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Paragraph 4 Great Dun Fell, Lowther Hill and St Annes Primary Surveillance RadarsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

No part of any wind turbine generator (excluding foundations) shall be erected as part of the authorised development until a primary radar mitigation scheme agreed in advance with the operator has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State in order to avoid the impact of the authorised development on the primary radars of the operator located at Great Dun Fell, Lowther Hill and St Annes and associated air traffic management operations.

(2)

No part of any wind turbine generator (excluding foundations) shall be erected until the approved primary radar mitigation scheme has been implemented and then shall thereafter be operated fully in accordance with such approved scheme.

(3)

For the purposes of this requirement—

  • “operator” means NATS (En Route) plc, incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 (4129273) whose registered office is 4000 Parkway, Whiteley, Fareham, Hants PO15 7FL or such other organisation licensed from time to time under sections 5 and 6 of the Transport Act 2000f1 to provide air traffic services to the relevant managed area (within the meaning of section 40 of that Act); and

  • “primary radar mitigation scheme” or “scheme” means a detailed scheme agreed with the operator which sets out the measures to be taken to avoid at all times the impact of the authorised development on the Great Dun Fell, Lowther Hill and St Annes primary radars and air traffic management operations of the operator.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 23.12.2025, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 38.