property; and

(d) so far as is reasonably practicable, so as not to interfere with or obstruct the free, uninterrupted and safe use of any railway of Network Rail or the traffic on it and the use by passengers of railway property.

(2) If any damage to railway property or any such interference or obstruction is caused by the carrying out, or in consequence of the construction, of a specified work, the undertaker must, notwithstanding any such approval, make good the damage and must pay to Network Rail all reasonable expenses to which Network Rail may be put and compensation for any loss which it may sustain by reason of any such damage, interference or obstruction.

(3) Nothing in this Part imposes—

(a) any liability on the undertaker with respect to any damage, costs, expenses or loss attributable to the negligence of Network Rail or its servants, contractors or agents; or

(b) any liability on Network Rail with respect of any damage, costs, expenses or loss attributable to the negligence of the undertaker or its servants, contractors or agents.

7. The undertaker must—

(a) at all times afford reasonable facilities to the engineer for access to a specified work during its construction; and

(b) supply the engineer with such information as the engineer may reasonably require with regard to a specified work or the method of constructing it.

8. Network Rail must at all times afford reasonable facilities to the undertaker and its agents for access to any works carried out by Network Rail under this Part during their construction and must supply the undertaker with such information as it may reasonably require with regard to such works or the method of constructing them.

9. —(1) If any permanent or temporary alterations or additions to railway property are reasonably necessary in consequence of the construction of a specified work, or during a period of 24 months after the completion of that work in order to ensure the safety of railway property or the continued safe operation of the railway of Network Rail, such alterations and additions may be carried out by Network Rail.

(2) If Network Rail gives to the undertaker reasonable notice of its intention to carry out such alterations or additions (which must be specified in the notice), the undertaker must pay to Network Rail the reasonable cost of those alterations or additions including, in respect of any such alterations and additions as are to be permanent, a capitalised sum representing the increase of the costs which may be expected to be reasonably incurred by Network Rail in maintaining, working and, when necessary, renewing any such alterations or additions.

(3) If during the construction of a specified work by the undertaker, Network Rail gives notice to the undertaker that Network Rail desires itself to construct that part of the specified work which in the opinion of the engineer is endangering the stability of railway property or the safe operation of traffic on the railways of Network Rail, then, if the undertaker decides that that part of the specified work is to be constructed,—

(a) Network Rail must assume construction of that part of the specified work; and

(b) the undertaker must, notwithstanding any such approval of a specified work under paragraph 5(1), pay to Network Rail all reasonable expenses to which Network Rail may be put and compensation for any loss which it may suffer by reason of the execution by Network Rail of that part of the specified work.

(4) The engineer must, in respect of the capitalised sums referred to in this paragraph and paragraph 10(a) provide such details of the formula by which those sums have been calculated as the undertaker may reasonably require.

(5) If the cost of maintaining, working or renewing railway property is reduced in consequence of any such alterations or additions, a capitalised sum representing the saving must be set off against any sum payable by the undertaker to Network Rail under this paragraph.

10. The undertaker must repay to Network Rail all reasonable fees, costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by Network Rail—

(a) in constructing any part of a specified work on behalf of the undertaker as provided by paragraph 5(3) or in constructing any protective works under paragraph 5(4) including, in respect of any permanent protective works, a capitalised sum representing the cost of maintaining and renewing those works;

(b) in respect of the approval by the engineer of plans submitted by the undertaker and the supervision by the engineer of the construction of a specified work;

(c) in respect of the employment or procurement of the services of any inspectors, signallers, guards and other persons whom it is reasonably necessary to appoint for inspecting, signalling, watching and lighting railway property and for preventing, so far as may be reasonably practicable, interference, obstruction, danger or accident arising from the construction or failure of a specified work;

(d) in respect of any special traffic working resulting from any speed restrictions which may in the opinion of the engineer require to be imposed by reason or in consequence of the construction or failure of a specified work or from the substitution of diversion of services which may be reasonably necessary for the same reason; and

(e) in respect of any additional temporary lighting of railway property in the vicinity of the specified work, being lighting made reasonably necessary by reason or in consequence of the construction or failure of a specified work.

