# The Springwell Solar Farm Order 2026, Paragraph 19: Decommissioning and restoration

Extent: E+W

(1) The date of decommissioning—
(a) with respect to each phase of Work No. 1 must be no later than 40 years following the date of final commissioning as notified to the relevant planning authority pursuant to requirement 3 (phasing of the authorised development and date of final commissioning); and
(b) with respect to the associated development in Work Nos. 2 to 9 must be no later than the date of decommissioning for the phase of Work No. 1 to which such associated development relates, and where such associated development relates to more than one phase of Work No. 1 must be no later than the latest date of decommissioning of the phases of Work No. 1 to which such associated development relates.
(2) Unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority, no later than 12 months prior to the date the undertaker intends to decommission any part of the authorised development, the undertaker must notify the relevant planning authority of the intended date of decommissioning for that part of the authorised development.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority, no later than ten weeks prior to the intended date of decommissioning of any part of the authorised development notified pursuant to sub-paragraph (2), the undertaker must submit to the relevant planning authority a decommissioning environmental management plan for approval.
(4) The decommissioning environmental management plan must be substantially in accordance with the outline decommissioning environmental management plan and must include a timetable for its implementation.
(5) No decommissioning works may be carried out until the relevant planning authority has approved the decommissioning environmental management plan submitted in relation to those works, in consultation with Lincolnshire County Council in its capacity as the local highway authority and waste planning authority, the Environment Agency, Natural England and the Ministry of Defence.
(6) The decommissioning environmental management plan must be implemented as approved.
(7) This requirement is without prejudice to any other consents or permissions that may be required to decommission any part of the authorised development.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/419/schedule/2/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/springwell-solar-farm-order-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-19
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