# The Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025, Article 7: Development consent applications refused before 31st December 2025


(1) Paragraph (2) applies where, before 31st December 2025, an application for 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 has a capacity more than 100 megawatts,
has been refused.
(2) In such a case—
(a) the provisions of the 2008 Act are to continue to apply to the refusal as if the amendments in article 3 had not been made, and
(b) if the refusal is quashed on a judicial review, article 5(2) of this Order applies to any redetermination of the application.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348269765/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infrastructure-planning-onshore-wind-and-solar-generation-order-2025/article-7
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