# The Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025, Article 6: Development consent orders made before 31st December 2025


(1) Paragraph (2) applies to an order granting development consent for the construction or extension of a generating station which—
(a) generates electricity directly from sunlight, and
(b) when constructed or extended its capacity is not more than 100 megawatts,
where the order has been made before 31st December 2025.
(2) In such a case—
(a) the provisions of the 2008 Act are to continue to apply to the order as if the amendments in article 3 had not been made,
(b) the order is to have effect, and the provisions of the 2008 Act are to continue to apply, in relation to—
(i) the development in respect of which the order has been made, and
(ii) anything else authorised or required by the order,
as if the amendments in article 3 had not been made,
(c) where the order is amended or changed under the provisions of Schedule 4 or 6 to the 2008 Act, the order is to have effect, and the provisions of the 2008 Act are to continue to apply, in relation to—
(i) the development authorised by the order as amended or changed, and
(ii) anything else authorised or required by the order as amended or changed,
as if the amendments in article 3 had not been made, and
(d) where a new or replacement order is made as a result of judicial review, that order is to have effect, and the provisions of the 2008 Act are to continue to apply, in relation to—
(i) the development in respect of which the new or replacement order has effect, and
(ii) anything else authorised or required by the new or replacement order,
as if the amendments in article 3 had not been made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348269765/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infrastructure-planning-onshore-wind-and-solar-generation-order-2025/article-6
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