The Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Order 2019
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2019/1358 |
| Year | 2019 |
2019 No. 1358
Infrastructure Planning
The Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Order 2019
Made 9th October 2019
Coming into force 30th October 2019
An application has been made to the Secretary of State under section 37 of the Planning Act 20081(“the 2008 Act”) in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 20092for an order granting development consent.
The application was examined in accordance with Chapter 4 of Part 6 of the 2008 Act and the Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 20103by a Panel of three members (“the Panel”) appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the 2008 Act.
The Panel, having examined the application with the documents that accompanied the application, and the representations made and not withdrawn, has, in accordance with section 74(2) of the 2008 Act, made a report and recommendation to the Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State, having considered the representations made and not withdrawn and the report of the Panel, has decided to make an Order granting development consent for the development described in the application with modifications which in the opinion of the Secretary of State do not make any substantial change to the proposals comprised in the application.
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 114, 115, 117, 120 and 122 of, and paragraphs 1 to 3, 10 to 15, 17, 19, 20, 22 to 24, 26, 33 to 37 of Schedule 5 to, the 2008 Act, makes the following Order—
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Citation and Commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Order 2019 and comes into force on 30th October 2019.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 19614;
“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 19655;
“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 19806;
“the 1981 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 19817;
“the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19848;
“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 19909;
“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 199110;
“the 1996 Regulations” means the Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 199611;
“the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 200812;
“the 2010 Regulations” means the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 201013;
“the 2017 EIA Regulations” means the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 201714;
“access and rights of way plans” means the plans of that description referred to in Schedule 16 (certification of plans and documents) and certified as the access and rights of way plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission;
“apparatus” for the purposes of article 8 (street works) and article 36 (apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped up streets) has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act;
“arboricultural assessment” means the arboricultural assessment contained in appendix 4.3 of the environmental statement;
“authorised activity” means for the purpose of article 27 (power to override easements and other rights)—
(a) the erection, construction, carrying out or maintenance of any building or works on land;
(b) the erection, construction or maintenance or anything in, on, over or under land; or
(c) the use of any land;
“authorised development” means the development described in Schedule 1 (authorised development) and any other development authorised by this Order, which is development within the meaning of section 32 (meaning of development) of the 2008 Act and any works carried out under the requirements;
“book of reference” means the document of that description referred to in Schedule 16 and certified as the book of reference by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“bridleway” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;
“building” includes any structure or erection or any part of a building, structure or erection;
“bus” has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 201615;
“carriageway” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;
“chief officer of police” means the chief constable of Northamptonshire Police Force or any successor in function;
“commence”, or “commencement”, means the carrying out of a material operation, as defined in section 155 (when development begins) of the 2008 Act, as part of the authorised development unless the context indicates otherwise;
“construction and environmental management plan” means the document of that description contained in appendix 2.1 of the environmental statement;
“cycle track” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) (further provisions as to interpretation) of the 1980 Act16;
“development consent obligation” means the development consent obligation entered into by agreement under section 106 (planning obligations) of the 1990 Act17dated 28th March 2019 in respect of the authorised development and any subsequent amendment to the obligation;
“electronic communications code” has the same meaning as in section 106(1) (application of the electronic communications code) of the Communications Act 200318;
“electronic communications code network” means—
(a) so much of an electronic communications network or infrastructure system provided by an electronic communications code operator as is not excluded from the application of the electronic communications code by a direction under section 106 of the Communications Act 2003; and
(b) an electronic communications network which the Secretary of State is providing or proposing to provide;
“the environmental statement” means the document of that description referred to in Schedule 16 and certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“footpath” and “footway” have the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;
“framework travel plan” means the document of that description referred to in requirement 4 (sustainable transport) and attached at appendix 1 to the transport assessment;
“hedgerow” includes hedgerows to which the Hedgerow Regulations 199719apply;
“HGV” means any vehicle with an operational weight capable of exceeding 7.5 tonnes;
“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;
“highway classification plans” means the plans of that description referred to in Schedule 16 and certified as the highway classification plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“Highways England” means Highways England Company Limited (company number 09346363), whose registered office is at Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4ZZ, appointed as highway authority for the highways specified in article 2 (appointment of a Strategic Highways Company) of the appointment of a Strategic Highways Company Order 201520or any successor in function;
“highway plans” means the plans of that description referred to in Schedule 16 and certified as the highway plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“highway works” means the works comprised in Works Nos. 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17;
“illustrative rail terminal plan” means the document of that description referred to in Schedule 16 and certified as the illustrative rail terminal plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“land plans” means the plans of that description referred to in Schedule 16 and certified as the land plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“lead local flood authority” means Northamptonshire County Council or any successor in function as lead local flood authority or equivalent body;
“local highway authority” means Northamptonshire County Council or any successor in function as local highway authority;
“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, clear, refurbish or improve, and any derivative of “maintain” is to be construed accordingly;
“main site” means that part of the land within the Order limits comprising the areas of land described on the works plans as Works Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6;
“Order land” means the land shown on the land plans which is within the limits of land to be acquired or used permanently or temporarily, and described in the book of reference;
“Order limits” means the limits shown on the works plans represented by a red line within which the authorised development may be carried out;
“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in section 7 (interpretation) of the Acquisition of Land Act 198121;
“parameters plan” means the plan of that description referred to in Schedule 16 and certified as the parameters plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“public sewer or drain” means a sewer or drain which belongs to the Environment Agency, an internal drainage board or a lead local flood authority or a sewerage undertaker;
“public transport strategy” means the document of that description referred to in requirement 4 and attached at appendix 2 to the transport assessment;
“railway” has the same meaning as in the 2008 Act;
“railway plans” means the plans of that description referred to in Schedule 16 and certified as railway plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order:
“relevant highway authority” means in any provision of this Order the highway authority for any area of land to which that provision relates;
“relevant planning authority” means as regards the operation and enforcement of any part of this Order the district planning authority within whose administrative boundary that part of the authorised development relevant to the operation or enforcement of the provision in question is situated;
“relevant street authority”...
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