The Dover Harbour Revision Order 2012
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2012/416 |
| Year | 2012 |
2012 No. 416
Harbours, Docks, Piers And Ferries
The Dover Harbour Revision Order 2012
Made 16th February 2012
Coming into force 16th March 2012
The Dover Harbour Board have applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 19641(“the Act”);
The Secretary of State having, in pursuance of paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Act2, determined that the application is made in relation to a project which falls within Annex II to Council Directive 85/337/EEC3on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment and whose characteristics require that it should be made subject to an environmental assessment, has directed the applicant to supply to the Secretary of State the information referred to in Annex IV to the Directive;
The Secretary of State has in accordance with paragraph 15 of the said Schedule, furnished bodies appearing to him to have environmental responsibilities with the information supplied to him under paragraph 8 of that Schedule and has consulted such bodies;
The Secretary of State has considered the information supplied under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Act and is satisfied as mentioned in section 14(2)(b) of the Act;
The Secretary of State for Transport is the appropriate Minister under section 14(7) of the Act4.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and now vested in her5, makes the following Order:—
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Dover Harbour Revision Order 2012 and shall come into force on 16th March 2012.
(2) The Dover Harbour Acts and Orders 1954 to 2006 and this Order may be cited together as the Dover Harbour Acts and Orders 1954 to 2012.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the 1954 Act” means the Dover Harbour Consolidation Act 19546;
“the Board” means the Dover Harbour Board;
“deposited plans, sections and elevations” means the plans, sections and elevations which are bound together and signed in duplicate by the Deputy Director, Maritime Commerce and Infrastructure in the Department for Transport with reference to this Order and marked “The Dover Harbour Revision Order 2012 Plans, Sections and Elevations” of which one copy is deposited at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport and one copy is deposited at the office of the Board and a reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to that numbered sheet bound in the deposited plans, sections and elevations;
“harbour” means Dover Harbour and has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of the 1954 Act;
“land” includes land covered by water, any interest in land and any right in, to or over land;
“level of high water” means the level of mean high-water springs;
“limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plans;
“tidal work” means so much of any work authorised by this Order as in on, under or over tidal waters or tidal lands below the level of high water;
“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;
“the undertaking” has the meaning given by section 4 of the 1954 Act;
“works” means the works authorised by article 4 (power to construct works) of this Order.
(2) All points, directions lengths, areas and other measurements stated in this Order (other than the limits of deviation) shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such point, direction, length, area or other measurement.
(3) Reference points specified in this Order shall be construed as references to Ordnance Survey National Grid reference points.
Limits of harbour
3. The limits of the harbour shall be the area of land the limits of which are shown edged by a red line on sheet number 26 and, accordingly, there shall be substituted for the definition of “the harbour” in section 4 of the 1954 Act, the following definition—
“the harbour” means Dover Harbour the limits of which are shown edged by a red line on sheet number 26 of the deposited plans being the deposited plans defined as such by article 2 of the Dover Harbour Revision Order 2012.
PART 2
WORKS PROVISIONS
Power to construct works
4.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Board may in the lines and situations and upon the lands delineated on the deposited plans, sections and elevations and within the limits of deviation and according to the levels shown on the deposited plans, sections and elevations, construct and maintain the following works with all necessary connected works and conveniences—
Work No. 1 ─ A retaining wall to be constructed across the Wick Channel commencing at a point on the South Pier at TR3210840351from there proceeding in a straight line and terminating at a point on the North Pier at TR3222540347 and the infilling and reclamation of so much of the Wick Channel and Tidal Basin as lies behind that wall together with the infilling and reclamation of Granville Dock comprising in part, the site of Works Nos. 12, 18(A), 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 and as to the remainder as hardstanding for the parking and marshalling of vehicles, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 2 and sections of which are shown on sheet no. 11.
Work No. 2 ─ A retaining wall to be constructed across the Hoverport apron commencing at a point on the North Pier at TR3224240362 from there proceeding in a straight line and terminating at a point on the Prince of Wales Pier at TR3232840489 and the raising and levelling of so much of the Hoverport apron as lies behind that wall comprising in part, the site of Work No. 10, 11 and 32 and as to remainder as hardstanding for the parking and marshalling of vehicles, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 2 and sections of which are shown on sheet no. 11.
Work No. 3 ─ A quay wall faced in part with wave attenuation materials extending into the bed of the Outer Harbour and incorporating part of the Prince of Wales Pier and enclosing an area of 4.5 hectares of the bed of the Outer Harbour commencing at a point on the foreshore of the Outer Harbour at TR3193540822, extending for a distance of 890 metres and terminating at a point on the Prince of Wales Pier at TR3257140336; the enclosed area comprising in part, the site of Works Nos. 7, 8, 9, 11 18(A) and 32 and as to the remainder as hardstanding for the parking and marshalling of vehicles, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 3 and sections of which are shown on sheet no. 12.
Work No. 4 ─ A pier partly of solid construction commencing by a junction with Work No. 3 at a point on that work at TR3240340590 extending for a distance of 330 metres in a north easterly direction into the Outer Harbour and terminating at a point at TR3268340766; comprising in part, the site of Works Nos. 38, 39 and 40; to be used on the south eastern side as a berth for ferry vessels and on the north western side in part as berths for tugs, dredgers and other large work boats and as to the remainder as a fuel berth for vessels comprising piled moorings with a pontoon system connected to that side of the proposed pier by a link bridge, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 3 and the section of which is shown on sheet no. 13.
Work No. 4A ─ A pier partly of solid construction forming a spur off Work No. 4 commencing at a point on that work at TR3264840745 extending for a distance of 110 metres in a north westerly direction into the Outer Harbour and terminating at a point at TR3258940835 comprising in part, the site of Work No. 38; and including the relocation and reconstruction on the north west end of the proposed pier of the lighthouse from the east end of the Prince of Wales Pier, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 3 and the section of which is shown on sheet no. 13.
Work No. 5 ─ A pier partly of solid construction commencing by a junction with Work No. 3 at a point on that work at TR3254540471 extending for a distance of 320 metres in a north easterly direction into the Outer Harbour and terminating at a point at TR3281240644, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 3 and the section of which is shown on sheet no. 13.
Work No. 6 ─ The provision of sheet piled toe protection and abutments to support fenders on the south side of part of the Prince of Wales Pier and an elevated concrete deck (partly supported on those abutments) over part of the Prince of Wales Pier commencing at a point on the Prince of Wales Pier at TR3238540454 and extending for a distance of 290 metres along that pier and terminating at a point at TR3262240293; and the provision of a new roundhead at the eastern end of the remaining part of the Prince of Wales Pier, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 3 and the section of which is shown on sheet no. 13.
Work No. 7 ─ Mechanically and hydraulically operated double deck bridgeworks with a stair and lift tower and elevated passenger walkway together with a series of dolphins forming a berthing and mooring line to provide access to and egress from vessels commencing at a point on Work No. 3 at TR3242640567 extending for a distance of 113 metres in a north easterly direction into the Outer Harbour and terminating at a point at TR3251940628, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 3 and the section of which is shown on sheet no. 14.
Work No. 8 ─ Mechanically and hydraulically operated double deck bridgeworks with a stair and lift tower and elevated passenger walkway together with a series of dolphins forming a berthing and mooring line to provide access to and egress from vessels commencing at a point on Work No. 3 at TR3252040487 extending for a distance of 117 metres in a north easterly direction into the Outer Harbour and terminating at a point at TR3261840551, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 3 and the section of which...
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