The Gatwick Airport (Northern Runway Project) Development Consent Order 2025

• (b) Thames Water Utilities Limited confirms that its infrastructure will be able to accommodate the additional foul water flows,

unless otherwise agreed in writing by Thames Water Utilities Limited.

Western noise mitigation bund

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• (1) The commencement of dual runway operations must not take place until Work No. 18(b) (replacement noise bund and wall) has been completed.

• (2) Once completed, Work No. 18(b) must not be removed unless otherwise agreed in writing by CBC.

• (3) During the carrying out of Work No. 18(a) (removal of existing western noise bund) and the construction of Work No. 18(b) (replacement noise bund and wall), no ground engine testing may take place on Work No. 4(i) (Taxiway Juliet West Spur) unless otherwise agreed in writing by CBC.

North and South Terminal roundabouts BAU improvement scheme

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• (1) Prior to the first of—

• (a) the commencement of dual runway operations;

• (b) the commencement of the first of Work No. 35 (South Terminal Junction improvements) and Work No. 36 (North Terminal Junction improvements); or

• (c) the third anniversary of the commencement of the authorised development,

the North and South Terminal roundabouts BAU improvement scheme must be completed, unless otherwise agreed with National Highways.

• (2) In this requirement—

• (a) “North and South Terminal roundabouts BAU improvement scheme” means a scheme of construction, not forming part of the authorised development, to implement traffic signal control and add further entry and exit lane and roundabout circulatory capacity at the North and South Terminal roundabouts, to be agreed with National Highways and to be in general accordance with the North and South Terminal roundabouts BAU improvement scheme plans and the detailed design of which will be agreed separately with National Highways; and

• (b) “North and South Terminal roundabouts BAU improvement scheme plans” means the document of that description certified by the Secretary of State under article 50 (certification of documents, etc.).

Office occupier

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Work No. 28(b) (office at Car Park H site) must only be occupied by an entity related to, or whose business and/or operations are related to, the airport, air travel and/or aviation, unless otherwise agreed in writing by CBC.

Odour monitoring and management plan

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On or after the date of the commencement of the authorised development, the authorised development and the operation of the airport must be carried out in accordance with the odour monitoring and management plan unless otherwise agreed in writing by CBC (in consultation with RBBC).

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Not used.

Car parking spaces

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• (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Class F of Part 8 (transport related development) of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations, (or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no additional car parking is to be provided within the Order limits unless otherwise agreed by CBC.

• (2) In sub-paragraph (1) “additional car parking” means—

• (a) the provision of more than 53,260 car parking spaces; or

• (b) allowing the parking of more than 53,260 airport passengers’ and staff cars at any given time.

• (3) Upon commencement of the authorised development and by no later than each anniversary of that date, the undertaker must submit an annual report to CBC providing an update on the number of car parking spaces provided by the undertaker within the Order limits and airport passengers and staff cars parked within the Order limits.

• (4) In this requirement—

• “car parking spaces” means space or spaces available for all car parking products provided by the undertaker including self-park, block-park, valet parking, staff parking and any other parking types used by airport passengers and staff within the Order limits; and

• “staff” means those people who are employed directly by Gatwick Airport Limited or any other employer at the airport and who class the buildings and operational areas of the airport as their main place of work (in accordance with employer and employee travel surveys.

• (5) In sub-paragraph (2) the number “53,260” includes a maximum of 47,180 car parking spaces for airport passengers or a maximum of 47,180 airport passengers’ cars, as appropriate.

Speed limit monitoring

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• (1) No part of Work Nos. 35, 36 or 37 (surface access works) is to commence until a speed limit monitoring plan for those works has been submitted to and approved in writing by West Sussex County Council (in consultation with Surrey County Council and National Highways).

• (2) The speed limit monitoring plan must include—

• (a) as a minimum, one survey to be carried out before commencement of the first of Work Nos. 35, 36 or 37 (surface access works) and two surveys to be carried out after completion of the last of those works to assess the changes in traffic speed on the local and strategic highway networks;

• (b) the locations to be monitored and the methodology to be used to collect the required data;

• (c) the periods over which traffic is to be monitored (each such period to be no longer in duration than 14 days);

• (d) the submission of survey data and interpretative reports to West Sussex County Council; and

• (e) a description of the manner in which the undertaker would propose to address excessive speeding identified through the monitoring.

• (3) The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the speed limit monitoring plan approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) unless otherwise agreed in writing with West Sussex County Council (in consultation with Surrey County Council and National Highways).

Tree balance statement

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• (1) The undertaker must submit a tree balance statement to CBC for approval—

• (a) within 3 months of the date of commencement of dual runway operations;

• (b) within 3 months of the third anniversary of commencement of dual runway operations; and

• (c) within 3 months of the sixth anniversary of commencement of dual runway operations.

• (2) The tree balance statements referred to in sub-paragraph (1) should follow the methodology set out in Policy DD4 of the Crawley Borough Council Local Plan 2023-2040 and the Green Infrastructure SPD 2016, and must include the following totals up to and including the date of commencement of dual runway operations and the third and sixth anniversaries respectively—

• (a) the total number of trees that have been removed as part of the authorised development;

• (b) the total number of replacement trees that are required on the basis of the CBC tree replacement requirement; and

• (c) the total number of trees that have been provided as part of the authorised development.

