Paragraph 5 Onshore substation works, design and landscapingI1

England and Wales

(1)

Construction of Work No. 15B (the onshore electrical substation infrastructure) must not commence until details of—

(a)

the layout;

(b)

scale;

(c)

existing and proposed finished ground levels;

(d)

external hard surfacing materials;

(e)

the dimensions, colour and materials used for the buildings;

(f)

security fencing, height, colour and materials;

(g)

vehicular and pedestrian access, parking and circulation areas;

(h)

operational external lighting; and

(i)

proposed and existing functional services above and below ground, including drainage, surface water drainage, power and communications cables and pipelines, manholes and supports;

have been submitted to and approved by the discharging authority.

(2)

The details submitted under sub-paragraph (1) of this requirement must be in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) and in accordance with the onshore substation design principles document, with the exception of the design review process set out in section 2.3 “design review process” thereof and any design guide. The design review process must accord with sub-paragraph (3) of this requirement.

(3)

The details submitted under sub-paragraph (1) of this requirement must not be submitted to the discharging authority for approval until an independent design review panel has reviewed the details and made any written recommendations to the undertaker about those details. Any recommendations received by the undertaker from the independent design review panel must accompany the details submitted to the discharging authority for approval under sub-paragraph (1) of this requirement.

(4)

In relation to Work No. 15B—

(a)

the highest part of any building, any external electrical equipment or enclosure, excluding lightning rods, must not exceed 15 metres above finished ground level (50.775 metres Ordnance Datum);

(b)

the total area of the fenced compound (excluding its accesses) must not exceed 58,800 metres squared; and

(c)

the lightning rods within the fenced compound area must not exceed a height of 18 metres above finished ground level (53.775 metres Ordnance Datum).

(5)

Work No. 15B must be carried out in accordance with the details approved under sub-paragraph (1).

(6)

Work No. 15B must not be commenced until a written landscaping scheme and associated works programme, and hard and soft landscape works and detailed planting plans to an appropriate scale in accordance with the outline landscape and ecological management plan for Work No. 15 has been submitted to and approved by the discharging authority.

(7)

The written landscaping scheme to be submitted under sub-paragraph (6) must include details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works including—

(a)

location, number, species, size and planting density of any proposed planting including any trees; and

(b)

implementation timetables for all landscaping works within Work No. 15.

(8)

The landscaping of Work No. 15 must be carried out in accordance with the details approved under sub-paragraph (6).

(9)

The landscaping of Work No. 15 must be maintained throughout the operation of Work No. 15B.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 5 in force at 8.1.2026, see art. 1