# The Preesall Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2015, Paragraph 31: Decommissioning, restoration and aftercare scheme for submission prior to commencement of the authorised development

Extent: E+W

(1) No stage of the authorised development shall commence until a scheme of decommissioning, restoration and aftercare for that stage has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The scheme (so far as relevant to that stage) shall include proposals for—
(a) decommissioning of the operational caverns following permanent cessation of such operational caverns;
(b) decommissioning of the pipelines comprised in the authorised development;
(c) what above-ground structures, buildings and other parts of the authorised development are to be demolished, removed or retained and the means of any demolition;
(d) the phasing (if any) of any decommissioning, demolition or removal proposed in paragraphs (a) to (c);
(e) the means of removal of decommissioning materials and demolition waste arising from the activities listed in paragraphs (a) to (c);
(f) the restoration and aftercare of land on which works comprised in that stage of the authorised development are located.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1561/schedule/9/paragraph/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/preesall-underground-gas-storage-facility-order-2015/schedule-9/paragraph-31
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