The North Blyth Biomass Power Station Order 2013

Travel plan and traffic management plan – operational period

33.—(1) No part of the authorised development may be brought into first commercial use until, after consultation with the local highway authority and Highways Agency, a framework travel plan, which must include details of the expected means of travel to and from the authorised development and any parking to be provided, has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The details referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must include—

(a)number of operational staff, working hours and modal split for journeys to work;

(b)work start and finish times for operational staff;

(c)details of the number of car parking spaces to be provided onsite and if appropriate the provision of a car parking management plan;

(d)commitment to measures that will encourage sustainable travel to and from the site for operational staff;

(e)responsibility and timescales for implementing proposed measures;

(f)targets for vehicle trips and modal splits; and

(g)a formal monitoring regime for those targets, including— a requirement for an annual review of the performance of the travel plan; submission (and timetable for submission) of the review findings to the relevant planning authority; a process to agree with the relevant planning authority any necessary revisions to the travel plan or its targets following the annual review; and a timetable for any implementation of any agreed revisions.

(3) The framework travel plan must also include details of—

(a)cycle parking provision on site;

(b)the provision of and location of an electric car charging point; and

(c)an agreed number of car share parking spaces.

All measures proposed must be provided from first commercial use of the authorised development and thereafter maintained during the operation of the authorised development, subject to any alterations or variations thereto previously agreed in writing by the relevant planning authority, until replaced by the full travel plan.

(4) The undertaker must submit to the relevant planning authority for approval in consultation with the local highway authority and Highways Agency a full travel plan based on the framework travel plan within three months of the authorised development being brought into first commercial use. Following its approval, the full travel plan must continue to be observed for as long as the authorised development is operational subject to any alterations or variations agreed in writing by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the local highway authority and the Highways Agency.

(5) No part of the authorised development shall be brought into first commercial use until the relevant planning authority, following consultation with the local highway authority and the Highways Agency has approved a traffic management plan (which may form part of the framework travel plan) for both staff and delivery traffic movements for the operation of the authorised development. The traffic management plan must contain details of the route to be followed by heavy commercial vehicles employed for the purposes of delivering fuel stock and, in the event that the agreed route on the local road network in the vicinity of the site is not available, details of an alternative temporary route together with the conditions under which such temporary route must be used, including maximum speeds of heavy commercial vehicles and any restrictions on use during certain times of the day. Following its approval, the traffic management plan must continue to be observed for as long as the authorised development is operational subject to any alterations or variations thereto previously agreed in writing by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the local highway authority and the Highways Agency.