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The Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm Order 2014

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Made: 11th September 2014

Coming into force: 2nd October 2014

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 114, 115, and 120 of the 2008 Act, makes the following Order:

PART 1 — Preliminary

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm Order 2014 and come into force on 2nd October 2014.

Interpretation

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(1) In this Order—

“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961[^f00004];

“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965[^f00005];

“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980[^f00006];

“the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984[^f00007];

“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990[^f00008];

“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991[^f00009];

“the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;

“access plan” means plan reference CF/PLAN04/ACCESS/01-07 certified as the access and public rights of way plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;

“the ancillary works” means the ancillary works described in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (authorised project) and any other works authorised by the Order which are not development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;

“the authorised development” means the development described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development) and any other development authorised by this Order;

“apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act;

“the authorised project” means the authorised development and the ancillary works authorised by this Order;

“the book of reference” means the book of reference v2 submitted in November 2013 certified by the Secretary of State as the book of reference for the purposes of this Order;

“building” includes any structure or erection or any part of a building, structure or erection; “carriageway” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;

“environmental statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order;

“highway” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;

“the land plan” means the plan reference CF/PLAN01/LAND/01-07 certified as the land plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;

“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation referred to in article 6 (power to deviate);

“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace, but not so as to vary from the description of the authorised project in Schedule 1 and only to the extent assessed in the environmental statement, and “maintenance” is to be construed accordingly;

“Order land” means the land shown on the land plan as—land required for or affected by the authorised development,land subject to the interference with private rights, andland subject to the creation of new rights;

“Order limits” means the order limits shown on the works plan within which the authorised project may be carried out;

“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981[^f00010];

“public communications provider” has the same meaning as in section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003;

“public sewer or drain” means a sewer or drain which belongs to the Natural Resources Wales, a harbour authority within the meaning of section 57 of the Harbours Act 1964[^f00011] (interpretation), an internal drainage board, a joint planning board, a local authority, a National Park Authority, a sewerage undertaker or an urban development corporation;

“public utility undertaker” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act.

“relevant planning authority” means the County Borough of Conwy in relation to land situated in the County Borough of Conwy, and the County of Denbighshire in relation to land situated in the County of Denbighshire;

“relocation works” means work executed, or apparatus provided, under paragraph (2); and

“Requirement” means a requirement set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1 (Requirements);

“statutory utility” means a statutory undertaker for the purposes of the 1980 Act or a public communications provider as defined in section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003[^f00012].

“street” means a street within the meaning of section 48 of the 1991 Act, together with land on the verge of a street or between two carriageways, and includes part of a street;

“street authority”, in relation to a street, has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act;

“the tribunal” means the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal;

“undertaker” means RWE Innogy UK Limited (company number 2550622) whose registered office is at Auckland House, Lydiard Fields, Great Western Way, Swindon, Wiltshire SN5 8ZT;

“watercourse” includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, canals, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, sewers and passages through which water flows except a public sewer or drain; and

“the works plan” means the revised works plan submitted with the application dated 23 August 2017 for a non-material change to this Order under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the 2008 Act and certified by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with article 36(1A).

(2) References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do or to place and maintain, anything in, on or under land or in the air-space above its surface.

(3) All areas distances, directions and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate and distances between points on a work comprised in the authorised project are taken to be measured along that work.

(4) References in this Order to a numbered work are references to a work number in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development), and shown on the works plan.

PART 2 — Principal powers

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(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, and to the Requirements in Part 3 of Schedule 1, the undertaker is granted—

(a) development consent for the authorised development in Part 1 of Schedule 1, and

(b) consent for the ancillary works in Part 2 of Schedule 1,

to be carried out within the Order limits.

(2) Subject to article 6 (power to deviate), the authorised development may only be constructed in the lines or situations shown on the works plan.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in this Order or shown on the works plan but without prejudice to the provisions of article 6 (power to deviate) the undertaker may construct—

(a) Works No. 2A, 5A and 14A or Works No. 2B, 5B and 14B but may not construct both Works No. 2A, 5A and 14A and Works No. 2B, 5B and 14B under the powers conferred by this Order, and

(b) Work No. 4A or 4B but may not construct more than one of those works under the powers conferred by this Order.

