The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment No. 2) Order 2025
The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment No. 2) Order 2025 amends the 2020 Order.
It replaces the table of certification documents in Schedule 15 with an updated version, reflecting changes to plans and their revision numbers.
The amendment follows an application for a non-material change to improve the project's administrative efficiency, and it comes into effect on April 11th, 2025.
Arguments For
Intended Benefit: Streamlines the certification process for the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange project by updating the list of required documents and their revisions.
Legal/Historical Basis: The amendment is made under the powers conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008, following an application for a non-material change to the original 2020 Order.
Implementation Methods: The order directly replaces the existing table in Schedule 15 of the 2020 Order with a revised table, ensuring clarity and accuracy of required documentation.
Arguments Against
Potential Impacts: Minimal direct impact, primarily affecting administrative processes related to documentation for the project. Any unintended effects likely to be minor.
Implementation Challenges: The main challenge lies in ensuring accurate dissemination of the updated documentation requirements to all relevant parties involved in the project.
Alternative Approaches: The alternative would be to maintain the outdated table, potentially leading to delays and inefficiencies in the project's administrative processes.
- Citation and commencement (1) This Order may be cited as the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment No. 2) Order 2025 and comes into force on 11th April 2025.
This section establishes the short title of the order as the "West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange (Amendment No. 2) Order 2025" and sets its effective date as April 11th, 2025.
- Amendment of the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020 Omit the table in Schedule 15 (certification documents) to the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020 and substitute the table set out in the Schedule to this Order.
This section details the core change made by the order.
It mandates the removal of the certification document table from Schedule 15 of the 2020 Order and its replacement with the updated table included in this new order's schedule.
SCHEDULE CERTIFICATION DOCUMENTS Article 2
- Documents for certification that they are true copies of the documents referred to in this Order [Table of documents]
This schedule provides an updated table listing various documents related to the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange project.
Each document is identified by name, number, and revision level.
This table replaces the previous one in the 2020 Order.
EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order further amends the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/511) (“the 2020 Order”), a development consent order within the meaning of the Planning Act 2008 (”the Act”). This Order follows an application under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Act to make a non-material change to the 2020 Order to one spot level for road infrastructure identified on the parameters plans. A copy of the substituted plans mentioned in this Order may be inspected free of charge during working hours at the offices of South Staffordshire Council at Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, Wolverhampton, WV8 1PX.
The explanatory note clarifies that the order amends the 2020 West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order.
It explains that the amendment involves a non-material change to correct spot levels for road infrastructure shown on parameters planning documents.
Public access to the amended plans is also detailed.
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