The Longfield Solar Farm Order 2023

PART 2 — PERMANENT ALTERATION OF LAYOUT AND MAINTAINED BY THE STREET AUTHORITY

PART 3 — TEMPORARY ALTERATION OF LAYOUT

SCHEDULE 6 — PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY

PART 1 — PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED AND DIVERTED

PART 2 — PERMANENT USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY

PART 3 — TEMPORARY MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY

SCHEDULE 7 — ACCESS TO WORKS

PART 1 — PERMANENT MEANS OF ACCESS TO WORKS

PART 2 — TEMPORARY MEANS OF ACCESS

SCHEDULE 8 — TRAFFIC REGULATION MEASURES

SCHEDULE 9 — LAND IN WHICH ONLY NEW RIGHTS ETC. MAY BE ACQUIRED

Interpretation

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In this Schedule—

• “access rights” means rights over land to— alter, improve, form, maintain, retain, use (with or without vehicles, plant and machinery), remove, reinstate means of access to the authorised development including visibility splays and road widening and to remove impediments (including vegetation) to such access; and pass and repass on foot, with or without vehicles, plant and machinery (including rights to lay and use any temporary surface) for all purposes in connection with the authorised development;

• “cable rights” means rights over land to— install, use, support, protect, inspect, alter, remove, replace, retain, renew, improve and maintain electrical underground cables, earthing cables, optical fibre cables, data cables, telecommunications cables and other services, works associated with such cables including bays, ducts, protection and safety measures and equipment, and other apparatus and structures; remain, pass and repass on foot, with or without vehicles, plant and machinery (including rights to lay and use any temporary surface or form a temporary compound) for all purposes in connection with the authorised development; and restrict and remove the erection of buildings or structures, restrict the altering of ground levels, restrict and remove vegetation and restrict the planting of trees or carrying out operations or actions (including but not limited to blasting and piling) which may obstruct, interrupt or interfere with the exercise of the rights or damage the authorised development;

• “substation connection rights” means rights over land to— install, use, support, protect, inspect, alter, remove, replace, retain, renew, improve and maintain electrical cables, earthing cables, optical fibre cables, data cables, telecommunications cables and other services, works associated with such cables including bays, ducts, protection and safety measures and equipment, and other apparatus and structures and to connect such cables and services to the National Grid Bulls Lodge substation; install, use, support, protect, inspect, alter, remove, replace, retain, renew, improve and maintain watercourses, public sewers and drains and drainage apparatus and equipment; remain, pass and repass on foot, with or without vehicles, plant and machinery (including rights to lay and use any temporary surface or form a temporary compound) for all purposes in connection with the Bulls Lodge substation works; restrict and remove the erection of buildings or structures, restrict the altering of ground levels, restrict and remove the planting of trees or carrying out operations or actions (including but not limited to blasting and piling) which may obstruct, interrupt or interfere with the exercise of the rights or damage the authorised development; and install, use, support, protect, inspect, alter, remove, replace, retain, renew, improve and maintain soft landscaping and biodiversity measures. (1) Plot reference number shown on the Land Plans (2) Purposes for which rights over land may be required and restrictive covenants imposed Land Plans – Sheet 11/1A (excluding subsoil interests)access rights1/1Bcable rights1/2A (excluding subsoil interests)access rights1/2A/2cable rights1/2Bcable rights and access rights1/2D/1 (excluding subsoil interests)access rights1/2Ecable rights1/2Fcable rights1/3Asubstation connection rightsLand Plans – Sheet 22/1Acable rights2/1Bcable rights2/1Ecable rights2/2cable rights2/3cable rights2/4cable rights2/5cable rights2/6cable rightsLand Plans – Sheet 33/4cable rightsLand Plans – Sheet 44/2 (excluding subsoil interests)access rights5/1A (excluding subsoil interests)access rightsLand Plans – Sheet 55/1B (excluding subsoil interests)access rightsLand Plans – Sheet 66/1 (excluding subsoil interests)access rightsLand Plans – Sheet 77/2access rights7/2/2access rightsLand Plans – Sheet 88/2access rights8/2/1 (excluding subsoil interests)access rights8/2/2access rights

