# The Mallard Pass Solar Farm Order 2024, Paragraph 18: Decommissioning and restoration

Extent: E+W

(1) Decommissioning works must commence no later than 60 years following the date of the final commissioning of the first phase of Work No. 1, as notified by the undertaker pursuant to requirement 3(4) (phasing of the authorised development and date of final commissioning).
(2) Prior to the commencement of any decommissioning works and prior to the end of the timeframes established pursuant to the decommissioning timing provisions in a detailed operational environmental management plan approved pursuant to requirement 12, for any part of the authorised development, the undertaker must submit to the relevant planning authority for that part (or both relevant planning authorities where that part falls within the administrative areas of both the District of South Kesteven and the County of Rutland) for approval, in consultation with the Environment Agency and Lincolnshire County Council, a decommissioning environmental management plan for that part.
(3) The plans submitted and approved under sub-paragraph (2) must be substantially in accordance with the relevant part of the outline decommissioning environmental management plan.
(4) No decommissioning works must be carried out until the relevant planning authority or both relevant planning authorities (as applicable) has/have approved the plan submitted in relation to such works.
(5) The plan submitted to and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (2) must be implemented as approved for the works required to decommission that phase of the authorised development.
(6) This requirement is without prejudice to any other consents or permissions which may be required to decommission any part of the authorised development.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/796/schedule/2/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mallard-pass-solar-farm-order-2024/schedule-2/paragraph-18
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