# The Dean Moor Solar Farm Order 2026, Paragraph 17


In this Part—
“construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal; and “construct” and “constructed” must be construed accordingly;
“drainage authority” means in relation to an ordinary watercourse—
(a) the drainage board concerned within the meaning of section 23 (prohibition on obstructions etc. in watercourses) of the Land Drainage Act 1991; and
(b) in the case of any area for which there is no such drainage board, the lead local flood authority within the meaning of section 6 (other definitions) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010(b);
“drainage work” means any ordinary watercourse and includes any land that provides or is expected to provide flood storage capacity for an ordinary watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance, constructed or used for land drainage or flood defence;
“ordinary watercourse” has the meaning given by section 72 (interpretation) of the Land Drainage Act 1991;
“plans” includes sections, drawings, specifications and method statements;
“specified work” means so much of any work or operation authorised by this Order as is in, on, under, over or within 16 metres of a drainage work or is otherwise likely to—
(a) affect the total volume or the volumetric rate of flow of water in or flowing to or from any drainage work; or
(b) affect the conservation, distribution or use of water resources.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/754/schedule/13/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dean-moor-solar-farm-order-2026/schedule-13/paragraph-17
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