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England and Wales

Infrastructure Planning

Made 5th November 2025

Coming into force 27th November 2025

An application has been made to the Secretary of State under section 37^f1 (applications for orders granting development consent) of the Planning Act 2008 (the “2008 Act”) in accordance with (b) (the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009) for an order granting development consent.

The application has been examined by the Examining Authority appointed by the Secretary of State pursuant to Chapter 3 of Part 6 (deciding applications for orders granting development consent) of the 2008 Act and carried out in accordance with Chapter 4 of Part 6 (deciding applications for orders granting development consent) of the 2008 Act and the Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010^f2. The Examining Authority has submitted a report and recommendation to the Secretary of State under section 83^f3 (single appointed person to examine and report on application) of the 2008 Act.

The Secretary of State has considered the report and recommendation of the Examining Authority, has taken into account the environmental information in accordance with regulation 4^f4 of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 and has had regard to the documents and matters referred to in section 104(2) (decisions in cases where national policy statement have effect) of the 2008 Act.

The Secretary of State, having decided the application, has determined to make an order giving effect to the proposals comprised in the application on terms that in the opinion of the Secretary of State are not materially different from those proposed in the application.

In accordance with section 127^f5 (statutory undertakers’ land) of the 2008 Act, the Secretary of State has applied the relevant tests and is satisfied that they have been met.

In accordance with section 131(4A) (commons, open spaces etc: compulsory acquisition of land) of the 2008 Act, the Secretary of State is satisfied that there is no suitable land available to be given in exchange for the parcels of open space comprised within the Order land and that it is strongly in the public interest for the development for which this Order grants consent to be capable of being begun sooner than is likely to be possible if the Order were to be subject (to any extent) to special parliamentary procedure.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 114^f6, 115^f7, 120^f8, 122^f9, 123^f10, and 149A^f11 of the 2008 Act, makes the following Order.

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Footnotes

f1: 2008 c. 29. The relevant provisions of the 2008 Act are amended by Chapter 6 of Part 6 of, and Schedule 13 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and by sections 22 to 27 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27). Transitional provisions are contained in S.I. 2013/1124.
f2: S.I. 2010/103, amended by S.I. 2012/635.
f3: 2008 c. 29. Section 83 was amended by paragraphs 35(2) and 35(3) of schedule 13(1) and paragraph 1 of section 25(20) to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).
f4: S.I. 2017/572.
f5: 2008 c. 29. Section 127 was amended by sections 23(2)(a) to (c) of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27) and by paragraphs 64(1) and (2) of Schedule 13(1) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 25 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).
f6: As amended by paragraph 55 of Part 1 of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011.
f7: As amended by section 160 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) and section 43 of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4).
f8: As amended by section 140 of, and paragraph 60 of Part 1 of Schedule 13 to, the Localism Act 2011.
f9: As amended by paragraph 62 of Part 1 of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011.
f10: Ibid.
f11: Section 149A was inserted by paragraph 4(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).