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The Little Crow Solar Park (Amendment) Order 2023

S.I. 2023/660 · Made 14 June 2023

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Infrastructure Planning

Made 14th June 2023

Coming into force 15th June 2023

An application has been made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008 (the “2008 Act”)f1 to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011 (the “2011 Regulations”)f2 for a non-material change to the Little Crow Solar Park Order 2022 (the “2022 Order”)f3.

The Secretary of State, having considered the application and responses to the publicity and consultation carried out in accordance with regulations 6 and 7 of the 2011 Regulations, has decided to make this Order amending the 2022 Order.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers in paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the 2008 Act, makes the following Order—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2008 c. 29. Paragraph 2 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), by paragraphs 1 and 72 of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011 (c.20), and by section 28 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7). There are other amendments to the Act that are not relevant to this Order.

f2

S.I. 2011/2055, as amended by S.I. 2012/635, S.I. 2015/760 and S.I. 2020/1534. There are other amendments to the instrument which are not relevant to this Order.

f3

S.I. 2022/436 as amended by S.I. 2023/311.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to The Little Crow Solar Park Order 2022
  3. 3Amendment to Schedule 2, Part 1
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Little Crow Solar Park (Amendment) Order 2023 and comes into force on 15th June 2023.

2Amendment to The Little Crow Solar Park Order 2022

The Little Crow Solar Park Order 2022 is amended by this Order as follows.

3Amendment to Schedule 2, Part 1

In Part 1 of Schedule 2—

(a)

in paragraph 3(1) for the words “35th anniversary” substitute “45th anniversary”;

(b)

in paragraph 4(1) for the words “35th anniversary” substitute “45th anniversary”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

John Wheadon

Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning Delivery

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

14th June 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends The Little Crow Solar Park Order 2022, a development consent order under the Planning Act 2008 following an application made in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011 for a non-material change under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008. The Order provides for the amendment of requirements 3 and 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Order to allow the lifetime of the development to be extended from 35 to 45 years.