The Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013

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• (1) In carrying out Work Nos. TJ1, TJ2 and TJ3, the undertaker may deviate vertically from the levels of the works as shown on the sections shown on the works plans to any extent not exceeding 3 metres upwards and to such extent downwards as may be found necessary or convenient.

• (2) In carrying out Work Nos. TJ1 and TJ2, the undertaker may deviate laterally from the lines or situations shown on the works plan to any extent not exceeding 5 metres in any direction.

• (3) In carrying out Work No. TJ3, the undertaker may—

• (a) as respects so much of the work as lies between the commencement of the work and the line showing mean high water on sheet no. 9, deviate laterally from the lines or situations shown on the works plan to any extent not exceeding the limits of deviation shown on sheet no. 9; and

• (b) as respects so much of the work as lies between the line showing mean high water on sheet no. 9 and the termination of the work, deviate laterally from the lines or situations shown on sheet no. 9 to any extent not exceeding 5 metres in any direction.

Further powers as to works and extinguishment of rights

56

• (1) The undertaker may, in connection with the construction of the temporary jetty works—

• (a) enclose or reclaim from the foreshore and bed of the sea; and

• (b) hold and use as part of Work No. TJ1,

so much of the foreshore and bed of the sea as is situated within the limits of deviation and is required for, or in connection with, the construction of those works.

• (2) As soon as the undertaker exercises the powers under paragraph (1), any right of navigation or other public rights over the part of the sea and the foreshore in respect of which it exercises those powers shall be extinguished.

Period for completion of works and termination of works powers

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• (1) If the temporary jetty works are not completed within ten years from the coming into force of this Order or such extended period as the Secretary of State may on the application of the undertaker allow, then on the expiration of that period or such extended time (as the case may be) the rights granted to the undertaker by this Order for constructing and operating the works shall cease to have effect except in relation to so much of the works as have by then been commenced by the carrying out of a material operation within the meaning of section 56(4) of the 1990 Act.

• (2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall apply to any works carried out under article 59 (maintenance of temporary jetty works) or article 60 (subsidiary works).

• (3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), on the closure date determined in accordance with article 82 any powers conferred on the undertaker still existing for constructing, maintaining and operating the temporary jetty shall cease to have effect, except in so far as required for the implementation of that article and the application of the requirements relating to that article.

Limits of harbour

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• (1) The limits of the harbour within which the undertaker shall exercise jurisdiction as the harbour authority and within which the powers of the harbour master shall be exercisable shall be the seaward and the landward areas described in Schedule 16 (limits of harbour), the seaward area of which is shown, for the purpose of identification only, edged by a green broken line referred to as the temporary jetty seaward harbour limits on sheet no. 6.

• (2) In the event that there is any discrepancy between the description of the seaward area in Schedule 16 and the area shown on sheet no. 6, the description shall prevail.

Maintenance of temporary jetty works

59

The undertaker may at any time maintain the temporary jetty works and from time to time alter, enlarge, replace, relay, extend or reconstruct temporarily or permanently a work described in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (temporary jetty works) within the limits of deviation provided for that work under article 55 and may maintain and operate that work as altered, enlarged, replaced, relayed, extended or reconstructed, except to the extent that this Order provides otherwise.

Subsidiary works

60

• (1) Subject to paragraph (3), the undertaker may from time to time within the limits of deviation for Work Nos. TJ1, TJ2 and TJ3 shown on sheet nos. 7 to 9 provide and operate such harbour facilities, together with works ancillary to those facilities, as may be necessary or convenient for the construction or maintenance of or the operation of the temporary jetty, and for this purpose the undertaker may construct, maintain and operate roads, buildings, sheds, offices, workshops, depots, walls, foundations, fences, gates, tanks, pumps, conduits, pipes, drains, wires, mains, cables, electrical substations, signals, conveyors, cranes, container handling equipment, lifts, hoists, lighting columns, weighbridges, stairs, ladders, stages, platforms, catwalks, equipment, machinery and appliances and such other works and conveniences (including levelling, raising and lowering of surfaces) as may be necessary or expedient.

• (2) Subject to paragraph (3), the undertaker may within the limits of deviation for Work Nos. TJ1, TJ2 and TJ3 shown on sheet nos. 7 to 9 carry out, maintain and operate such other works as may be necessary or convenient for the purposes of, or in connection with or in consequence of, the construction, maintenance or use of the temporary jetty works including—

• (a) works for the accommodation or convenience of vessels (including dolphins, mooring posts, buoys and pontoons) or for the loading and unloading of goods and the embarking and landing of personnel; and

• (b) works to alter the position of apparatus, including mains, sewers, drains, pipes, conduits, cables, electrical substations and electrical lines.

• (3) Electrical works, mechanical works or equipment constructed, maintained or used pursuant to the powers conferred by this article, shall be so constructed, maintained or used, that any electricity generated, conveyed or used by, in or in connection with them does not cause interference (whether by induction or otherwise) with any telecommunications apparatus or with telecommunication by means of such apparatus.

Obstruction of work

61

Any person who—

• (a) intentionally obstructs any person acting under the authority of the undertaker in setting out the lines of, or in constructing, the temporary jetty works; or

• (b) without reasonable excuse interferes with, moves or removes any pole, stake, station point or bench mark established for the purpose of such setting out,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Supplemental powers

Right to dredge

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• (1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of constructing, maintaining and operating the temporary jetty works and of affording access to the temporary jetty works by vessels, from time to time deepen, dredge, scour, cleanse, alter and improve so much of the bed, shores and channels of Bridgwater Bay as lie within the harbour limits and may use, appropriate or dispose of the materials (other than wreck within the meaning of Part 9 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995[^f00027] (salvage and wreck)) from time to time dredged by them.

• (2) No such materials shall be laid down or deposited—

• (a) in contravention of the provisions of any enactment as respects the disposal of waste; or

• (b) in any place below the level of high water otherwise than in such position and under such conditions and restrictions as may be approved or prescribed by the Marine Management Organisation.

