# Planning Act 2008, Section 20: Gas transporter pipe-lines

Extent: E+W

(1) The construction of a pipe-line by a gas transporter is within section 14(1)(f) only if (when constructed) each of the conditions in subsections (2) to (5) is expected to be met in relation to the pipe-line.
(2) The pipe-line must be wholly or partly in England.
(3) Either—
(a) the pipe-line must be more than 800 millimetres in diameter and more than 40 kilometres in length, or
(b) the construction of the pipe-line must be likely to have a significant effect on the environment.
(4) The pipe-line must have a design operating pressure of more than 7 bar gauge.
(5) The pipe-line must convey gas for supply (directly or indirectly) to at least 50,000 customers, or potential customers, of one or more gas suppliers.
(6) In the case of a pipe-line that (when constructed) will be only partly in England, the construction of the pipe-line is within section 14(1)(f) only to the extent that the pipe-line will (when constructed) be in England.
(7) “Gas supplier” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) (see section 7A(11) of that Act).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/section/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-20
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