Article 2
SCHEDULE 1E+WAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT
1. In this Schedule—E+W
“balance of solar system (BoSS) plant” means inverters, transformers and switch gear and would be either—
(a)
solar stations being a station comprising centralised inverters, transformers and switch gear with each component for each solar station either—
(i)
a “solar station” located outside, with a concrete foundation slab or placed on metal skids for each of the inverters and transformers and switch gear; or
(ii)
housed together within a container sitting on a concrete foundation slab or placed on metal skids; or
(b)
string inverters attached either to mounting structures or a ground mounted frame, switchgear and transformers on a concrete foundation slab or placed on metal skids;
“electrical cables” means—
(a)
cables of differing types and voltages installed for the purposes of conducting electricity, auxiliary cables, cables connecting to direct current (DC) boxes, earthing cables and optical fibre cables; and
(b)
works associated with cable laying including jointing pits, hardstanding adjoining the jointing pits, combiner boxes, fibre bays, cable ducts, cable protection, joint protection, manholes, kiosks, marker posts, underground cable marker, tiles and tape, send and receive pits for horizontal directional drilling, trenching, lighting, and a pit or container to capture fluids associated with drilling;
“energy storage” means equipment used for the storage of electrical energy;
“inverter” means electrical equipment required to convert direct current power to alternating current;
“mounting structure” means a frame or rack made of galvanised steel, anodised aluminium or other material designed to support the solar panels and mounted on piles driven into the ground, piles rammed into a pre-drilled hole, a pillar attaching to a steel ground screw, or pillars fixed to a concrete foundation;
“solar panel” means a solar photovoltaic panel or module designed to convert solar irradiance to electrical energy;
“substation” means a substation containing electrical equipment required to switch, transform, convert electricity and provide reactive power compensation;
“switch gear” means a combination of electrical disconnect switches, fuses or circuit breakers used to control, protect and isolate electrical equipment; and
“transformer” means a structure serving to transform electricity to a higher voltage.
2. In the Districts of West Lindsey and Bassetlaw and in the Counties of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire a nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14 and 15 of the 2008 Act and associated development under section 115(1)(b) of the 2008 Act.E+W
The nationally significant infrastructure project comprises one generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of over 50 megawatts comprising all or any of the work numbers in this Schedule or any part of any work number in this Schedule—
Work No. 1— a ground mounted solar photovoltaic generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of over 50 megawatts including—
(a)solar panels fitted to mounting structures; and
(b)balance of solar system (BoSS) plant.
and associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) of the 2008 Act comprising—
Work No. 2— a battery energy storage system compound including–
(i)battery energy storage system (BESS) units each comprising an enclosure for BESS electro-chemical components and associated equipment, with the enclosure being of metal façade, joined or close coupled to each other, mounted on a reinforced concrete foundation slab or concrete piles;
(ii)transformers and associated bunding;
(iii)inverters, switch gear, power conversion systems (PCS) and ancillary equipment;
(iv)containers or enclosures housing all or any of Work Nos. 2(ii) and (iii) and ancillary equipment;
(v)monitoring and control systems housed within the containers or enclosures comprised in Work Nos. 2(i) or (iv) or located separately in its own container or enclosure;
(vi)heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems either housed on or within each of the containers or enclosures comprised in Work Nos. 2(i), (iv) and (v), attached to the side or top of each of the containers or enclosures, or located separate to but near to each of the containers or enclosures;
(vii)electrical cables including electrical cables connecting to Work No. 3;
(viii)fire safety infrastructure including water storage tanks and a shut-off valve for containment of fire water and hard standing to accommodate emergency vehicles; and
(ix)containers or similar structures to house spare parts and materials required for the day to day operation of the BESS facility.
Work No. 3— development of an onsite substation and associated works including—
(i)substation, switch room buildings and ancillary equipment including reactive power units;
(ii)monitoring and control systems for this Work No. 3 and Work Nos. 1 and 2 housed within a control building or located separately in their own containers or control rooms; and
(iii)400 kilovolt harmonic filter compound.