Abatement of works abandoned or decayed

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• (1) Where a tidal work is abandoned, or suffered to fall into decay, the Secretary of State may by notice in writing require the undertaker at its own expense either to repair and restore that work or any part, or to remove that work and restore the site to its former condition, to such an extent and within such limits as the Secretary of State thinks proper.

• (2) Where a work consisting partly of a tidal work and partly of works on or over land above the level of high water is abandoned or suffered to fall into decay and that part of the work on or over land above the level of high water is in such condition as to interfere or to cause reasonable apprehension that it may interfere with the right of navigation or other public rights over the foreshore, the Secretary of State may include that part of the work, or any portion of it, in any notice under this article.

• (3) If the undertaker fails to comply in any respect with a notice served under this article within the period of 30 days beginning with the date of service of the notice, the Secretary of State may take whatever steps the Secretary of State considers appropriate to achieve the result required by the notice; and any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in so doing shall be recoverable from the undertaker.

Survey of tidal works

64

If the Secretary of State considers it expedient to do so, the Secretary of State may order a survey and examination of a tidal work or of the site on which it is proposed to construct the work, and any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in any such survey and examination shall be recoverable from the undertaker.

Lights on tidal works etc. during construction

65

The undertaker shall at or near—

• (a) any tidal work, including any temporary work; or

• (b) any plant, equipment or other obstruction placed, in connection with any authorised development or any work authorised by article 60 (subsidiary works), within the area of seaward construction activity,

during the whole time of the construction, reconstruction, extension, enlargement, replacement or relaying of such work or development, exhibit every night from sunset to sunrise such lights and take such other steps for the prevention of danger to navigation as Trinity House may from time to time direct.

Provision against danger to navigation

66

In case of damage to, or destruction or decay of, a tidal work or any part of it, the undertaker shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify Trinity House and Bridgwater Harbour Authority and shall lay down such buoys, exhibit such lights, and take such other steps for preventing danger to navigation, as Trinity House may from time to time direct.

Permanent lights on tidal works

67

After the completion of a tidal work the undertaker shall at the outer extremity of it exhibit every night from sunset to sunrise such lights, and take such other steps for the prevention of danger to navigation, as Trinity House may from time to time direct.

Rights to lease etc.

68

• (1) The undertaker may at any time lease or grant for the purposes of the harbour undertaking the use or occupation of, or any right or interest in, over or relating to, any lands, works, buildings, equipment or other property forming part of the harbour undertaking for such period or periods and on such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the undertaker and the person taking the same.

• (2) A lease or grant made or given under paragraph (1) may include provisions delegating to the lessee or grantee any of the functions of the undertaker other than those specified in sub- paragraphs (a) to (f) of paragraph 9B of Schedule 2 to the Harbours Act 1964 (object for whose achievement harbour revision orders may be made).

• (3) A person—

• (a) exercising powers conferred by this Order; or

• (b) carrying out any development under planning permission granted by article 3 (permitted development) of, and Part 17 of Schedule 2 (development by statutory undertakers) to, the 1995 Order,

in pursuance of a lease or grant under paragraph (1) (“the lessee or grantee”) shall be subject to the same restrictions, liabilities and obligations as would apply under this Order or by virtue of any agreement or undertaking by the undertaker if those powers were exercised, or the development carried out, by the undertaker.

• (4) The provisions of this Order or of any such agreement or undertaking shall, as respects any such exercise of powers or carrying out of development by the lessee or grantee, have effect (where the context so permits) as if any reference in those provisions to the undertaker included a reference to the lessee or the grantee, as the case may be.

Harbour Regulations

Byelaws

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• (1) The undertaker may from time to time make byelaws for the efficient management and regulation of the harbour.

• (2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), byelaws made under this article may provide for—

• (a) regulating the use, operation and superintendence of the harbour and the berths, quays, piers, warehouses, sheds, landing places, equipment, works and conveniences (including moorings) in the harbour;

• (b) regulating the admission to, the movement within, and the departure from, the harbour of vessels, or the removal of vessels;

• (c) regulating the shipping and unshipping, landing, warehousing, stowing, depositing and removing of goods within the harbour;

• (d) regulating the berthing and mooring of vessels within the harbour;

• (e) preventing damage or injury to any goods, vehicles, plant, machinery, property or person within the harbour;

• (f) regulating the conduct of all persons within the harbour not being members of a police force or officers or servants of the Crown whilst in the execution of their duties;

• (g) regulating the placing and maintenance of moorings within the harbour;

• (h) preventing and removing obstructions or impediments within the harbour;

• (i) regulating in the harbour the use of yachts, sailing boats, sailboards, rowing boats, rowing punts, pleasure craft and other small craft;

• (j) regulating or prohibiting the activities in the harbour of divers, surfers, water skiers and other persons engaged in similar recreational pursuits but not so as to prohibit the use for navigation of the vessels referred to in sub-paragraph (i);

• (k) regulating the launching of vessels within the harbour;

• (l) prohibiting persons in or entering the harbour, or any part of the harbour, from smoking in open spaces in the harbour;

• (m) regulating the movement and parking of vehicles within the harbour;

• (n) regulating the exercise of the powers vested in the harbour master;

• (o) making the carrying out of specified harbour operations, or the conduct of persons in the harbour, subject to the approval (with or without conditions), control or direction of the harbour master, and for authorising the harbour master to take such action as may be reasonably required in default of compliance with any such condition, control or direction.

• (3) Byelaws made under this article may—

• (a) provide for imposing upon persons found guilty on summary conviction of offending against them, or against any condition, requirement or direction imposed, made or given under them, fines not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale;

• (b) relate to the whole of the harbour or to any part of the harbour;

• (c) make different provision for different parts of the harbour or in relation to different classes of vessels or vehicles.

• (4) Before making any byelaw to regulate vessels using the harbour, the undertaker shall first obtain approval from the Secretary of State for Defence.