SCHEDULE 10 — MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ENACTMENTS FOR THE CREATION OF NEW RIGHTS AND IMPOSITION OF NEW RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

Compensation enactments

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The enactments for the time being in force with respect to compensation for the compulsory purchase of land are to apply, with the necessary modifications as respects compensation, in the case of a compulsory acquisition under this Order of a right by the creation of a new right or the imposition of a restrictive covenant as they apply as respects compensation on the compulsory purchase of land and interests in land.

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• (1) Without limitation on the scope of paragraph 1, the Land Compensation Act 1973⁶¹ has effect subject to the modifications set out in sub-paragraph (2).

• (2) In section 44(1) (compensation for injurious affection), as it applies to compensation for injurious affection under section 7 (measure of compensation in case of severance) of the 1965 Act as substituted by paragraph 5—

• (a) for the words “land is acquired or taken from” substitute “a right or restrictive covenant over land is purchased from or imposed on”; and

• (b) for the words “acquired or taken from him” substitute “over which the right is exercisable or the restrictive covenant enforceable”.

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• (1) Without limitation to the scope of paragraph 1, the 1961 Act has effect subject to the modifications set out in sub-paragraph (2).

• (2) For section 5A(5A) (relevant valuation date) of the 1961 Act substitute—

(5A) If— (a) the acquiring authority enters on land for the purpose of exercising a right in pursuant of a notice of entry under section 11(1) of the 1965 Act (as modified by paragraph 5(5) of Schedule 10 to the Longfield Solar Farm Order 2023); (b) the acquiring authority is subsequently required by a determination under paragraph 12 of Schedule 2A to the 1965 Act (as substituted by paragraph 5(8) of Schedule 10 to the Longfield Solar Farm Order 2023) to acquire an interest in the land; and (c) the acquiring authority enters on and takes possession of that land the authority is deemed for the purposes of subsection (3)(a) to have entered on that land where it entered on that land for the purpose of exercising that right.

Application of Part 1 of the 1965 Act

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Part 1 (compulsory purchase under Acquisition of Land Act 1946) of the 1965 Act, as applied by section 125 (application of compulsory acquisition provisions) of the 2008 Act to the acquisition of land under article 18 (compulsory acquisition of land) and as modified by article 25 (modification of Part 1 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965), applies to the compulsory acquisition of a right by the creation of a new right under article 20 (compulsory acquisition of rights)—

• (a) with the modifications specified in paragraph 5; and

• (b) with such other modifications as may be necessary.

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• (1) The modifications referred to in paragraph 4(a) are as follows—

• (2) References in the 1965 Act to land are, in the appropriate contexts, to be read (according to the requirements of the particular context) as referring to, or as including references to—

• (a) the right acquired or to be acquired, or the restriction imposed or to be imposed; or

• (b) the land over which the right is or is to be exercisable, or the restriction is to be enforceable.

• (3) For section 7 of the 1965 Act (measure of compensation in case of severance) substitute—

(7) In assessing the compensation to be paid by the acquiring authority under this Act, regard must be had not only to the extent (if any) to which the value of the land over which the right is to be acquired or the restrictive covenant is to be imposed is depreciated by the acquisition of the right or the imposition of the covenant but also to the damage (if any) to be sustained by the owner of the land by reason of its severance from other land of the owner, or injuriously affecting that other land by the exercise of the powers conferred by this or the special Act.

• (4) The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state the effect of a deed poll executed in various circumstances where there is no conveyance by persons with interests in the land), that is to say—

• (a) section 9(4) (failure by owners to convey);

• (b) paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 1 (owners under incapacity);

• (c) paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 2 (absent and untraced owners); and

• (d) paragraphs 2(3) and 7(2) of Schedule 4 (common land),

are modified to secure that, as against persons with interests in the land which are expressed to be overridden by the deed, the right which is to be compulsorily acquired or the restrictive covenant which is to be imposed is vested absolutely in the acquiring authority.

