The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Rafts for surveys

16.—(1) The installation of rafts for surveys.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are—

(a) the raft has dimensions of no greater than 1.5 metres x 1 metre x 0.15 metre,

(b) any equipment box used on the raft has a height of no more than 0.75 metre,

(c) the raft is permanently and securely attached to the bank,

(d) the raft is installed no less than 100 metres from any other raft,

(e) when the raft is installed, there are no more than four other rafts within a distance of one kilometre,

(f) the raft is installed for no more than 12 months and removed immediately if, within that period, it is no longer required, and

(g) the raft is not installed within 100 metres of any non-agricultural building in the floodplain or another man-made structure on or in the main river.