# The Byers Gill Solar Order 2025, Paragraph 11: Battery safety management

Extent: E+W

(1) Prior to the commencement of Work No. 2 as notified to the relevant planning authority by the undertaker pursuant to requirement 2 (phases of the authorised development and date of final commissioning) a battery fire safety management plan must be submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority in consultation with the County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service and the Environment Agency.
(2) The submitted battery fire safety management plan must either accord with the outline battery fire safety management plan or detail such changes as the undertaker considers are required.
(3) In the event that the submitted battery fire safety management plan proposes changes to the outline battery fire safety management plan the relevant planning authority must consult with the County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service and Environment Agency for approval of the battery fire safety management plan.
(4) The battery safety management plan must be implemented as approved and maintained throughout the construction, operation and decommissioning of the authorised development.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/934/schedule/2/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/byers-gill-solar-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-11
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