The Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020

Requirements, appeals, etc. E+W

38.—(1)  [F1 Subsection] (1) of section 78 (right to appeal against planning decisions and failure to take such decision) of the 1990 Act applies to the development consent granted by this Order and to the requirements except that it is modified so as to read for the purposes of this Order only as follows—

(a) after “local planning authority” insert “ or Secretary of State ”

(b) after subsection (b) insert the following—

“refuse or fails to determine an application for any consent, agreement or approval of that authority required by a requirement imposed on a grant of development consent or contained in a development consent order, or grant it subject to conditions; or”

(c) after [F2 subsection] (1), insert the following—

“(1A) Where the appeal under sub-section (1) relates to a decision by the Secretary of State, the appeal shall be decided by a Secretary of State who would not be responsible for determining an application for development consent with the subject matter of the Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020 if section 103(1) of the 2008 Act applied.”

(2) Sections 78 and 79 (determination of appeals) of the 1990 Act have effect in relation to any appeal under the terms of this article except that the Secretary of State in question is the Secretary of State who would be responsible for determining an application for development consent with the subject matter of this Order if section 103(1) of the 2008 Act applied.

(3) The terms of any development order, and other rules and regulations which apply to applications pursuant to conditions or the subject matter of section 78 of the 1990 Act apply, insofar as they are not inconsistent with the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009 and any other orders, rules or regulations made under the 2008 Act, to any application or appeal made under the requirements specified in paragraph (1).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in art. 38(1) substituted (21.5.2021) by The Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/599), art. 1(2), Sch.

F2 Word in art. 38(1)(c) substituted (21.5.2021) by The Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/599), art. 1(2), Sch.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 38 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1