{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/palm-paper-mill-generating-station-order-2016/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/palm-paper-mill-generating-station-order-2016/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/166",
  "legislation_title": "The Palm Paper Mill Generating Station Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/palm-paper-mill-generating-station-order-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Authorised development",
  "text": "In the County Borough of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk—\nA nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14(1)(a) and 15 of the Planning Act 2008, being an electricity generating station fuelled by gas with a thermal input of up to 162 megawatts, a nominal gross electrical output of up to 60 megawatts and an output of up to 130 tonnes of heat (steam) per hour, comprising—\n1 A combined cycle plant including—\n(a) a gas turbine within a turbine hall;\n(b) a steam turbine within a turbine hall;\n(c) 2 electricity generators and 2 transformers within a compound;\n(d) a heat recovery steam generator;\n(e) a main stack for the discharge of flue gas;\n(f) 4 to 8 banks of hybrid cooling towers;\n(g) condenser equipment and auxiliary cooling equipment;\n(h) a demineralised water treatment facility;\n(i) gas-insulated switchgear;\n(j) a pipe bridge including pipes and cables for electricity, steam, condensate and raw water, connecting the combined cycle gas turbine building with the paper machine building; and\n(k) a control room and laboratory.\n2 In connection with the above (and to the extent that it does not otherwise form part of the above), development (whether or not shown on the plans referred to in Requirement 4) within the scope of the environmental impact assessment recorded in the environmental statement comprising—\n(a) surface water management systems;\n(b) lighting columns and lighting;\n(c) temporary construction site offices;\n(d) surfaced area on site for the parking of construction vehicles, plant and machinery;\n(e) open and covered storage of construction materials and equipment; and\n(f) workshops for the assembly and testing of equipment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 in force at 12.2.2016, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/166/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:24.405627+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."
}