Confirmation of byelaws

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• (1) Byelaws made by the undertaker under this Order shall not come into operation until they have been confirmed by the Secretary of State.

• (2) At least one month before an application for confirmation of byelaws is made by the undertaker to the Secretary of State, notice of the intention to apply for confirmation and of the place at which and times during which a copy of the byelaws shall be open to inspection shall be published as follows—

• (a) once in the London Gazette; and

• (b) once in each of two successive weeks in a local newspaper circulating in the district of West Somerset.

• (3) Not later than the first date on which the notice under paragraph (2) is published, the undertaker shall send a copy of the notice to the Chief Executive Officer of West Somerset District Council, to the Harbour Master for the Port of Bridgwater and to the Secretary of State.

• (4) During a period of at least one month before application is made for confirmation of the byelaws, a copy of the byelaws shall be kept by the undertaker at the office of the harbour master and shall at reasonable hours be open to public inspection without payment.

• (5) The undertaker shall supply a copy of the byelaws or of part of the byelaws to a person who applies for it on payment of a reasonable charge.

• (6) During the period of one month after completion of the publication of any notice required by paragraph (2), any person may make in writing to the Secretary of State any objection to or representation respecting the byelaws to which the notice relates.

• (7) Subject to paragraph (8), the Secretary of State may confirm the byelaws in the form submitted to the Secretary of State with such modifications as the Secretary of State thinks fit or may refuse to confirm them.

• (8) Where the Secretary of State proposes to make a modification that appears to the Secretary of State to be substantial the Secretary of State shall inform the undertaker and require it to take any steps the Secretary of State considers necessary for informing persons likely to be concerned with the modification, and the Secretary of State shall not confirm the byelaws until such period has elapsed as the Secretary of State thinks reasonable for consideration of, and comment upon, the proposed modification by the undertaker and by other persons who have been informed of it.

• (9) A copy of the byelaws when confirmed shall be printed and deposited by the undertaker at the office of the harbour master and shall at all reasonable hours be open to public inspection without payment, and a copy of the byelaws shall on application be furnished to any person on payment of such reasonable sum as the undertaker may determine.

General directions to vessels

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• (1) Subject to paragraph (4), the undertaker may give directions, or revoke or amend directions that it has previously given, for the purpose of—

• (a) designating areas, routes or channels in the harbour and the approaches to the harbour which vessels are to use, or refrain from using, for movement or mooring;

• (b) requiring the master of a vessel to give to the harbour master information relating to the vessel reasonably required by the harbour master to identify the vessel, its cargo and its likely time of arrival at and departure from the harbour.

• (2) Directions given under paragraph (1) may apply—

• (a) to all vessels or to a class of vessels designated in the direction;

• (b) to the whole of the harbour and the approaches and channels leading to the harbour, or to a part designated in the direction; and

• (c) at all times or at times designated in the direction,

and every direction given under this article shall specify the extent of its application in relation to the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).

• (3) Any direction given by the undertaker under this article shall not apply in relation to any part of the Port of Bridgwater.

• (4) Before giving a direction, or revoking or amending a direction previously given, under paragraph (1), the undertaker shall consult the Secretary of State for Defence, Bridgwater Harbour Authority, the Royal Yachting Association and the Chamber of Shipping (that is, the trade association for the United Kingdom shipping industry incorporated under that name as a company limited by guarantee).

Publication of general directions

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• (1) Notice of the giving of a general direction or of any amendment or revocation of a general direction shall, except in case of emergency, be published by the undertaker as soon as practicable once in Lloyd’s List newspaper or some other newspaper specialising in shipping news; and, if the notice relates to the giving or amendment of a direction, the notice shall state a place at which copies of the direction or the amended direction (as the case may be) may be inspected and bought, and the price of the direction or amended direction (as the case may be).

• (2) In an emergency, notice of the giving of a general direction or of any amendment or revocation of a general direction may be given in any manner the undertaker considers appropriate.

Special directions to vessels

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• (1) The harbour master may give a special direction under this article—

• (a) requiring any vessel anywhere within the harbour or the approaches to the harbour to comply with a requirement made in or under a general direction;

• (b) regulating the time at which and the manner in which any vessel shall enter into, go out of, or lie in or at the harbour;

• (c) for securing that vessels move only at certain times or during certain periods;

• (d) prohibiting the mooring of vessels in any particular part or parts of the harbour;

• (e) regulating or requiring the movement, mooring or unmooring of a vessel; and

• (f) regulating the manner in which within the harbour a vessel takes in or discharges (from ship to shore or shore to ship) personnel, cargo, fuel, water, ship’s stores or ballast in the harbour.

• (2) A special direction may be given in any manner considered by the harbour master to be appropriate.

• (3) Any special direction given by the harbour master under this article shall not apply in relation to any part of the Port of Bridgwater.

• (4) The harbour master may revoke or amend a special direction.

Master’s responsibility to be unaffected

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The giving of a general direction or a special direction shall not diminish or in any other way affect the responsibility of the master of the vessel to which the direction is given in relation to that vessel, persons on board, its cargo or any other person or property.

Failure to comply with directions

75

The master of a vessel who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a general direction or a special direction shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

Enforcement of special directions

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• (1) Without prejudice to any other remedy available to the undertaker, if a special direction is not complied with within a reasonable time the harbour master may, where practicable, put persons on board the vessel to carry out the direction or may otherwise cause the vessel to be handled in accordance with the direction.

• (2) If there is no one on board the vessel to comply with a special direction, the harbour master may proceed as if the direction had been given and not complied with; but the harbour master shall not do so unless, after reasonable inquiry has been made, the master of the vessel cannot be found.

• (3) Expenses incurred in the exercise of the powers conferred by this article shall be recoverable by the undertaker from the owner of the vessel as if they were a charge of the undertaker in respect of the vessel.

Charges

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• (1) The undertaker may levy charges for any services performed by it in the exercise and performance of its statutory powers and duties at the harbour.

• (2) The undertaker may confer total or partial exemption from, allow rebates to or make compositions with any person with respect to, charges and may vary or extinguish any such exemption, rebate or composition.

