The A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Development Consent (Corrections) Order 2025
Source: legislation.gov.uk (2025-04-29)

The Order corrects errors and omissions in A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening (Corrections) Order 2024 a development consent order under the Planning Act 2008, following two requests under paragraph 1(6)(a) of Schedule 4 to that Act.

Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 527

Infrastructure Planning

The A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Development Consent (Corrections) Order 2025

Made

24th April 2025

Coming into force

25th April 2025

The A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Development Consent Order 2024 (“the 2024 Order”)(1 (\"#f00001\")), which granted development consent within the meaning of the Planning Act 2008 (“the Act”)(2 (\"#f00002\")), contained correctable errors within the meaning of the Act.

In accordance with paragraph 1(5)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act, before the end of the relevant period, as defined in paragraph 1(6)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act, the Secretary of State received written requests from the applicant(3 (\"#f00003\")) and Essex County Council for the correction of errors in the 2024 Order.

In accordance with paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 4 to the Act, the Secretary of State has informed the relevant local planning authorities for the area in which the land to which the 2024 Order relates is situated, that the request has been received.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 119 of, and paragraph 1(4) and (8) of Schedule 4 to, the Act, makes the following Order.

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Development Consent (Corrections) Order 2025 and comes into force on 25th April 2025.

Corrections to the A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Development Consent Order 2024

2. The A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Development Consent Order 2024 is corrected as set out in the Schedule.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Kayla Marks

Head of the Transport and Works Act Orders Unit

Department for Transport

24th April 2025

Article 2

SCHEDULECorrectable Errors

1. In this table—

(a)column 1 sets out where the correction is to be made;

(b)column 2 sets out how the correction is to be made; and

(c)column 3 sets out the text to be substituted, inserted or omitted.

““supplementary botanical survey report” means the document of that description listed in Schedule 12 (documents to be certified) certified by the Secretary of State as the supplementary botanical survey report for the purposes of this Order;

“supplementary hedgerow survey report” means the document of that description listed in Schedule 12 (documents to be certified) certified by the Secretary of State as the supplementary hedgerow survey report for the purposes of this Order;”

“(b)fails to discharge that liability,

the liability is enforceable against the undertaker.”

“(3) In this paragraph, “relevant local authority” means a county council or district council in whose area the part of the authorised development in question is located.”

“(1A) The scheme must include an assessment of improvements to the B1023 or another suitable corridor for walking, cycling and horse riding users, to help off-set the impacts of increased traffic on this route.”

2. In Schedule 12 (documents to be certified), after the entry for “Structures engineering drawings and sections” at row 22, insert—

“Supplementary Botanical Survey ReportTR010060/EXAM/9.16Rev 2Supplementary Hedgerow SurveyTR010060/EXAM/9.50Rev 1”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Order corrects errors and omissions in A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening (Corrections) Order 2024 a development consent order under the Planning Act 2008, following two requests under paragraph 1(6)(a) of Schedule 4 to that Act.

(1)

S.I. 2024/60 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2024/60\").

(2)

2008 c.29 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/29\"). Paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 was amended by paragraph 128(2) of, and paragraph 70 of Schedule 13, and Part 20 of Schedule 25, to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/20\"). There are other amendments to the Act which are not relevant to this Order.

(3)

As defined in paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Planning Act 2008.

(4)

1965 c. 56 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/56\").

(5)

Section 271 was amended by paragraph 103 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/21\").