Article 2 Amendments to article 2 of the Closure Order (interpretation)

in the definitions of “additional capacity” and “developer” omit “large”;

at the appropriate places insert—

• ““large solar pv closure date” means 31st March 2015”;

• ““small solar pv closure date” means the later of—

  1. (a)

     31st March 2016, and

  2. (b)

     the last day of the month in which this Order comes into force”;

• ““small solar pv station” means a solar pv station where the total installed capacity of the RO capacity of the station is less than or equal to 5 megawatts”;

• ““valid application for planning permission” has the following meaning—

  1. (a)

     in relation to an application made in England, an application for planning permission which is either—

     1. (i)

        a “valid application” within the meaning of article 34(4) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015^f1; or

     2. (ii)

        a “non-validated application” within the meaning of article 34(5) of that Order;

  2. (b)

     in relation to an application made in Wales, an application for planning permission which is a “valid application” within the meaning of article 22(3) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012^f2;

  3. (c)

     in relation to an application made in Scotland, an application for planning permission made in accordance with regulation 9 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013^f3”;

in the definition of “planning permission” for “and 2C(2)” substitute “, 2C(2), 2F(3) and 2G(2)”;

after the definition of “pre-2016 additional capacity” insert—

• ““pre-2017 additional capacity”, in relation to a small solar pv station, means any additional capacity which in the Authority’s view first formed part of the station from a date which is no later than 31st March 2017”; and

omit the definition of “solar pv closure date”.