• (3) In this article “charges” means any charges other than ship, passenger and goods dues.

Miscellaneous and general

Use of temporary jetty

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The undertaker shall only use the temporary jetty for the purposes of, or in connection with, the construction of nuclear energy related facilities at Hinkley Point C, Somerset.

Saving for Trinity House

79

Nothing in this Order prejudices or derogates from any of the rights, duties or privileges of Trinity House.

Application and termination of permitted development rights

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• (1) Article 3 of, and Class B of Part 17 of Schedule 2 to, the 1995 Order (which permit certain development carried out by harbour authorities) shall not permit the undertaker to carry out any of the kinds of development specified in Class B.1 of Part 17, even if they are wholly within the limits of a dock, pier or harbour.

• (2) Article 3 of the 1995 Order shall not permit the undertaker to carry out the development described in Class D of Part 17 of Schedule 2 to the 1995 Order (use of land by statutory undertakers for the spreading of dredged material).

• (3) In their application to development which is not authorised under this Order and is carried out on land which falls to be treated as operational land of the undertaker in respect of its undertaking by virtue of this Order and is within the harbour limits, article 3 of, and Part 17 of Schedule 2 to, the 1995 Order shall have effect as if the planning permission granted by the 1995 Order were subject to the requirements.

• (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), on the closure date determined under article 82, any planning permission granted by the 1995 Order still existing shall cease to have effect in respect of the development mentioned in paragraph (3), expect in so far as required for the implementation of that article and the application of the requirements relating to that article.

For the Protection of the Environment Agency (Part 2)

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• (1) Paragraph (2) shall have effect unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the Environment Agency.

• (2) Notwithstanding article 55 no part of any works falling within the descriptions set out in the following sub-paragraphs shall be constructed, carried out or installed (as the case may be) below the corresponding level above ordnance datum specified in each sub-paragraph—

• (a) any soffits of the temporary jetty head comprised within, or associated with, Work No. TJ1, 10.1 metres above ordnance datum;

• (b) the surface level of the temporary jetty head at the termination of Work No. TJ1, 11.6 metres above ordnance datum; and

• (c) the temporary jetty surface elevation of the bankseat and the commencement of Work No. TJ1, 19.0 metres above ordnance datum.

Closure of jetty

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• (1) In this article the closure date is—

• (a) 31st December 2025;

• (b) such later date as the Secretary of State may on the application of the undertaker appoint; or

• (c) such other date as is appointed under paragraph (3).

• (2) On or before the closure date, the undertaker shall cease all operations in respect of the temporary jetty except to comply with this article, and after that date shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, dismantle, demolish and remove (so far as constructed) the whole of the temporary jetty and all of the temporary jetty works or works authorised by article 3 of, and Part 17 of Schedule 2 to, the 1995 Order and associated with the temporary jetty that are in, on, under or over tidal water or tidal lands below the level of high water except for—

• (a) those parts of the temporary jetty and works on the ground lying at the level of, or under the ground;

• (b) those parts of the temporary jetty or works in the sea below the level of low water lying at the level of, or under, the bed of the sea; or

• (c) any hardstanding on which any part of the temporary jetty may be constructed.

• (3) If the temporary jetty is no longer required by the undertaker for the construction of Work No. 1A, the undertaker shall as soon as practicable by resolution appoint a closure date.

• (4) Not less than 28 days before a closure date proposed to be appointed by resolution of the undertaker under paragraph (3), the undertaker shall publish in Lloyd’s List newspaper and in at least one local newspaper circulating in the district of West Somerset a notice containing a copy of the resolution proposed to be passed by the undertaker appointing that date.

Saving for termination of Part 2

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• (1) In the article, “relevant proceedings” means any proceedings or inquiries in respect of any situation, matter, thing, happening, act, refusal, neglect or failure occurring during the period before this Part ceased to have effect in accordance with article 51 (duration of temporary jetty powers), so far as relating to the harbour or any part of the harbour (whether or not relating also to a part of the Port of Bridgwater), including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, proceedings for an offence committed or penalty incurred, or for recovery of expenses, rates, dues, fees or charges incurred, during that period.

• (2) No relevant proceedings shall be affected by this Part ceasing to have effect, and any such proceedings or inquiries may be commenced, continued and concluded, and any decision, judgment or ruling in them may be enforced, as if this Part, and any relevant general or special direction or byelaw, had not ceased to have effect.

• (3) Any period of time current in relation to relevant proceedings when this Part ceases to have effect shall not be affected by its ceasing to have effect and may continue to run as if this Part, and any relevant general or special direction or byelaw, had not ceased to have effect.