(4) Where the undertaker constructs—

(a) either Work No. 4A or Work No. 4B as part of the authorised development, the undertaker must notify the relevant planning authority prior to the commencement of the authorised development which of those Works it intends to construct, and

(b) either Works No. 5A and 14A or Works No. 5B and 14B as part of the authorised development, the undertaker must notify the relevant planning authority prior to the commencement of the authorised development which of those Works it intends to construct.

Procedure in relation to approvals etc under Requirements

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(1) Where an application is made to the relevant planning authority for any consent, agreement or approval required by a Requirement, the following provisions apply, as if the Requirement was a condition to which planning permission was subject—

(a) sections 78 and 79 of the 1990 Act (right of appeal in relation to planning decisions);

(b) any orders, rules or regulations which make provision in relation to a consent, agreement or approval of a relevant planning authority required by a condition imposed on the grant of planning permission.

(2) For the purposes of the application of section 262 of the 1990 Act (meaning of “statutory undertaker”) to appeals pursuant to this article, the undertaker is deemed to be a holder of a licence under section 6 of the Electricity Act 1989[^f00013].

Maintenance of authorised project

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Subject to other provisions of this Order or an agreement made under this Order, the undertaker may at any time and from time to time maintain the authorised project.

Power to deviate

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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in constructing or maintaining the authorised development comprising works numbered 1 to 14B in Schedule 1 (authorised works), the undertaker may deviate laterally from the lines or situations shown on the works plan only to the extent of the limits of deviation shown on that plan.

(2) In constructing and maintaining Work No. 2A or 2B the undertaker may—

(a) deviate from the commencement and termination points specified for each of the cable routes referred to in the first column of the Tables comprised within the description of those Works, and

(b) within the limits of deviation, construct and maintain those cable routes between the commencement and termination points so shown in the Tables.

Operation of generating station

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(1) The undertaker is authorised to operate and use the authorised development for generating electricity.

(2) This article does not relieve the undertaker of any obligation to obtain any permit or licence or any other obligation under any other legislation that may be required to authorise the operation of a generating station.

Benefit of Order

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(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the undertaker may with the consent of the Secretary of State—

(a) transfer to another person (“the transferee”) any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order and such related statutory rights as may be agreed between the undertaker and the transferee, or

(b) grant to another person (“the lessee”) for a period agreed between the undertaker and the lessee any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order and such related statutory rights as may be so agreed.

(2) Where an agreement has been made in accordance with paragraph (1) references in this Order to the undertaker, except in paragraph (3),include references to the transferee or the lessee.

(3) The exercise by a person of any benefits or rights conferred in accordance with any transfer or grant under paragraph (1) are subject to the same restrictions, liabilities and obligations as would apply under this Order if those benefits or rights were exercised by the undertaker.

Defence to proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance

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(1) Where proceedings are brought under section 82(1) of the Environmental Protection Act1990[^f00014] (summary proceedings by person aggrieved by statutory nuisance) in relation to a nuisance falling within paragraph (g) of section 79(1) of that Act (noise emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance) no order may be made, and no fine may be imposed, under section 82(2) of that Act if the condition set out in paragraph (2) has been satisfied.

(2) The condition to be satisfied for the purposes of paragraph (1) is that the defendant shows that the nuisance relates to premises used by the undertaker for the purposes of or in connection with the construction of the authorised project and that the nuisance is attributable to the carrying out of the authorised project in accordance with a notice served under section 60 (control of noise on construction site), or a consent given under section 61 (prior consent for work on construction site) or 65 (noise exceeding registered level), of the Control of Pollution Act 1974[^f00015].

(3) Section 61(9) (consent for work on construction site to include statement that it does not of itself constitute a defence to proceedings under section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 and section 65(8) of that Act (corresponding provision in relation to consent for registered noise level to be exceeded), does not apply where the consent relates to the use of premises by the undertaker for the purposes of or in connection with the construction or maintenance of the authorised project.

(4) The application to the authorised project of section 158 of the 2008 Act (nuisance: statutory authority) or any rule of law having similar effect does not extend to confer upon the undertaker the protection afforded by section 158 of the 2008 Act in respect of any nuisance arising from noise attributable to the use of the authorised project.

