Schedule 4, Paragraph 3: Effect of a correction Schedule 5: Provision relating to, or to matters ancillary to, development Section 143: Diversion of watercourses
240.This section states that an order granting development consent which authorises the diversion of a navigable watercourse can be made only if the new length of watercourse is conveniently navigable by vessels of a kind accustomed to using that part of the watercourse. Such an order is also taken to authorise the diversion of any adjacent tow path.