• (3) In the event that the tree balance statement submitted on the sixth anniversary of the commencement of dual runway operations pursuant to sub-paragraph (1)(c) identifies that the total number of trees that has been provided as part of the authorised development is less than that required by the application of the CBC tree replacement requirement, the undertaker must pay the tree mitigation contribution to CBC within 60 days of the approval of the tree balance statement by CBC under sub-paragraph (1).

• (4) In this requirement—

• “CBC tree replacement requirement” means the number of replacement trees required on the basis of the number as per paragraph (2)(a), calculated in accordance with the table in Policy DD4 (Tree Replacement Standards) of the Crawley Borough Local Plan 2023-2040 (adopted on 16 October 2024);

• “tree mitigation contribution” means the sum sought pursuant to Policy DD4 (Tree Replacement Standards) of the Crawley Borough Local Plan 2023-2040 and calculated in accordance with the tree mitigation formula to be paid to CBC and used towards the provision of tree planting and maintenance in the borough of Crawley or within the area of any of the host authorities which is a district council; and

• “tree mitigation contribution formula” means the formula as set out in paragraphs 3.13 to 3.14 and Table 1 of the CBC Green Infrastructure Supplementary Planning Document (adopted on 5 October 2016).

PART 2 — PROCEDURE FOR DISCHARGE OF REQUIRMENTS

Applications made under requirements

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• (1) Where an application has been made to a discharging authority for any agreement, endorsement or approval required by a requirement included in this Order, the discharging authority must give notice to the undertaker of its decision on the application before the end of the decision period.

• (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the decision period is—

• (a) in the case of requirements in respect of which the discharging authority has a duty under this Schedule to consult with any other body—

• (i) where no further information is requested under this paragraph, 8 weeks from the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the discharging authority;

• (ii) where further information is requested under this paragraph, 8 weeks from the day immediately following that on which further information has been supplied by the undertaker under this paragraph; or

• (iii) such longer period as may be agreed by the undertaker and the discharging authority in writing before the end of the period in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii); and

• (b) in the case of requirements in respect of which the discharging authority has no duty under this Schedule to consult with any other body—

• (i) where no further information is requested under this paragraph, 6 weeks from the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the discharging authority;

• (ii) where further information is requested under this paragraph, 6 weeks from the day immediately following that on which further information has been supplied by the undertaker under this paragraph; or

• (iii) such longer period as may be agreed by the undertaker and the discharging authority in writing before the end of the period in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii).

• (3) In the case of requirements in respect of which the discharging authority has a duty under this Schedule to consult with any other body, the discharging authority must have regard to comments received from any of those bodies.

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• (1) In relation to any application to which this Schedule applies, the discharging authority has the right to request such further information from the undertaker as is necessary to enable it to consider the application.

• (2) If the discharging authority considers such further information to be necessary and the requirement does not specify that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, the discharging authority must, within 14 days of receipt of the application, notify the undertaker in writing specifying the further information required.

• (3) If the requirement specifies that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, the undertaker must issue the consultation to the requirement consultee within 5 days of submitting the application, and must notify the discharging authority in writing.

• (4) If the discharging authority does not give notification as specified in sub-paragraph (2) or (3), or otherwise fails to request any further information within the timescales provided for in this paragraph it will be deemed to have sufficient information to consider the application and will not thereafter be entitled to request further information without the prior agreement of the undertaker.

SCHEDULE 3 — STOPPING UP OF STREETS AND PRIVATE MEANS OF ACCESS AND PROVISIONS OF NEW STREETS AND PRIVATE MEANS OF ACCESS

PART 1 — STREETS TO BE STOPPED UP AND SUBSTITUTE STREETS AND NEW STREETS TO BE PROVIDED

PART 2 — PRIVATE MEANS OF ACCESS TO BE STOPPED UP AND SUBSTITUTE PRIVATE MEANS AND NEW PRIVATE MEANS

SCHEDULE 4 — PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, FOOTWAYS AND CYCLE TRACKS TO BE STOPPED UP

PART 1 — PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO BE DIVERTED FOR WHICH A SUBSTITUTE IS TO BE PROVIDED

PART 2 — PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO BE PERMANENTLY STOPPED UP FOR WHICH NO SUBSTITUTE IS TO BE PROVIDED

PART 3 — FOOTWAYS AND CYCLE TRACKS

SCHEDULE 5 — CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS

PART 1 — NEW AND REALIGNED CLASSIFIED TRUNK ROADS

PART 2 — NEW AND REALIGNED CLASSIFIED NON-TRUNK ROADS

PART 3 — NEW AND REALIGNED UNCLASSIFIED ROADS

PART 4 — ROADS TO BE DE-TRUNKED

SCHEDULE 6 — TRAFFIC REGULATION MEASURES

PART 1 — SPEED LIMITS

PART 2 — TRAFFIC REGULATION MEASURES (CLEARWAYS, HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS)

PART 3 — REVOCATIONS AND VARIATIONS OF EXISTING TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDERS