The Little Crow Solar Park (Amendment) Order 2023

Made: 14th June 2023

Coming into force: 15th June 2023

Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers in paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the 2008 Act, makes the following Order—

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Little Crow Solar Park (Amendment) Order 2023 and comes into force on 15th June 2023.

Amendment to The Little Crow Solar Park Order 2022

2

The Little Crow Solar Park Order 2022 is amended by this Order as follows.

Amendment to Schedule 2, Part 1

3

In Part 1 of Schedule 2—

• (a) in paragraph 3(1) for the words “35th anniversary” substitute “45th anniversary”;

• (b) in paragraph 4(1) for the words “35th anniversary” substitute “45th anniversary”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

John Wheadon — Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning Delivery — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero — 14th June 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends The Little Crow Solar Park Order 2022, a development consent order under the Planning Act 2008 following an application made in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011 for a non-material change under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008. The Order provides for the amendment of requirements 3 and 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Order to allow the lifetime of the development to be extended from 35 to 45 years.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c. 29. Paragraph 2 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), by paragraphs 1 and 72 of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011 (c.20), and by section 28 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7). There are other amendments to the Act that are not relevant to this Order.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2011/2055, as amended by S.I. 2012/635, S.I. 2015/760 and S.I. 2020/1534. There are other amendments to the instrument which are not relevant to this Order.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2022/436 as amended by S.I. 2023/311.