{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/longfield-solar-farm-order-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/longfield-solar-farm-order-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/734",
  "legislation_title": "The Longfield Solar Farm Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/longfield-solar-farm-order-2023",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Detailed design approval",
  "text": "(1) No phase of the solar farm works and grid connection works may commence until details of—\n(a) the layout;\n(b) scale;\n(c) proposed finished ground levels;\n(d) external appearance;\n(e) hard surfacing materials;\n(f) vehicular and pedestrian access, parking and circulation areas;\n(g) refuse or other storage units, signs and lighting;\n(h) drainage, water, power and communications cables and pipelines; and\n(i) programme for landscaping works,\nrelating to that phase have been submitted and approved by the relevant planning authority for that phase or, where the phase falls within the administrative areas of both Braintree District Council and Chelmsford City Council, both relevant planning authorities.\n(2) The details submitted must accord with—\n(a) the outline design principles; and\n(b) for Work No. 2, the outline battery safety management plan.\n(3) The solar farm works and grid connection works must be carried out in accordance with the approved details.\n(4) The relevant planning authority must consult with Essex County Council in its role as lead local flood authority before approving details in relation to drainage or water under sub-paragraph 7(1)(h).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 18.7.2023, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/734/schedule/2/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:22.591830+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}