11. —(1) In this paragraph—

“EMI” means, subject to sub-paragraph (2), electromagnetic interference with Network Rail’s apparatus generated by the operation of the authorised development, where such interference is of a level which adversely affects the safe operation of Network Rail’s apparatus;

“Network Rail’s apparatus” means any lines, circuits, wires, apparatus or equipment (whether or not modified or installed as part of the authorised development) which are owned or used by Network Rail for the purpose of transmitting or receiving electrical energy or of radio, telegraphic, telephonic, electric, electronic or other like means of signalling or other communications.

(2) This paragraph applies to EMI only to the extent that the EMI is not attributable to any change to Network Rail’s apparatus carried out after approval of plans under paragraph 5(1) for the relevant part of the authorised development giving rise to EMI (unless the undertaker has been given notice in writing before the approval of those plans of the intention to make such change).

(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), the undertaker must in the design and construction of the authorised development take all measures necessary to prevent EMI and must establish with Network Rail (both parties acting reasonably) appropriate arrangements to verify their effectiveness.

(4) In order to facilitate the undertaker’s compliance with sub-paragraph (3)—

(a) the undertaker must consult with Network Rail as early as reasonably practicable to identify all Network Rail’s apparatus which may be at risk of EMI, and thereafter must continue to consult with Network Rail (both before and after formal submission of plans under paragraph 5(1)) in order to identify all potential causes of EMI and the measures required to eliminate them;

(b) Network Rail must make available to the undertaker all information in the possession of Network Rail reasonably requested by the undertaker in respect of Network Rail’s apparatus identified under paragraph (a); and

(c) Network Rail must allow the undertaker reasonable facilities for the inspection of Network Rail’s apparatus identified under paragraph (a).

(5) In any case where it is established that EMI can reasonably be prevented only by modifications to Network Rail’s apparatus, Network Rail must not withhold its consent unreasonably to modifications of Network Rail’s apparatus, but the means of prevention and the method of their execution are in the reasonable discretion of Network Rail, and in relation to such modifications paragraph 5(1) have effect subject to the sub-paragraph.

(6) If, at any time before the commencement of regular revenue-earning operations of the authorised development and notwithstanding any measures adopted under sub-paragraph (3), the testing or commissioning of the authorised development causes EMI, then the undertaker must immediately on receipt of notification by Network Rail of such EMI either in writing or communicated orally (such oral communication to be confirmed in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after it has been issued) immediately cease to use (or procure the cessation of use of) the undertaker’s apparatus causing the EMI until all measures necessary have been taken to remedy the EMI by way of modification to the source of the EMI or (in the circumstances, and subject to the consent, specified in sub-paragraph (5)) to Network Rail’s apparatus.

(7) In the event of EMI having occurred —

(a) the undertaker must afford reasonable facilities to Network Rail for access to the undertaker’s apparatus in the investigation of the EMI;

(b) Network Rail must afford reasonable facilities to the undertaker for access to Network Rail’s apparatus in the investigation of the EMI; and

(c) Network Rail must make available to the undertaker any additional material information in its possession reasonably requested by the undertaker in respect of Network Rail’s apparatus or the EMI.

(8) Where Network Rail approves modifications to Network Rail’s apparatus under sub-paragraphs (5) or (6)—

(a) Network Rail must allow the undertaker reasonable facilities for the inspection of the relevant part of Network Rail’s apparatus; and

(b) any modifications to Network Rail’s apparatus approved under those sub-paragraphs must be carried out and completed by the undertaker in accordance with paragraph 6.

(9) To the extent that it would not otherwise do so, the indemnity in paragraph 15(1) applies to the costs and expenses reasonably incurred or losses suffered by Network Rail through the implementation of the provisions of this paragraph (including costs incurred in connection with the consideration of proposals, approval of plans, supervision and inspection of works and facilitating access to Network Rail’s apparatus) or in consequence of any EMI to which sub-paragraph (6) applies.

