UK Statutory Instrument
2023
United Kingdom
The Longfield Solar Farm Order 2023
At a glance
What's here
1 compliance obligation
Who this Act binds
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- Statutory Undertaker 1
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Statutory Undertakers also bound by 169 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The Cory Decarbonisation Project Order 2025 2025 116 duties
- The Keadby 3 (Carbon Capture Equipped Gas Fired Generating Station) Order 2022 2022 112 duties
- Water Industry Act 1991 1991 52 duties
- Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 2006 44 duties
- The A47 North Tuddenham to Easton Development Consent Order 2022 2022 28 duties
What this Act requires
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Schedules
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Authorised development
Interpretation
Fencing and other means of enclosure
Surface and foul water drainage
Archaeology
Construction environmental management plan
Operational environmental management plan
Construction traffic management plan
Operational noise
Permissive paths
Public rights of way diversions
Soils Management
Commencement of the authorised development
Decommissioning and restoration
Highway improvements
Detailed design approval
Fencing and other means of enclosure
Surface and foul water drainage
Archaeology
Construction environmental management plan
Construction traffic management plan
Soils Management
Operational environmental management plan
Phasing of the authorised development and date of final commissioning
Requirement for written approval
Approved details and amendments to them
Community liaison group
Detailed design approval
Battery safety management
Landscape and ecological management plan
The following provisions do not apply in so far as...
Interpretation
Interpretation
Compensation enactments
(1) Without limitation on the scope of paragraph 1, the...
(1) Without limitation to the scope of paragraph 1, the...
Application of Part 1 of the 1965 Act
(1) The modifications referred to in paragraph 4(a) are as...
Commencing an arbitration
Time periods
Timetable
Procedure
Arbitrator’s powers
Costs
Confidentiality
For the protection of the utility undertakers referred to in...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), if by reason...
Retained apparatus
Without limiting the scope of paragraph 100, the requirements which...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any specified work, and all...
If by reason of the construction of a specified work...
The undertaker must make reasonable compensation for costs, charges and...
Removal of apparatus
(1) Where, in accordance with the provisions of this part...
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the...
Costs
Other
Nothing in this part of this Schedule affects the provisions...
Any dispute arising between the undertaker and ESW under this...
If in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred...
Application
Site familiarisation
Arbitration
(1) For the protection of any operator, the following provisions...
The exercise of the powers of article 29 (statutory undertakers)...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), if as the...
This Part of this Schedule does not apply to—
Nothing in this Part of this Schedule affects the provisions...
For the protection of the utility undertakers referred to in...
In this Part of this Schedule— “alternative apparatus” means alternative...
This Part of this Schedule does not apply to apparatus...
In this part of this Schedule— “alternative apparatus” means alternative...
Regardless of the temporary prohibition or restriction of use of...
Regardless of any provision in this Order or anything shown...
(1) If, in the exercise of the powers conferred by...
(1) Where, in accordance with the provisions of this Part...
(1) Not less than 28 days before starting the execution...
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), if by reason...
Where in consequence of the proposed construction of any of...
Nothing in this Part of this Schedule affects the provisions...
Any difference under this Part of this Schedule must, unless...
This part of this Schedule does not apply to apparatus...
Application
Interpretation
On Street Apparatus
Apparatus of National Grid in streets subject to temporary closure
Protective works to buildings
Acquisition of land
Removal of apparatus
Facilities and rights for alternative apparatus
Retained apparatus: protection of electricity undertaker
Expenses
Regardless of the temporary prohibition or restriction of use of...
Indemnity
Enactments and agreements
Co-operation
Access
Arbitration
Notices
Agreement of 18th January 2023
(1) The following provisions apply for the protection of the...
Submission and approval of plans
Construction of protective works
Regardless of any provision in this Order or anything shown...
Timing of works and service of notices
Works not in accordance with this Schedule
Maintenance of works
Remediating impaired drainage work
Agency access
Free passage of fish
Indemnity
(1) The undertaker is responsible for and indemnifies the Agency...
Disputes
The provisions of this Part of this Schedule have effect...
(1) If, in the exercise of the powers conferred by...
In this Part of this Schedule— “authorised development” has the...
(1) Before commencing construction of a specified work, the undertaker...
Without limiting the scope of paragraph 61, the requirements which...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any specified work, and all...
If by reason of the construction of a specified work...
The undertaker must make reasonable compensation for costs, charges and...
(1) The undertaker must make reasonable compensation for liabilities, costs...
Any dispute arising between the undertaker and the drainage authority...
The provisions of this Part of this Schedule have effect,...
In this Part of this Schedule— “asset protection agreement” means...
(1) Where, in accordance with the provisions of this part...
(1) Where under this Part of this Schedule Network Rail...
(1) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by—...
(1) The undertaker must before commencing construction of any specified...
(1) Any specified work and any protective works to be...
The undertaker must— (a) at all times afford reasonable facilities...
Network Rail must at all times afford reasonable facilities to...
(1) If any permanent or temporary alterations or additions to...
The undertaker must repay to Network Rail all reasonable fees,...
(1) In this paragraph— “EMI” means, subject to sub-paragraph (2),...
If at any time after the completion of a specified...
(1) Not less than 28 days before starting the execution...
The undertaker must not provide any illumination or illuminated sign...
Any additional expenses which Network Rail may reasonably incur in...
(1) The undertaker must pay to Network Rail all reasonable...
Network Rail must, on receipt of a request from the...
In the assessment of any sums payable to Network Rail...
The undertaker and Network Rail may, subject in the case...
Nothing in this Order, or in any enactment incorporated with...
The undertaker must give written notice to Network Rail if...
The undertaker must no later than 28 days from the...
The provisions in this Part of this Schedule have effect...
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the...
In this Part of this Schedule— “authorised development” has the...
(1) Before beginning to construct any specified work in relation...
Without limiting the scope of paragraph 91, the requirements which...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any specified work, and all...
If by reason of the construction of a specified work...
The undertaker must make reasonable compensation for costs, charges and...
(1) The undertaker must make reasonable compensation for liabilities, costs...
Any dispute arising between the undertaker and the drainage authority...
For the protection of Essex and Suffolk Water, the following...
In this Part of this Schedule— “alternative apparatus” means alternative...
Interpretation
Applications made under requirement
Further information and consultation
Appeals
Fees
Authority to survey and investigate the land
- Give 14 days' notice before surveying land for the solar farm Statutory Undertaker
Browse 43 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Development consent etc. granted by this Order
Operation of generating station
Power to maintain authorised development
Application and modification of statutory provisions
Defence to proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance
Street Works
Power to alter layout, etc., of streets
Construction and maintenance of altered streets
Temporary closure of public rights of way
Access to works
Agreements with street authorities
Traffic regulation measures
Discharge of water
Protective works to buildings
Compulsory acquisition of land
Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily
Compulsory acquisition of rights
Private rights
Application of the 1981 Act
Acquisition of subsoil only
Power to override easements and other rights
Modification of Part 1 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
Rights under or over streets
Temporary use of land for constructing the authorised development
Temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development
Statutory undertakers
Apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in closed streets
Recovery of costs of new connections
Benefit of the Order
Consent to transfer the benefit of the Order
Application of landlord and tenant law
Operational land for purposes of the 1990 Act
Felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows
Trees subject to tree preservation orders
Certification of plans and documents, etc.
Arbitration
Protective Provisions
Service of notices
Procedure in relation to certain approvals etc.
Guarantees in respect of payment of compensation
Compulsory acquisition of land – incorporation of the mineral code
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