Paragraph 21 Decommissioning and restorationI1

The date of decommissioning must be no later than 60 years following the date of final commissioning for that part of the authorised development.

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.

Unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority, no later than eight 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 for that part a decommissioning environmental management plan for approval.

Where the undertaker decides to decommission a part of the authorised development that falls within the administrative areas of multiple planning authorities, the decommissioning environmental management plan must be submitted to each relevant planning authority, following consultation with the Environment Agency, Natural England, and the approval of all relevant planning authorities is required for the purposes of this paragraph.

The decommissioning environmental management plan must be substantially in accordance with the framework decommissioning environmental management plan and must include a timetable for its implementation.

No decommissioning works must be carried out until the relevant planning authority has approved the decommissioning environmental management plan submitted in relation to those works.

The decommissioning environmental management plan must be implemented as approved.

This requirement is without prejudice to any other consents or permissions that may be required to decommission any part of the authorised development.