The South Humber Bank Energy Centre Order 2021

Effect of the Order on the SHBEC planning permission E+W+S

5.—(1) The undertaker must not commence any part of the authorised development pursuant to this Order until notice has been served on the relevant planning authority.

(2) If the undertaker serves a notice under this article—

(a) there must be no further development under the SHBEC planning permission; and

(b) from the date of the undertaker’s notice—

(i) the conditions of the SHBEC planning permission will cease to have effect within the Order limits;

(ii) the requirements apply to development that has taken place or is to take place within the Order limits and which is comprised in the authorised development; and

(iii) any application for discharge of a condition listed in column (1) of Schedule 3 (deemed approval of matters referred to in requirements) which was outstanding at the date of the undertaker’s notice will be treated as an application for discharge of the corresponding requirement listed in column (2) of Schedule 3.

(3) Despite paragraph (1), the undertaker may exercise any other powers under this Order in respect of any part of the authorised development prior to, or following service of, notice under paragraph (2).

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (3), the undertaker may seek an approval under or take any other action in relation to any requirement prior to or following the service of notice under paragraph (1).

(5) Subject to paragraph (6), where details, plans or any other matters have been approved or agreed by the relevant planning authority under a condition of the SHBEC planning permission in column (1) of Schedule 3 prior to the date on which the undertaker serves notice under paragraph (1) they are deemed to have been approved for the purpose of the corresponding requirement in column (2) of Schedule 3 from the date of the undertaker’s notice.

(6) Paragraph (5) does not apply to a varied condition unless the relevant planning authority issues a notice pursuant to paragraph (7).

(7) The relevant planning authority may issue a notice to the undertaker confirming—

(a) that the discharge of details, plans or other matters in paragraph (5) applies to a varied condition; and

(b) the number of the relevant condition and requirement to which the deemed discharge applies in cases where the numbering of the conditions of the SHBEC planning permission has changed compared to those as originally issued on 12 April 2019.

(8) Where paragraph (7)(b) applies, the numbering of the corresponding condition and requirement in Schedule 3 [F1 does] not apply.

(9) The relevant planning authority may only issue a notice pursuant to paragraph (7) where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of that authority that the application of paragraph (5) will not give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.

(10) The undertaker must issue a requirements discharge schedule with a notice served under paragraph (2).

(11) The relevant planning authority must, within three weeks of receipt of the requirements discharge schedule, notify the undertaker that the details set out in the requirements discharge schedule—

(a) are agreed; or

(b) are not agreed.

(12) Where paragraph (11)(b) applies, the relevant planning authority must provide details of the parts which it considers are not correct.

(13) The relevant planning authority must include a copy of a notice served by the undertaker under paragraph (2) and a copy of the relevant planning authority’s notice under paragraph (11) in the planning register.

(14) In this article, “planning register” means the register which the relevant planning authority is required to maintain pursuant to section 69 of the 1990 Act (register of applications etc.)(1).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in art. 5(8) substituted (5.4.2022) by The South Humber Bank Energy Centre (Correction) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/421), art. 1(2), Sch.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 5 in force at 2.12.2021, see art. 1

(1)

1990 c. 8.