{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/peartree-hill-solar-farm-order-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/869",
  "legislation_title": "The Peartree Hill Solar Farm Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/peartree-hill-solar-farm-order-2026",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“balance of solar plant” means either—\n(a) a solar station comprising centralised inverters, transformers, switchgear and other ancillary equipment either—\n(i) located outside on a permeable or concrete foundation; or\n(ii) housed together within a container on a permeable or concrete foundation; or\n(b) string inverters transformers, switchgear and other ancillary equipment attached either to mounting structures or a ground mounted frame on a permeable or concrete foundation or placed on metal skids;\n“CCTV” means a closed circuit television security system;\n“electrical cables” means—\n(a) cables of differing types and voltages installed for the purposes of conducting electricity, auxiliary cables, cables connecting to direct current (DC) boxes, earthing cables and optical fibre cables; and\n(b) works connected with cable laying including excavations, storage of excavated material, jointing pits, hardstanding adjoining the jointing pits, combiner boxes, fibre bays, cable ducts, cable protections, joint protection, manholes, kiosks, marker posts, underground cable marker, tiles and tape, send and receive pits for horizontal directional drilling, trenching, lighting, and a pit or container to capture fluids associated with drilling;\n“inverter” means electrical equipment fitted to mounting structures required to convert direct current power generated by the solar modules to alternating current;\n“Land Area B” means land that forms part of the authorised development as shown on the location and land area plan;\n“Land Area C” means land that forms part of the authorised development as shown on the location and land area plan;\n“Land Area D” means land that forms part of the authorised development as shown on the location and land area plan;\n“Land Area E” means land that forms part of the authorised development as shown on the location and land area plan;\n“Land Area F” means land that forms part of the authorised development as shown on the location and land area plan;\n“mounting structure” means a frame or rack made of galvanised steel or other material designed to support the solar modules and inverters and mounted in piles driven into the ground;\n“National Grid substation” means the National Grid Creyke Beck substation;\n“permissive paths” means new access tracks providing restricted public access within the Order limits;\n“solar module” means a solar photovoltaic panel designed to convert solar irradiance to electrical energy fitted to mounting structures;\n“substation” means a substation containing electrical equipment required to switch, transform, convert electricity and provide reactive power consumption;\n“switchgear” means a combination of electrical disconnect switches, fuses or circuit breakers used to control, protect and isolate electrical equipment; and\n“transformer” means a structure containing electrical switchgear serving to transform electricity to a higher voltage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/869/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:57:04.416898+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."
}