• (5) Section 11⁶² (powers of entry) of the 1965 Act is modified to secure that, as from the date on which the acquiring authority has served notice to treat in respect of any right or restrictive covenant, as well as the notice of entry required by subsection (1) of that section (as it applies to compulsory acquisition under article 18 (compulsory acquisition of land)), it has power, exercisable in equivalent circumstances and subject to equivalent conditions, to enter for the purpose of exercising that right or enforcing that restrictive covenant (which is deemed for this purpose to have been created on the date of service of the notice); and sections 11A⁶³ (powers of entry: further notices of entry), 11B⁶⁴ (counter-notice requiring possession to be taken on specified date), 12⁶⁵ (unauthorised entry) and 13⁶⁶ (refusal to give possession to acquiring authority) of the 1965 Act are modified correspondingly.

• (6) Section 20⁶⁷ (tenants at will, etc.) of the 1965 Act applies with the modifications necessary to secure that persons with such interests in land as are mentioned in that section are compensated in a manner corresponding to that in which they would be compensated on a compulsory acquisition under this Order of that land, but taking into account only the extent (if any) of such interference with such an interest as is actually caused, or likely to be caused, by the exercise of the right or enforcement of the restrictive covenant in question.

• (7) Section 22 (interests omitted from purchase) of the 1965 Act as modified by article 25(4) (modification of Part 1 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965) is so modified as to enable the acquiring authority, in circumstances corresponding to those referred to in that section, to continue to be entitled to exercise the right acquired or restrictive covenant imposed, subject to compliance with that section as respects compensation.

• (8) For Schedule 2A to the 1965 Act (counter notice requiring purchase of land not in notice to treat) substitute—

SCHEDULE 2A (1) (1) This Schedule applies where an acquiring authority serves a notice to treat in respect of a right over, or restrictive covenant affecting, the whole or part of a house, building or factory and have not executed a general vesting declaration under section 4 of the 1981 Act as applied by article 22 (application of the 1981 Act) of the Longfield Solar Farm Order 2023 in respect of the land to which the notice to treat relates. (2) But see article 23(3) (acquisition of subsoil only) of the Longfield Solar Farm Order 2023 which excludes the acquisition of subsoil only from this Schedule. (2) In this Schedule, “house” includes any park or garden belonging to a house. (3) A person who is able to sell the house, building or factory (“the owner”) may serve a counter-notice requiring the authority to purchase the owner’s interest in the house, building or factory. (4) A counter-notice under paragraph 3 must be served within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice to treat was served. (5) On receiving a counter-notice, the acquiring authority must decide whether to— (a) withdraw the notice to treat, (b) accept the counter notice, or (c) refer the counter notice to the Upper Tribunal. (6) The authority must serve notice of their decision on the owner within the period of three months beginning with the day on which the counter-notice is served (“the decision period”). (7) If the authority decides to refer the counter-notice to the Upper Tribunal they must do so within the decision period. (8) If the authority does not serve notice of a decision within the decision period they are to be treated as if they had served notice of a decision to withdraw the notice to treat at the end of that period. (9) If the authority serves notice of a decision to accept the counter-notice, the compulsory purchase order and the notice to treat are to have effect as if they included the owner’s interest in the house, building or factory. (10) On a referral under paragraph 7, the Upper Tribunal must determine whether the acquisition of the right or the imposition of the restrictive covenant would— (a) in the case of a house, building or factory; cause material detriment to the house, building or factory, or (b) in the case of a park or garden, seriously affect the amenity or convenience of the house to which the park or garden belongs. (11) In making its determination, the Upper Tribunal must take into account— (a) the effect of the acquisition of the right or the imposition of the covenant, (b) the use to be made of the right or covenant proposed to be acquired or imposed, and (c) if the right or covenant is proposed to be acquired or imposed for works or other purposes extending to other land, the effect of the whole of the works and the use of the other land. (12) If the Upper Tribunal determines that the acquisition of the right or the imposition of the covenant would have either of the consequences described in paragraph 10, it must determine how much of the house, building or factory the authority ought to be required to take. (13) If the Upper Tribunal determines that the authority ought to be required to take some or all of the house, building or factory, the compulsory purchase order and the notice to treat are to have effect as if they included the owner’s interest in that land. (14) (1) If the Upper Tribunal determines that the authority ought to be required to take some or all of the house, building or factory, the authority may at any time within the period of six weeks beginning with the day on which the Upper Tribunal makes its determination withdraw the notice to treat in relation to that land. (2) If the acquiring authority withdraws the notice to treat under this paragraph they must pay the person on whom the notice was served compensation for any loss or expense cause by the giving and withdrawal of the notice. (3) Any dispute as to the compensation is to be determined by the Upper Tribunal.

