The Southampton to London Pipeline Development Consent Order 2020

Disapplication of legislative provisions

36.—(1) The following provisions do not apply in relation to the construction of any works or the carrying out of any operation required for the purpose of, or in connection with, the construction or maintenance of any part of the authorised development—

(a) the provisions of any byelaws made under, or having effect as if made under Schedule 25 (byelaw-making powers of the Authority) to the Water Resources Act 1991(1);

(b) regulation 12 (requirement for an environmental permit) of the 2016 regulations(2) in respect of a flood risk activity;

(c) section 23 (prohibition on obstructions etc. in watercourses) of the Land Drainage Act 1991(3);

(d) section 32 (variation of awards) of the Land Drainage Act 1991;

(e) the provisions of any byelaws made under section 66 (powers to make byelaws) of the Land Drainage Act 1991;

(f) the provisions of the Basingstoke Canal Act 1778(4) and the Basingstoke Canal Act 1793(5);

(g) section 5 (control of grass verges, etc.) and section 13 (excavations near highways) of the Surrey Act 1985(6);

(h) section 18 (open spaces and verges, etc., of housing estates), section 22 (prohibition of parking or camping on highway verges, etc.), section 28 (control of goods service areas) and section 34 (excavations near highways) of the Hampshire County Council Act 1972(7);

(i) byelaw 3 (overnight parking), byelaw 7 (erection of structures), byelaw 9 (fires), byelaws 18 and 19 (protection of flower beds, trees, grass, etc), byelaw 20 (removal of substances), byelaw 27(b) (pollution of waterways), byelaw 27(c) (watercourses), byelaw 36 (metal detectors), byelaw 37(1) (fishing and protection of wildlife), byelaw 41 (gates) and byelaw 42(c) (obstruction) of the Rushmoor Borough Council Pleasure Grounds, Public Walks and Open Spaces Byelaws 2001;

(j) byelaw 4 (use of motorcycles, etc) of the Rushmoor Borough Council Byelaws for Good Rule and Government 2001;

(k) byelaw 3(i), byelaw 6, byelaw 8(i), byelaw 9, byelaw 14(ii) and byelaw 15 of the Byelaws made under sections 12 and 15 of the Open Spaces Act 1906 by the Council of the Borough of Rushmoor with respect to Southwood Golf Course Farnborough in Hampshire 1983;

(l) byelaw 3 (opening times), byelaw 4(2) (protection of structures and plants), byelaw 5 (unauthorised erection of structures), byelaw 8 (protection of wildlife), byelaw 9 (gates), byelaw 11(1) (fires), byelaw 26 (pollution) and byelaw 32(c) (obstruction) of the Spelthorne Borough Council Byelaws for Pleasure Grounds, Public Walks and Open Spaces 2009;

(m) byelaw 2 (opening times), byelaw 4 (overnight parking), byelaw 9 (erection of structures), byelaws 16 and 17 (protection of flower beds, trees, grass, etc), byelaw 18 (removal of substances), byelaw 32(b) (pollution of waterways), byelaw 32(c) (watercourses), byelaw 39 (metal detectors), byelaw 40(1) (fires), byelaw 42(1) (fishing and protection of wildlife); byelaw 46 (gates) and byelaw 47(c) (obstruction) of the Runnymede Borough Council Byelaws for Pleasure Grounds, Public Walks and Open Spaces 1997;

(n) byelaw 6 (obstruction to flow), byelaw 8(2) (notice to remove growth in or on banks and river control works) and byelaw 17 (deposit on banks etc) of the Environment Agency Southern Region Land Drainage and Sea Defence Byelaws 1982 (as amended); and

(o) byelaw 4 (control of structures, pipes and cables), byelaw 5 (control of excavations and removal of turf, etc.), byelaw 6 (Control of dredging and removal of shingle etc.), byelaw 7 (endangering stability of the bank), byelaw 8 (interference with banks etc.), byelaw 9 (deposit of material on banks), byelaw 13 (obstruction to flow), byelaw 14 (planting of trees etc.), byelaw 16 (obstruction of areas liable to flood) and byelaw 17 (river control works) of the Thames Region Land Drainage Byelaws 1981 (as amended).

(2) The provisions of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017(8), insofar as they relate to temporary possession of land under article 30 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development) and article 31 (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development) of this Order, do not apply in relation to the construction of any work or the carrying out of any operation required for the purpose of, or in connection with, the construction of the authorised development and, within the maintenance period defined in article 31(12) (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development) any maintenance of any part of the authorised development.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 208 of the 2008 Act, for the purposes of regulation 6 of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010(9) any building comprised in the authorised development must be deemed to be—

(a) a building into which people do not normally go; or

(b) a building into which people go only intermittently for the purpose of inspecting or maintaining fixed plant or machinery.

(1)

1991 c. 7.

(2)

S.I. 2016/1154.

(3)

1991 c. 59.

(4)

1778 c. lxxv .

(5)

1793 c. xvi.

(6)

1985 c. iii.

(7)

1972 c. xlvii

(8)

2017 c. 20.

(9)

S.I. 2010/948. Regulation 6 was amended by S.I. 2011/987.