The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 No. 1154

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

PART 4 E+W Exempt flood risk activities: descriptions and conditions

Excavation of scrapes and shallow wetland features E+W

25.—(1) The excavation of scrapes and shallow wetland features in a floodplain.

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

(a) the area of the excavation is no more than 0.1 hectare and takes place at least 100 metres from any other excavation in the floodplain,

(b) the excavation is no more than 500mm deep at any point,

(c) where spoil from the excavation is spread on the floodplain, the spoil is spread to a depth of no more than 100mm, and

(d) the excavation is at least 8 metres from any structure forming part of a flood defence and from the landward side of each bank of the main river.