SCHEDULE 3Exempt facilities and waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions

PART 4Exempt flood risk activities: descriptions and conditions

Channel habitat structures made of natural materials15

1

The installation of channel habitat structures made of natural materials (excluding weirs and berms).

2

For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are—

a

the structure occupies no more than half the width of the cross-sectional area of the channel in the main river and no more than 20 metres of the length of the main river,

b

no part of the structure is higher than 0.3 metres above the level of the river bed or 25% of the height of the bank (excluding any wall or embankment forming part of the bank), whichever is greater,

c

the structure is made from naturally occurring woody material and is securely fastened to the bed of the main river, the bank or both,

d

the works are not carried out in, or within 100 metres of, a water body in England that is part of a main river classified as of high morphological status by the Agency in accordance with the relevant directions, and

e

no works take place within 100 metres of—

i

a non-agricultural building in the floodplain,

ii

another natural channel habitat structure,

iii

stones or logs placed in the main river for habitat enhancement, or

iv

a man-made structure on or in the main river.