SCHEDULE 1 — Authorised project

PART 1 — Authorised development

HPC Development Site — In the District of West Somerset and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 1AHPC Main Site: An electricity generating station with a nominal gross electrical capacity of 3,260 MW power generated by two nuclear reactor units, including the following works—site preparation works, including site clearance (including fencing, vegetation removal, demolition of existing structures and the creation of alternative footpaths); earthworks (including soil stripping and storage, site levelling, spoil screening / storage for re-use on site); provision of spoil retaining structures; deep excavations; provision and relocation of drainage infrastructure (including culverts, outfalls, balancing ponds);establishment of site construction compounds, temporary vehicle parking, construction hoardings, perimeter enclosure, security fencing, construction related buildings, structures, plant, machinery (including concrete batching), cranes, concrete silos, construction lighting and internal haulage routes;further to works listed at (a), earthworks, including spoil bunds and ground terracing to formation levels, utilities trenches, service tunnels and associated access points and surface and foul water drainage system;a nuclear reactor unit (unit 1), associated balance of plant, below ground services, ancillary buildings including—buildings, structures and plant housing ‘Nuclear Island’ for Unit 1, including—Reactor Building;Fuel Building; Safeguard Buildings; Nuclear Auxiliary Building;Access Tower; Fuel Building Hall; Boron Storage;Radioactive Waste Storage Building;Radioactive Waste Process Building;Hot Laundry;Hot Workshop, Hot Warehouse, Facilities for Decontamination;Effluent Tanks; andEmergency Diesel Generator Buildings;buildings, structures and plant housing ‘Conventional Island’ for Unit 1, including—Turbine Hall and Sky Bridges;Non-Classified Electrical Building;Gas Insulated Switch Gear;Main Transformer;Unit Transformer;Auxiliary Transformer;Hydrazine and Ammonia Storage; andAuxiliary Feedwater Storage;buildings, structures and plant housing ‘Cooling Water Pumphouse and Associated Buildings’ for Unit 1, including—Cooling Water Pumphouse;Forebay;Outfall Pond (Surge Chamber);Filtering Debris Recovery Pit, including associated fish return system infrastructure;Fire-Fighting Water Building;a nuclear reactor unit (unit 2), associated balance of plant, below ground services, ancillary buildings including—buildings, structures and plant housing ‘Nuclear Island’ for Unit 2, including—Reactor building;Fuel building; Safeguard Buildings; Nuclear Auxiliary Building;Access Tower; Fuel Building Hall; Boron Storage;Radioactive Waste Treatment Building;Hot Laundry;Hot Workshop, Hot Warehouse, Facilities for Decontamination;Effluent Tanks;Emergency Diesel Generator Buildings;buildings, structures and plant housing ‘Conventional Island’ for Unit 2, including—Turbine Hall;Non-Classified Electrical Building;Gas Insulated Switch Gear;Main Transformer;Unit Transformer;Auxiliary Transformer;Hydrazine and Ammonia Storage; andAuxiliary Feedwater Storage;buildings, structures and plant housing ‘Cooling Water Pumphouse and Associated Buildings’ for Unit 2, including—Cooling Water Pumphouse;Forebay;Outfall Pond;Filtering Debris Recovery Pit; including associated fish return system infrastructure; andFire-Fighting Water Building;buildings, structures and plant housing ‘Remaining Balance of Plant’ and other plant, including—Attenuation Pond;Demineralisation Station;Auxiliary Boilers;Hydrogen Storage;Oxygen Storage;Chemical Products Storage;Sewage Treatment Plant;Conventional Island Water Tanks; andNuclear Island Water Tank;buildings, structures and plant housing ‘Fuel and Waste Storage’ including—Interim Spent Fuel Store;Access Control Building; andIntermediate Level Waste Interim Storage Facility;ancillary and supporting buildings, structures and plant including—Operational Service Centre;Main Control and Access Building;Entry Relay Building;Auxiliary Administration Centre;Medical Centre;EDF Site Offices;Meteorological Station;Meteorological Mast;Garage for Handling Facilities;Oil and Grease Storage and Oil Ancillary Building;Areva Warehouse;Raw Water and Potable Water Supply;Outage Access Control Building;Contaminated Tools Store (2 structures);Conventional Waste Storage;Transit Area for Very Low Level Waste and Low Level Waste;Vehicle search area building adjacent to the C182; andService Access Buildings;buildings and structures housing—Simulator Building/Training Centre; andPublic Information Centre;National Grid Substation and associated buildings and plant;transmission towers (pylons) and associated overhead line transmission infrastructure to provide connection to the National Grid Substation (Work No. 1A(j));landscape works, comprising temporary and permanent works, external lighting, footpaths, maintenance buildings and car parking;site access points, internal access roads, internal rail track, hardstanding and vehicle, motorcycle and bicycle parking areas, helipad, access roundabout;perimeter and internal fencing, signage, secured entrance, security buildings, CCTV poles, gates, barriers and bollards;establishment and maintenance of a sea wall and associated coastal defences, including foreshore rock armour revetments; andan emergency access road, including junction to existing highway, and Bridge over Bum Brook.The location of the above works is shown on sheet no. 2.

• Work No. 1BA new access road, approximately 700m in length, and roundabout connecting to the C182, associated laying, replacement, realignment and diversions of apparatus and associated works, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 2.

• Work No. 1CVehicle search area, layby and turning head, adjacent to the C182, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 2.

HPC Development Site: cooling water infrastructure — In the District of West Somerset and the County of Somerset and the territorial sea

• Work No. 2AA cooling water intake tunnel for seawater extraction, with an internal diameter of 6m, commencing at the Cooling Water Forebay for Unit 1 (Work No. 1A(d)), including earthworks and tunnelling, down to approximately 40m below Ordnance Datum as it crosses the coastline, with an upward gradient meeting the offshore vertical shafts, Work No. 2B, offshore at approximately 35m below Ordnance Datum and generally running in a north-westerly direction for a distance of approximately 3.4km, the location of which is shown on sheet nos. 3 and 4.

• Work No. 2BTwo off-shore intake heads for seawater extraction, associated acoustic fish deterrent systems and navigational aids and vertical shafts with an internal diameter of 4.6m, including excavation and capital dredging works, commencing from Work No. 2A, located approximately 200m apart, the locations of which are shown on sheet no. 4.

• Work No. 2CA second cooling water intake tunnel for seawater extraction, with an internal diameter of 6m, commencing at the proposed Cooling Water Forebay for Unit 2 (Work No. 1A(e)), including earthworks and tunnelling, down to approximately 40m below Ordnance Datum as it crosses the coastline, with an upward gradient meeting the vertical shafts, Work No. 2D, offshore at approximately 35m below Ordnance Datum and generally running in a north-westerly direction for a distance of approximately 3.5km, the location of which is shown on sheet nos. 3 and 4.

• Work No. 2DTwo off-shore intake heads for seawater extraction, associated acoustic fish deterrent systems and navigational aids and vertical shafts with an internal diameter of 4.6m, including excavation and capital dredging works, commencing from Work No. 2C, located approximately 200m apart, the locations of which are shown on sheet no. 4.