Street works

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The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 2 (streets subject to street works) as is within the Order limits and may—

(a) break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it,

(b) place apparatus in the street,

(d) execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), and (c).

Stopping up of streets

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(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the undertaker may, in connection with the carrying out of the authorised development, stop up each of the streets specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 3 (streets to be stopped up) to the extent specified, by reference to the letters and numbers shown on the access plan, in column (3) of that Schedule.

(2) No street specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 3 (being a street to be stopped up for which a substitute is to be provided) may be wholly or partly stopped up under this article unless—

(a) the new street to be substituted for it, which is specified in column (4) of that Schedule, has been completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority and is open for use; or

(b) a temporary alternative route for the passage of such traffic as could have used the street to be stopped up is first provided and subsequently maintained by the undertaker, to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority, between the commencement and termination points for the stopping up of the street until the completion and opening of the new street in accordance with sub-paragraph (a).

(3) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(4) This article is subject to article 30 (apparatus etc of statutory undertakers in stopped-up streets).

(5) This article does not relieve the undertaker from any obligation to obtain an order under sections 247 or 257 of the 1990 Act.

Public rights of way

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(1) With effect from the stopping up of the footpath described in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 3 (streets to be stopped up) all public rights of way over the relevant section of footpath are extinguished and public rights of way over the section of footpath described in column (4) of Schedule 3 (streets to be stopped up) to this Order are created.

(2) This article does not relieve the undertaker from any obligation to obtain an order under sections 247 or 257 of the 1990 Act.

Application of the 1991 Act

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(1) Works carried out under this Order in relation to a highway which consists of or includes a carriageway are to be treated for the purposes of Part 3 of the 1991 Act (street works) as major transport works if—

(a) they are of a description mentioned in any of paragraphs (a), (c) to (e), (g) and (h) of section 86(3) of that Act (which defines what highway authority works are major highway works); or

(b) they are works which, had they been carried out by the highway authority, might have been carried out in exercise of the powers conferred by section 64 of the 1980 Act (dual carriageways and roundabouts).

(2) The provisions of the 1991 Act mentioned in paragraph (3) (which, together with other provisions of that Act, apply in relation to the execution of street works) and any regulations made, or code of practice issued or approved under, those provisions apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to the temporary stopping up, temporary alteration or temporary diversion of a street by the undertaker under the powers conferred by article 14 (temporary stopping up of streets) and the carrying out of streets works under article 10 (street works) whether or not the stopping up, alteration or diversion constitutes street works within the meaning of that Act.

(3) The provisions of the 1991 Act referred to in paragraph (2) are—

(a) section 54 (advance notice of certain works),

(b) section 55 (notice of starting date of works),

(d) section 59 (general duty of street authority to co-ordinate works),

(e) section 60 (general duty of undertakers to co-operate),

(f) section 68 (facilities to be afforded to street authority),

(g) section 69 (works likely to affect other apparatus in the street),

(h) section 76 (liability for cost of temporary traffic regulation),

(i) section 77 (liability for cost of use of alternative route),

(j) section 82 (liability for damage or loss caused), and

all other such provisions as apply for the purposes of the provisions mentioned above.

(4) Sections 54 and 55 of the 1991 Act as applied by paragraph (3) have effect, as if references in section 57 of that Act to emergency works were a reference to a stopping up, alteration or diversion (as the case may be) required in a case of emergency.

Temporary stopping up of streets

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(1) The undertaker, during and for the purposes of carrying out the authorised project, may temporarily stop up, alter or divert any street and may for any reasonable time—

(a) divert the traffic from the street, and

(b) subject to paragraph (2), prevent all persons from passing along the street.

(2) The undertaker must provide reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting a street affected by the temporary stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street under this article if there would otherwise be no such access.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the undertaker may temporarily stop up, alter or divert the streets specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 4 (streets to be temporarily stopped up) to the extent specified, by reference to the letters and numbers shown on the access plan, in column (3) of that Schedule.

(4) The undertaker may not temporarily stop up, alter or divert—

(a) any street specified as mentioned in paragraph (3) without first consulting the street authority; and

(b) any other street without the consent of the street authority which may attach reasonable conditions to any consent, but such consent may not be unreasonably withheld.

