Paragraph 1

In this Schedule—

• “part” includes a phase, part of a phase, multiple phases or multiple parts of phases;

• “phase” means a phase of the authorised development as set out in the written scheme approved pursuant to requirement 3;

• “power conversion stations” means inverters, transformers and switch gear with monitoring and control systems housed in an enclosure or enclosures mounted on metal stilts pile driven into the ground or metal skids on concrete foundations;“relevant county authority” means Lincolnshire County Council and Nottinghamshire County Council in their capacity as the county council for their respective administrative areas, and “relevant county authorities” means both Lincolnshire County Council and Nottinghamshire County Council;

• “relevant district authority” means Newark & Sherwood District Council, West Lindsey District Council and Bassetlaw District Council in their capacity as the district council for their respective administrative areas;

• “relevant planning authority” means—

  1. (a)

     Lincolnshire County Council and Nottinghamshire County Council in their capacity as the local planning authority for their respective administrative areas for the purposes of—

     1. (i)

        Requirements 4 (requirement for written approval), where the County Council was the relevant planning authority for the Approved Documents, Plans, Details or Schemes sought to be amended;

     2. (ii)

        Requirement 7 (battery safety management);

     3. (iii)

        Requirement 11 (drainage);

     4. (iv)

        Requirement 12 (archaeology);

     5. (v)

        Requirement 15 (construction traffic management plan);

     6. (vi)

        Requirement 18 (public rights of way management plan);

     7. (vii)

        Requirement 19 (soil management plan);

     8. (viii)

        Requirement 22 (flood risk mitigation); and

     9. (ix)

        “solar panel” means a solar photovoltaic panel or module designed to convert solar irradiance to electrical energy;

  2. (b)

     Newark & Sherwood District Council, West Lindsey District Council and Bassetlaw District Council in their capacity as the local planning authority for their respective administrative areas for the purposes of—

     1. (i)

        Requirement 3 (phasing of the authorised development and date of final commissioning);

     2. (ii)

        Requirement 4 (requirement for written approval), where the District Council was the relevant planning authority for the Approved Documents, Plans, Details or Schemes sought to be amended;

     3. (iii)

        Requirement 5 (detailed design approval);

     4. (iv)

        Requirement 6 (community liaison group);

     5. (v)

        Requirement 8 (landscape and ecology management plan);

     6. (vi)

        Requirement 9 (biodiversity net gain);

     7. (vii)

        Requirement 10 (fencing and other means of enclosure);

     8. (viii)

        Requirement 13 (construction environmental management plan);

     9. (ix)

        Requirement 14 (operational environmental management plan);

     10. (x)

         Requirement 16 (operational noise);

     11. (xi)

         Requirement 17 (skills, supply chain and employment);

     12. (xii)

         Requirement 20 (decommissioning and restoration);

     13. (xiii)

         Requirement 21 (ground conditions); and

• “relevant planning authorities” and “relevant planning authority” means Lincolnshire County Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Newark & Sherwood District Council, West Lindsey District Council and Bassetlaw District Council as applicable. Where for the above requirements the approval sought relates to a part of the authorised development that is within the administrative areas of multiple relevant planning authorities, the “relevant planning authority” shall mean each of those multiple authorities.