• Work No. 2EA cooling water outfall tunnel for seawater return, with an internal diameter of approximately 7m, commencing in the location shown on sheet no. 3, approximately 25m below Ordnance Datum at the landward end with a downward gradient meeting the vertical shafts, Work No. 2F, offshore at approximately 35m below Ordnance Datum and running in a north-westerly direction for a distance of approximately 1.8km, the location of which is shown on sheet nos. 3 and 4.

• Work No. 2FTwo off-shore outfall heads and vertical shafts for seawater return, with an internal diameter of 4.6m, commencing from Work No. 2E, including excavation and capital dredging works, located approximately 75m apart, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 4.

• Work No. 2GA fish return tunnel, with an internal diameter of approximately 1 m, commencing in the location shown on sheet no. 3 including earthworks and tunnelling falling to approximately 15m below Ordnance Datum at its lowest point before rising to the sea bed and meeting Work No. 2H at a point approximately 500m north of the shore, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 3.

• Work No. 2HAn off-shore sea bed fish return outfall with an internal diameter of approximately 1m commencing from Work No. 2G, including excavations, located at the offshore terminus of Work No. 2G, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 3.

HPC Development Site: HPC Accommodation Campus — In the District of West Somerset and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 3An accommodation campus comprising the following works—site preparation works including construction hoardings, perimeter enclosure, ecological fencing and security; establishment of site construction compounds, construction related buildings, structures, plant, machinery and construction lighting;earthworks including site levelling, utilities trenches and surface water drainage system;campus accommodation buildings, amenity building, security buildings, associated structures and plant;bus stops and associated structures;sports pitches, WC building, associated structures and plant;landscape works;site access, internal access roads, site access from Work No. 1B, servicing yard, emergency access, hardstanding, car, motorcycle and bicycle parking areas;CCTV poles and mountings, lighting poles and fittings;perimeter and internal fencing, signage, secured entrance, security building, gates and barriers; anddemolition / removal of buildings, hardstanding areas, parking areas and below ground services; and landscape works pursuant to Work No. 1A(l).The location of the above works is shown on sheet no. 5.

Bridgwater A — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 4AAn accommodation campus comprising the following works—site preparation works including demolition, site clearance, construction hoardings, perimeter enclosure, ecological fencing and security; establishment of site construction compounds; construction related buildings, structures, plant, machinery and construction lighting;earthworks including stockpiling of spoil, remediation of the land, utilities trenches; surface water drainage system including excavation of drainage channels;campus accommodation buildings and associated structures and plant;landscape works including open space; sports pitches and changing rooms;highway works to existing site access, internal access roads, servicing yard, emergency access, hardstanding, car, bus, motorcycle and bicycle parking areas;amenity buildings, security buildings and associated structures and plant;bus stops and associated structures;CCTV poles and mountings, lighting poles and fittings; traffic signals and associated controls;perimeter and internal fencing, signage, secured entrance, gates and barriers; anddemolition / removal of any relevant temporary buildings, structures, surfacing and associated post operation phase works.The location of the above works is shown on sheet no. 12.

• Work No. 4BWidening of the existing A39 Bath Road adjacent to Frederick Road passing north-eastward terminating west of Trevor Road and associated landscape works, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 12.

• Work No. 4CA new site access road commencing at A39 Bath Road and running in a north-westerly direction from the A39 Bath Road connecting into internal site roads, including physical works to close off the Frederick Road junction off A39 Bath Road, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 12.

Bridgwater C — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 5AAn accommodation campus comprising the following works—site preparation works including construction, perimeter enclosure, ecological fencing and security; establishment of site construction compounds; construction related buildings, structures, plant, machinery and construction lighting;earthworks including raising of ground levels, utilities trenches; surface water drainage system and landscape works;site access from College Way, internal access roads, hardstanding and vehicle, motorcycle and bicycle parking areas;landscape works, including open space; sports pitch;campus accommodation buildings, temporary canteen facilities and associated structures and plant;CCTV poles and mountings, lighting poles and fittings;perimeter and internal fencing, signage, secured entrance, gates and barriers; anddemolition / removal of temporary canteen building and associated post operation phase works.The location of the above works is shown on sheet no. 13.

• Work No. 5BBus stops and associated structures, highways works to provide layby area and associated landscape works, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 13.

Cannington Bypass — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 6AA new bypass comprising the following works—site preparation works including construction hoardings, perimeter enclosure, ecological fencing and security, construction related buildings, structures, plant, machinery and construction lighting;earthworks including creation of acoustic bunds, utilities trenches, surface water drainage system including balancing ponds and landscape works, including ‘bat hop-overs’;access roads, tracks and hardstanding;toucan crossing;animal underpass and culverting of watercourse;traffic signal poles and fittings;lighting poles and fittings; andperimeter fencing, ecological fencing, animal corrals, signage, gates and barriers.The location of the above works is shown on sheet no. 14.

• Work No. 6BA new road (1.5km in length) commencing at the A39 roundabout and terminating at Work No. 6G, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 14.

• Work No. 6CImprovements to A39 (245 metres in length) commencing 123 metres to the south-west and terminating 122 metres to the south-east of the A39 roundabout, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 14.

• Work No. 6DImprovements to unnamed road (90 metres in length) commencing at Work No. 6B and terminating 90 metres to the north-east of the A39 roundabout, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 14.

• Work No. 6EA new road (255 metres in length) commencing 380 metres from the junction of Sandy Lane and Chad’s Hill and terminating at Work No. 6B, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 14.

• Work No. 6FA new road (135 metres in length) commencing 315 metres from the junction of Chad’s Hill and Sandy Lane and terminating at Work No. 6B, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 14.

• Work No. 6GA new road (350 metres in length) commencing 108 metres from the junction of the C182 (Rodway) and Straddling’s Hill and terminating 345 metres from the junction of the C182 (Rodway) and Park Lane, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 14.

• Work No. 6HA new footpath (diversion of footpath BW5/8) (84 metres in length) commencing 205 metres to the west of Chad’s Hill and terminating 252 metres to the west of Chad’s Hill, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 14.

