# The Green Hill Solar Farm Order 2026, Paragraph 78: Land


(1) Following the issue of the final certificate pursuant to paragraph 72(4) National Highways may serve notice on the undertaker that it wishes to take a freehold transfer of land within the extent of strategic road network boundary which is not in the ownership of National Highways but has been acquired by the undertaker for the purposes of carrying out the road works.
(2) If the undertaker receives notice under sub-paragraph (1) then the undertaker must effect a freehold transfer of the land which is the subject of the notice and complete such transfer as soon as reasonably practicable at no cost to National Highways.
(3) The undertaker must not exercise the powers of this Order over any land forming part of the strategic road network or land owned by National Highways, other than with the consent of National Highways (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld and delayed), so as to—
(a) acquire or use the land;
(b) acquire new or existing rights in the land;
(c) impose or extinguish any restrictive covenant over the land;
(d) extinguish any existing rights held by National Highways; or
(e) interfere with the apparatus of National Highways.
(4) A consent under sub-paragraph (3) must be requested in writing by email to legalservicesinbox@nationalhighways.co.uk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1074/schedule/15/paragraph/78 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/green-hill-solar-farm-order-2026/schedule-15/paragraph-78
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