{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/five-estuaries-offshore-wind-farm-order-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1376",
  "legislation_title": "The Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/five-estuaries-offshore-wind-farm-order-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Infrastructure Planning\nMade 17th December 2025\nComing into force 8th January 2026\nAn application has been made to the Secretary of State under section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 (the “2008 Act”) for an Order granting development consent.\nThe application was examined by a panel of 5 members (appointed by the Secretary of State) in accordance with Part 6 of the 2008 Act and carried out in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010.\nThe panel, having considered the representations made and not withdrawn and the application together with the accompanying documents, in accordance with section 74(2) of the 2008 Act, has submitted a report and recommendation to the Secretary of State.\nThe Secretary of State has considered the representations made and not withdrawn and the report and recommendation of the panel, has taken into account the environmental information in accordance with regulation 4 of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, and, as a national policy statement has effect in relation to the proposed development, has had regard to the documents and matters referred to in section 104(2) of the 2008 Act.\nThe Secretary of State is satisfied that the open space forming special category land specified in the land plans and special category land plan (as defined in article 2 of this Order), when burdened with any new rights authorised to be compulsorily acquired under this Order, will be no less advantageous than it was before to the persons in whom it is vested, other persons, if any, entitled to rights of common or other rights, and the public, and that, accordingly, section 132(3) of the 2008 Act applies.\nThe Secretary of State, having decided the application, has determined to make an Order granting development consent for the development described in the application with modifications which in the opinion of the Secretary of State do not make any substantial changes to the proposals comprised in the application.\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 114, 115, 120, 122, 123, 132, 140 and 149A of, and schedule 5 to, the 2008 Act, makes the following Order.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2008 c. 29. Section 37 was amended by sections 128(2) and 137(5) and Schedule 13, Part 1, paragraphs 1 to 5 of the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/103. This instrument was amended by S.I. 2012/635."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2017/572."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 114 was amended by paragraph 55 of Part 1 of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 115 was amended by paragraph 56 of Part 1 of Schedule 13 and Part 20 of Schedule 25 to the Localism Act 2011, section 160 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) and section 43 of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 120 was amended by section 140 of, and paragraph 60 of Part 1 of Schedule 13 to, the Localism Act 2011."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Section 132 was amended by section 24 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Section 149A was inserted by paragraph 4(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23)."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:07:51.328273+00:00"
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  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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