(10) For the purpose of paragraph 10(a), any modifications to Network Rail’s apparatus under this paragraph are deemed to be protective works referred to in that sub-paragraph.

(11) In relation to any dispute arising under this paragraph, the reference in article 36 (arbitration) to the Secretary of State must be read as a reference to the President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

12. If at any time after the completion of a specified work, not being a work vested in Network Rail, Network Rail gives notice to the undertaker informing it that the state of maintenance of any part of the specified work appears to be such as adversely affects the operation of railway property, the undertaker must, on receipt of the notice, take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to put the specified work in such state of maintenance as not adversely to affect railway property.

13. The undertaker—

(a) must not provide any illumination or illuminated sign or signal on or in connection with a specified work in the vicinity of any railway belonging to Network Rail unless it has first consulted Network Rail; and

(b) must comply with Network Rail’s reasonable requirements for preventing confusion between such illumination or illuminated sign or signal and any railway signal or other light used for controlling, directing or securing the safety of traffic on the railway.

14. Any additional expenses which Network Rail may reasonably incur in altering, reconstructing or maintaining railway property under any powers existing at the making of this Order by reason of the existence of a specified work must, provided that 56 days’ previous notice of the commencement of such alteration, reconstruction or maintenance has been given to the undertaker, be repaid by the undertaker to Network Rail.

15. —(1) The undertaker must—

(a) pay to Network Rail all reasonable costs, charges, damages and expenses not otherwise provided for in this Part which may be occasioned to or reasonably incurred by Network Rail by reason of—

(i) the construction, maintenance or failure of a specified work; or

(ii) any act or omission of the undertaker or of any person in its employ or of its contractors or others whilst engaged on a specified work; and

(b) indemnify and keep indemnified Network Rail from and against all claims and demands arising out of or in connection with a specified work or any such failure, act or omission.

(2) The fact that any act or thing may have been done by Network Rail on behalf of the undertaker or in accordance with plans approved by the engineer or in accordance with any requirement of the engineer or under the supervision of the engineer does not (if it was done without negligence on the part of Network Rail or of any person in its employ or of its contractors or agents) excuse the undertaker from any liability under the provisions of this sub-paragraph.

(3)Network Rail must give the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand, and no settlement or compromise of such a claim or demand may be made without the prior consent of the undertaker.

(4) The sums payable by the undertaker under sub-paragraph (1) must include a sum equivalent to the relevant costs.

(5) Subject to the terms of any agreement between Network Rail and a train operator regarding the timing or method of payment of the relevant costs in respect of that train operator, Network Rail must promptly pay to each train operator the amount of any sums which Network Rail receives under sub-paragraph (4) which relates to the relevant costs of that train operator.

(6) The obligation under sub-paragraph (4) to pay Network Rail the relevant costs is, in the event of default, enforceable directly by any train operator concerned to the extent that such sums would be payable to that operator under sub‑paragraph (5).

(7) In this paragraph—

“relevant costs” means the costs, direct losses and expenses (including loss of revenue) reasonably incurred by each train operator as a consequence of any restriction of the use of Network Rail’s railway network as a result of the construction, maintenance or failure of a specified work or any act or omission referred to in sub-paragraph (1);

“train operator” means any person who is authorised to act as the operator of a train by a licence under section 8 of the Railways Act 1993.

16. Network Rail must, on receipt of a request from the undertaker, from time to time provide the undertaker free of charge with written estimates of the costs, charges, expenses and other liabilities for which the undertaker is or will become liable under this Part (including the amount of the relevant costs referred to in paragraph 15) and with such information as may reasonably enable the undertaker to assess the reasonableness of any such estimate or claim made or to be made under this Part (including any claim relating to the relevant costs).

17. In the assessment of any sums payable to Network Rail under this Part, no account must be taken of any increase in the sums claimed that is attributable to any action taken by or any agreement entered into by Network Rail if that action or agreement was not reasonably necessary and was taken or entered into with a view to obtaining the payment of those sums by the undertaker under this Part or increasing the sums so payable.