Work No. 4— works to lay high voltage electrical cables, access and construction compounds for the electrical cables including–
(a)Work No. 4A–
(i)works to lay electrical cables including one 400 kilovolt cable circuit connecting Work No. 3 and/or Work No.5 to Work No. 4B including tunnelling, boring and drilling works for trenchless crossings;
(ii)laying down of internal access tracks, ramps, means of access, footpaths, crossing of watercourses, roads, including the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure, signage and information boards; and
(iii)construction and decommissioning compounds, including site and welfare offices and areas to store materials and equipment;
(b)Work No. 4B –
(i)works to lay electrical cables including one 400 kilovolt cable circuit connecting Work No. 4A to Work No. 4C including tunnelling, boring and drilling works for trenchless crossings;
(ii)laying down of internal access tracks, ramps, means of access, footpaths, crossing of watercourses, roads, including the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure, signage and information boards; and
(iii)construction and decommissioning compounds, including site and welfare offices and areas to store materials and equipment;
(c)Work No. 4C – electrical engineering works within or around the National Grid Cottam substation including-
(i)the laying and terminating of one 400 kilovolt cable circuit;
(ii)the installation of one 400 kilovolt generation bay; and
(iii)ancillary equipment;
Work No. 5— works including—
(a)electrical cables, including but not limited to electrical cables connecting Works 1, 2 and 3 to one another and connecting solar panels to one another and the BoSS;
(b)fencing, gates, boundary treatment and other means of enclosure;
(c)works for the provision of security and monitoring measures such as CCTV columns, lighting columns and lighting, cameras, weather stations, communication infrastructure, and perimeter fencing;
(d)landscaping and biodiversity mitigation and enhancement measures including planting;
(e)improvement, maintenance and use of existing private tracks;
(f)laying down of internal access tracks, ramps, means of access, footpaths, crossing of watercourses, and roads, including the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure, signage and information boards;
(g)laying down of temporary footpath diversions, permissive paths, signage and information boards;
(h)earthworks;
(i)sustainable drainage system ponds, runoff outfalls, general drainage and irrigation infrastructure, systems and improvements or extensions to existing drainage and irrigation systems;
(j)construction and decommissioning compounds, including site and welfare offices and areas to store materials and equipment;
(k)works to divert and underground existing electrical overhead lines.
Work No. 6— construction and decommissioning compounds including—
(a)areas of hardstanding;
(b)car parking;
(c)site and welfare offices, canteens and workshops;
(d)area to store materials and equipment;
(e)storage and waste skips;
(f)area for download and turning;
(g)security infrastructure, including cameras, perimeter fencing and lighting;
(h)site drainage and waste management infrastructure (including sewerage); and
(i)electricity, water, waste water and telecommunications connections
Work No. 7— office, warehouse and plant storage building comprising—
(a)offices and welfare facilities;
(b)storage facilities;
(c)waste storage within a fenced compound;
(d)parking areas; and
(e)a warehouse building for the storage of spare parts, operational plant and vehicles.
Work No. 8— works to facilitate access to Work Nos. 1 to 9 including–
(a)creation of accesses from the public highway;
(b)creation of visibility splays; and
(c)works to widen and surface the public highway and private means of access.
Work No. 9— areas of habitat management including–
(a)landscape and biodiversity enhancement measures;
(b)habitat creation and management, including earthworks, landscaping, and the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure; and
(c)fencing, gates, boundary treatment and other means of enclosure.
In connection with and in addition to Work Nos. 1 to 9 further associated development within the Order limits including—
(a)works for the provision of fencing and security measures such as CCTV and lighting;
(b)laying down of internal access tracks;
(c)ramps, means of access, non-motorised links, footpaths, footways;
(d)boundary treatments, including means of enclosure;
(e)bunds, embankments, trenching and swales;
(f)habitat creation and management including earthworks, landscaping, means of enclosure and the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure;
(g)landscaping and other works to mitigate any adverse effects of the construction, maintenance or operation of the authorised development;
(h)works to the existing irrigation system and works to alter the position and extent of such irrigation system;
(i)surface water drainage systems, storm water attenuation systems including storage basins, oil water separators, including channelling and culverting and works to existing drainage networks;
(j)electrical, gas, water, foul water drainage and telecommunications infrastructure connections, diversions and works to, and works to alter the position of, such services and utilities connections;
(k)works to alter the course of, or otherwise interfere with, non-navigable rivers, streams or watercourses;
(l)site establishments and preparation works including site clearance (including vegetation removal, demolition of existing buildings and structures); earthworks (including soil stripping and storage and site levelling) and excavations; the alteration of the position of services and utilities; and works for the protection of buildings and land;
(m)works required for the strengthening, improvement, maintenance, or reconstruction of any street;
(n)tunnelling, boring and drilling works;
(o)works for the benefit of protection of land affected by the authorised development;
(p)working sites in connection with the construction and decommissioning of the authorised development and its restoration; and
(q)other works to mitigate any adverse effects of the construction, maintenance, operation or decommissioning of the authorised development,
and further associated development comprising such other works or operations as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of the authorised development but only within the Order limits and insofar as they are unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.