SCHEDULE 11 — LAND OF WHICH TEMPORARY POSSESSION MAY BE TAKEN

SCHEDULE 12 — HEDGEROWS TO BE REMOVED

SCHEDULE 13 — DOCUMENTS AND PLANS TO BE CERTIFIED

SCHEDULE 14 — ARBITRATION RULES

Commencing an arbitration

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• (1) The primary objective of these arbitration rules is to achieve a fair, impartial, final and binding award on the substantive difference between the parties (save as to costs) within 4 months from the date the arbitrator is appointed pursuant to article 39 of this Order.

• (2) The arbitration is deemed to have commenced when a party (“the claimant”) serves a written notice of arbitration on the other party (“the respondent”).

Time periods

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• (1) All time periods in these arbitration rules are measured in days and include weekends, but not bank or public holidays.

• (2) Time periods are calculated from the day after the arbitrator is appointed which is either—

• (a) the date the arbitrator notifies the parties in writing of his/her acceptance of an appointment by agreement of the parties; or

• (b) the date the arbitrator is appointed by the Secretary of State.

Timetable

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• (1) The timetable for the arbitration is that which is set out in sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) below unless amended in accordance with paragraph 5(3).

• (2) Within 14 days of the arbitrator being appointed, the claimant must provide both the respondent and the arbitrator with—

• (a) a written statement of claim which describes the nature of the difference between the parties, the legal and factual issues, the claimant’s contentions as to those issues, the amount of its claim or the remedy it is seeking;

• (b) all statements of evidence and copies of all documents on which it relies, including contractual documentation, correspondence (including electronic documents), legal precedents and expert witness reports.

• (3) Within 14 days of receipt of the claimant’s statements under sub-paragraph (2) by the arbitrator and respondent, the respondent must provide the claimant and the arbitrator with—

• (a) a written statement of defence consisting of a response to the claimant’s statement of claim, its statement in respect of the nature of the difference, the legal and factual issues in the claimant’s claim, its acceptance of any elements of the claimant’s claim and its contentions as to those elements of the claimant’s claim it does not accept;

• (b) all statements of evidence and copies of all documents on which it relies, including contractual documentation, correspondence (including electronic documents), legal precedents and expert witness reports;

• (c) any objection it wishes to make to the claimant’s statements, comments on the claimant’s expert reports (if submitted by the claimant) and explanations of the objections.

• (4) Within seven days of the respondent serving its statements under sub-paragraph (3), the claimant may make a statement of reply by providing both the respondent and the arbitrator with—

• (a) a written statement responding to the respondent’s submissions, including its reply in respect of the nature of the difference, the issues (both factual and legal) and its contentions in relation to the issues;

• (b) all statements of evidence and copies of documents in response to the respondent’s submissions;

• (c) any expert report in response to the respondent’s submissions;

• (d) any objections to the statements of evidence, expert reports or other documents submitted by the respondent; and

• (e) its written submissions in response to the legal and factual issues involved.

Procedure

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