# The Beacon Fen Energy Park Order 2026, Article 49: Ecology and planting contribution


(1) The undertaker must allocate the ecology and planting contribution to the ecology purpose as follows—
(a) from the date of commencement of any part of Work No. 4A within the administrative area of Boston Borough Council the undertaker must offer relevant landowners the ecology and planting contribution and provide to Boston Borough Council—
(i) confirmation that agreement has been reached with relevant landowners to allocate part or all of the ecology and planting contribution to relevant landowners for the ecology purpose; and
(ii) evidence of the payment of part or all of the ecology and planting contribution to such relevant landowners or the expenditure of part or all of the ecology and planting contribution for the ecology purpose;
(b) If the undertaker has not provided confirmation to Boston Borough Council as required by paragraph (1)(a) in relation to the full amount of the ecology and planting contribution prior to the date of final commissioning of the authorised development the undertaker must allocate the remaining unallocated ecology and planting contribution to—
(i) provide for the ecology purpose and confirm details of allocation for that purpose in writing to Boston Borough Council; or
(ii) Boston Borough Council.
(2) If the undertaker has allocated all or part of the ecology and planting contribution to Boston Borough Council in accordance with paragraph (1)(b)(ii), Boston Borough Council is to allocate such funding to the ecology purpose.
(3) The ecology and planting contribution shall be adjusted on each anniversary of the date this Order comes into force up until the point of payment of the full amount of the ecology and planting contribution by a percentage equal to the index value of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) most recently published prior to that anniversary, provided that in no event shall any annual adjustment exceed 5%.
(4) In this article—
(a) “ecology and planting contribution” means a funding contribution in the sum of £15,000, and for the avoidance of doubt where the ecology and planting contribution is allocated to multiple relevant landowners the total amount allocated for all landowners combined will not exceed £15,000;
(b) “ecology purpose” means the provision of hedgerow planting, gapping up of existing hedgerows or another improvement to connectivity for biodiversity between natural habitats or visual amenity within the administrative area of Boston Borough Council and in reasonable proximity to the southern boundary of the existing substation; and
(c) “relevant landowners” means one or more landowners of land within the administrative area of Boston Borough Council and also either within Work No. 4A or within the highway.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1025/article/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/beacon-fen-energy-park-order-2026/article-49
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