• Work No. 6IA new footpath and cycleway (82 metres in length) commencing 33 metres to the west of the junction of Chad’s Hill and Sandy Lane and terminating at Work No. 6B, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 14.

• Work No. 6JA new footpath and cycleway (117 metres in length) commencing 198 metres from the junction of C182 (Rodway) and Straddling’s Hill and terminating 462 metres from the junction of C182 (Rodway) and Park Lane, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 14.

Cannington Park and Ride — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 7AA park and ride facility comprising the following works—site preparation works including construction, perimeter enclosure, ecological fencing and security; establishment of site construction compounds; construction related buildings, structures, plant, machinery and construction lighting;earthworks including ground levelling, creation of spoil bunds; utilities trenches; surface water drainage system including detention pond; foul water drainage system including waste water treatment works; enabling works for flood relief channel; and landscape works, including the provision of ecological habitat;bus stops and associated structures;site access junction and bridge, internal access roads and badger tunnel, hardstanding and vehicle, motorcycle and bicycle parking areas;amenity and security buildings, associated structures and plant;CCTV poles and mountings, lighting poles and fittings;perimeter and internal fencing, pedestrian / footpath connections, ecological fencing, signage, secured entrance, gates and barriers; anddemolition / removal of temporary buildings, structures, hardstanding areas and parking areas and associated post operation phase works.The location of the above works is shown on sheet no. 15.

• Work No. 7BWidening of the existing A39 road at the proposed site access, including provision of a pedestrian island and a footway, approximately 372m in length, from the proposed site access to the A39 Roundabout, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 15.

Combwich — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 8ACombwich Wharf Refurbishment and Extension—site preparation works including site clearance and demolition, construction hoardings, perimeter enclosure, ecological fencing and security, establishment of site construction compounds, construction related buildings, structures, plant, machinery and construction lighting;earthworks including retaining structures, utilities trenches and laying of utilities; surface water drainage system;internal access and circulation routes to connect to existing access route;marine works, including removal of existing structures, piling, provision of a new raised berthing mattress;refurbishment and expansion of Combwich Wharf, abnormal loads quay, mobile crane, slipways, revetments, goods wharf and associated plant and structures; navigational lighting;hardstanding areas for unloading and storage of materials and vehicle parking;landscape works, including screen planting and temporary footpath diversions; andperimeter acoustic and internal fencing, signage, gates and barriers.The location of the above works is shown on sheet no. 16.Combwich Freight Laydown Facility—site preparation works comprising site clearance works, construction hoardings and perimeter enclosure; establishment of site construction compounds; construction related buildings, structures, plant, machinery and construction lighting;earthworks including provision of retaining walls, structures and piling; stockpiling of spoil; spoil bunds for noise attenuation, flood defence and landscape screening; utilities trenches and laying of utilities; surface water drainage system, attenuation ponds, culverts, foul water drainage systems and septic tanks;reinforcement works and use of existing Combwich Wharf access road for construction and operation needs associated with Combwich Wharf and temporary Freight Laydown Facility; vegetation clearance and highway works at the junction with the C182 and internal access and circulation routes to connect to existing Combwich Wharf access road;hardstanding for storage of materials and vehicle parking;CCTV poles and mountings, lighting poles and fittings;buildings for welfare, security, office / administration; freight handling contractor compound and associated buildings and structures;perimeter and internal fencing, signage, gates and barriers; anddemolition / removal of the freight laydown facility and associated post operation phase works.The location of the above works is shown on sheet no. 16.

• Work No. 8BHighway works to widen C182 at the junction with the Combwich Wharf access road the location of which is shown on sheet no. 16.

Junction 23 — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 9AA park and ride facility, a freight management facility, a consolidation facility for postal / courier deliveries and an induction centre, comprising the following works—site preparation works including construction hoardings, perimeter enclosure, ecological fencing and security; establishment of site construction compounds, construction related buildings, structures, plant, machinery and construction lighting;earthworks including ground levelling, creation of spoil bunds and temporary stockpiling; utilities trenches; surface water drainage system including pumping station and detention pond and attenuation system; foul water drainage system including pumping station and waste water treatment works; and improvement works to River Parrett flood defences;internal access roads, including the realignment of the access road to the Bridgwater Business Park;landscape works; including the provision of ecological habitat, hardstanding, and vehicle, motorcycle and bicycle parking areas;bus stops and shelters and associated structures;buildings including amenity / welfare, administration, security, induction centre, consolidation facility for postal / courier deliveries and associated structures and plant;CCTV poles and mountings, lighting poles and fittings;perimeter and internal fencing, signage, secured entrance gates, barriers and ecological fencing; anddemolition / removal of any relevant buildings, structures, surfacing and associated post operation phase works.The location of the above works is shown on sheet no. 17.

• Work No. 9BRealignment of western arm of A38 Dunball Roundabout and new access road running in a north-westerly direction connecting to internal site roads, revised road markings and new highways signage, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 17.

Junction 24 — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 10A park and ride facility, a freight management facility, a temporary consolidation facility for postal / courier deliveries and a temporary induction centre, comprising the following works—site preparation works including demolition, perimeter enclosure, and security; establishment of site construction compounds; construction related buildings, structures, plant, machinery and construction lighting;ground levelling, modifications / alterations to existing utilities; foul water system, surface water drainage system;modifications to two existing access points from Huntworth Business Park access road, including an uncontrolled pedestrian crossing, internal access roads, hardstanding and vehicle and bicycle parking areas;bus stops and associated structures;modifications to existing warehouse, tray wash and vehicle maintenance building and security building; new buildings / structures to include security, temporary consolidation facility for postal / courier deliveries, associated structures and plant;CCTV poles and mountings, lighting poles and fittings;landscape works;perimeter and internal fencing, signage, secured entrance gates and barriers; anddemolition / removal of temporary buildings, structures and associated post operation phase works.The location of the above works is shown on sheet no. 18.

