# The Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025, Paragraph 16: Submission and approval of plans

Extent: E+W

(1) Before beginning to construct any specified work, the undertaker must submit to the Agency plans of the specified work and such further particulars available to it as the Agency may within 28 days of the receipt of the plans reasonably request.
(2) Any such specified work must not be constructed except in accordance with such plans as may be approved in writing by the Agency, or determined under paragraph 28.
(3) Any approval of the Agency required under this paragraph—
(a) must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
(b) subject to sub-paragraph (4), is deemed to have been refused if it is neither given nor refused within 2 months of the submission of the plans or such later date is agreed between the Agency and the undertaker, and if, further particulars if such particulars have been requested by the Agency for approval pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) the period between the making of this request and the provision of further particulars in response to it shall not be taken into account in the calculation of the 2 months for the purposes of this sub-paragraph; and
(c) may be given subject to such reasonable requirements as the Agency may have for the protection of any drainage work or the fishery or for the protection of water resources, or for the prevention of flooding or pollution, or the prevention of environmental harm, or for nature conservation, or in the discharge of its environmental duties.
(4) The Agency must use its reasonable endeavours to respond to the submission of any plans before the expiration of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b).
(5) If the Agency refuses any approval required under this paragraph then the refusal must be accompanied by a statement of the grounds for refusal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1376/schedule/9/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/five-estuaries-offshore-wind-farm-order-2025/schedule-9/paragraph-16
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