Paragraph 4 Decommissioning and site restorationI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Not less than 6 months before the F145^th anniversary of the first export date, a decommissioning and site restoration scheme must be submitted to the local planning authority for its approval. The decommissioning and site restoration scheme(s) must be in accordance with the outline decommissioning strategy.

(2)

The decommissioning and site restoration scheme(s) must include provision for—

(a)

removal of all above-ground elements of the relevant part of the authorised development, with the exception of the access tracks (Work No.5) where the landowner has confirmed to the undertaker that it requires their retention and the substation (Work No. 4) where the substation operator has confirmed to the undertaker that its retention is required;

(b)

removal of any cabling which is up to five hundred millimetres below ground level; and

(c)

restoration of the areas disturbed by the relevant part of the authorised development.

(3)

The decommissioning of the authorised development and the restoration of the land affected by the authorised development must be undertaken within the time period set out in accordance with the approved decommissioning and site restoration scheme(s).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(1) substituted (15.6.2023) by The Little Crow Solar Park (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/660), arts. 1, 3(b)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 27.4.2022, see art. 1