Williton — In the District of West Somerset and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 11A park and ride facility comprising the following works—site preparation works including site clearance works, construction hoardings, perimeter enclosure, ecological fencing and security; establishment of site construction compounds; construction related buildings, structures, plant, machinery and construction lighting;earthworks including creation of spoil bunds; utilities trenches; surface water drainage system including underground attenuation tank; foul water drainage systems including waste water treatment plant;bus stops and associated structures;hardstanding, parking area and landscape works;amenity and security building and associated structures;CCTV poles and mountings, lighting poles and fittings;perimeter and internal fencing, signage, gates and barriers; andearthworks, demolition / removal of temporary buildings, structures and kerb lines.The location of the above works is shown on sheet no. 19.

C182 Farringdon Hill Lane, horse crossing — In the District of West Somerset and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 12A new horse crossing of the existing C182 road at Farringdon Hill Lane comprising: site preparation works, perimeter enclosure, vegetation clearance, bridleway track, horse waiting area, and horse crossing warning signage and associated push buttons, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 20.

Claylands Corner junction — In the Districts of West Somerset, Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 13An improvement of the existing C182 road and junction at Claylands Corner comprising: vegetation clearance, site preparation works, perimeter enclosure, carriageway realignment and surface treatment, associated road signage and markings and landscape works, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 21.

A39 New Road/B3339 Sandford Hill Roundabout — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 14AA new four arm roundabout junction with modifications to existing approach roads comprising: site preparation works, perimeter enclosure, earthworks, surface water drainage system, utilities trenches, carriageway widening and surface treatment, road lighting poles and fittings, associated road signage and markings, and landscape works, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 22.

• Work No. 14BRealignment and widening of A39 New Road and B3339 Sandford Hill connecting to new roundabout, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 22.

• Work No. 14CRealignment and widening of A39 Quantock Road connecting to new roundabout, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 22.

Washford Cross Roundabout — In the District of West Somerset and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 15AA new four arm roundabout junction with modifications to existing approach roads comprising: site preparation works, perimeter enclosure, earthworks, surface water drainage system, utilities trenches, culverting, carriageway widening and surface treatment, road lighting poles and fittings, associated road signage and markings, and landscape works, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 23.

• Work No. 15BRealignment and widening of A39 connecting to new roundabout, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 23.

• Work No. 15CRealignment and widening of B3190 connecting to new roundabout, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 23.

A38 Bristol Road/The Drove junction — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 16An improvement of the existing A38 Bristol Road comprising site preparation works, perimeter enclosure, utilities trenches, surface water drainage works, carriageway widening, footway works, road lighting poles and fittings and associated road signage and markings, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 24.

Wylds Road/The Drove junction — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 17AAn improvement of the existing Wylds Road/The Drove traffic signal controlled junction comprising: site preparation works, vegetation clearance, earthworks, carriageway widening, utilities trenches, surface water drainage works, footway works, works to existing and new traffic islands, modifications to traffic signals and associated controls, road lighting poles and fittings and associated road signage and markings, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 25.

• Work No. 17BA new left turn slip lane connecting Western Way and Wylds Road, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 25.

A39 Broadway/A38 Taunton Road junction — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 18An improvement of the existing A39 Broadway/A38 Taunton Road traffic signal controlled junction comprising: site preparation works, carriageway widening and surface treatment, utilities trenches, surface water drainage works, footway works, works to existing and new traffic islands, modifications to traffic signals and associated controls, road lighting poles and fittings and associated road signage and markings, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 26.

M5 Junction 23 Roundabout — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 19An improvement of the existing M5 Junction 23 roundabout along with associated approach roads and motorway slip roads comprising: site preparation works, perimeter enclosure, earthworks, surface water drainage works, utilities trenches, carriageway widening and surface treatment, footway works, road lighting poles and fittings, traffic signals and associated controls and associated road signage and markings, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 27.

Cannington traffic calming measures — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 20Improvements to High Street, Fore Street, Rodway and Brook Street comprising: site preparation works, perimeter enclosure, surface water drainage works, carriageway narrowing and surface treatment, footway works, new and improved pedestrian facilities, speed reduction measures and associated road signage and markings, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 28.

A38 Bristol Road/Wylds Road junction — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 21An improvement of the existing A38 Bristol Road and junction with Wylds Road comprising site preparation works, perimeter enclosure, carriageway widening, footway works, surface water drainage works, road lighting poles and fittings and associated road signage and markings, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 29.

Huntworth Roundabout — In the District of Sedgemoor and the County of Somerset

• Work No. 22An improvement of the A38 Huntworth Roundabout entry from Huntworth Business Park comprising: vegetation clearance, site preparation works, perimeter enclosure, surface water drainage works, carriageway widening and surface treatment, footway works and modifications to traffic island and associated road signage and markings, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 30.

PART 2 — Temporary jetty works

In the District of West Somerset and the County of Somerset and the territorial sea

• Work No. TJ1A jetty of open piled construction including an elevated roadway and comprising a concrete deck supported on steel tubular piles, commencing at a point at ST1953846080 and extending in a north westerly direction into Bridgwater Bay for a distance of 506 metres and terminating at a point at ST1928546519, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 7 and the sections of which are shown on sheet no. 10.

• Work No. TJ2A covered conveyor for transporting aggregates to be used on Work Nos. 1A, 1B and 1C, commencing at a point at ST1968845829 and extending in a north westerly direction for a distance of 788 metres and terminating at a point at ST1931146515, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 8 and the sections of which are shown on sheet no. 10.

• Work No. TJ3A pipeline for transporting cement and cement replacement products to be used on Work Nos. 1A, 1B and 1C, commencing at a point at ST1968846053 and extending generally in a north westerly direction for a distance of 655 metres and terminating at a point at ST1929246510, the location of which is shown on sheet no. 9 and the sections of which are shown on sheet no. 10.

• Work No. TJ0Demolition and removal of Work Nos. TJ1, TJ2 and TJ3 shown on sheet nos. 7, 8 and 9 and associated restoration work.

PART 3 — Approved plans

HPC Development Site