(5) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(6) If a street authority fails to notify the undertaker of its decision within 28 days of receiving an application for consent under paragraph (4)(b) that street authority will be deemed to have granted consent.

(7) This article does not relieve the undertaker from any obligation to obtain an order under the 1984 Act.

Access to works

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(1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of the construction or maintenance of the authorised project—

(a) form and lay out means of access, or improve existing means of access, in the locations specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 5 (access to works) at or about the points marked “X” on the works plan,

(b) with the approval of the relevant planning authority, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, after consultation with the highway authority, form and lay out such other means of access or improve existing means of access, at such locations within the Order limits as the undertaker reasonably requires for the purposes of the authorised project, and

(c) with the approval of the relevant planning authority, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, after consultation with the highway authority, strengthen, improve, repair or reconstruct any street under the powers conferred by this Order.

(2) If a relevant planning authority which receives an application for approval under paragraph (1)(b) or (c) fails to notify the undertaker of its decision before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the application was made, it will be deemed to have granted approval.

Construction and maintenance of new or altered streets

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(1) Any street to be constructed under this Order is to be completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the highway authority and, unless otherwise agreed, be maintained by and at the expense of the undertaker for a period of 12 months from its completion and at the expiry of that period by and at the expense of the highway authority.

(2) Where a street is altered or diverted under this Order, the altered or diverted part of the street, when completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority, and unless otherwise agreed, is to be maintained by and at the expense of the undertaker for a period of 12 months from its completion and at the expiry of that period by and at the expense of the street authority.

(3) In any action against the undertaker in respect of loss or damage resulting from any failure by it to maintain a street under this article, it shall be a defence (without prejudice to any other defence or the application of the law relating to contributory negligence) to prove that the undertaker had taken such care as in all the circumstances was reasonably required to secure that the part of the street to which the action relates was not dangerous to traffic.

(4) For the purposes of a defence under paragraph (3), the court is to have regard to the following matters—

(a) the character of the street and the traffic which was reasonably to be expected to use it;

(b) the standard of maintenance appropriate for a street of that character and used by such traffic;

(d) whether the undertaker knew, or could reasonably have been expected to know, that the condition of the part of the street to which the action relates was likely to cause danger to users of the street;

(e) where the undertaker could not reasonably have been expected to repair that part of the street before the cause of action arose, what warning notices of its condition had been displayed,

but for the purposes of such a defence it is not relevant to prove that the undertaker had arranged for a competent person to carry out or supervise the maintenance of the part of the street to which the action relates unless it is also proved that the undertaker had given the competent person proper instructions with regard to the maintenance of the street and that the competent person had carried out those instructions.

(5) Nothing in this article shall—

(a) prejudice the operation of section 87 of the 1991 Act (prospectively maintainable highways); and the undertaker may not by reason of any duty under that article to maintain a street be taken to be a street authority in relation to that street for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act; or

(b) have effect in relation to street works with regard to which the provisions of Part 3 of the 1991 Act apply.

Agreements with street authorities

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(1) A street authority and the undertaker may enter into agreements with respect to—

(a) the construction of any new street authorised by this Order;

(b) the strengthening, improvement, repair or reconstruction of any street under the powers conferred by this Order;

(d) the carrying out in the street of any of the works referred to in article 10(1) (street works).

(2) Such an agreement may, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1)—

(a) make provision for the street authority to carry out any function under this Order which relates to the street in question;

(b) include an agreement between the undertaker and street authority specifying a reasonable time for the completion of the works; and

Discharge of water

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(1) The undertaker may use any watercourse or any public sewer or drain for the drainage of water in connection with the carrying out or maintenance of the authorised project and for that purpose may lay down, take up and alter pipes and may, on any land within the Order limits, make openings into, and connections with, the watercourse, public sewer or drain.

(2) Any dispute arising from the making of connections to or the use of a public sewer or drain by the undertaker pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be determined as if it were a dispute under section 106 of the Water Industry Act 1991[^f00016] (right to communicate with public sewers).

(3) The undertaker may not discharge any water into any watercourse, public sewer or drain except with the consent of the person to whom it belongs; and such consent may be given subject to such terms and conditions as that person may reasonably impose, but may not be unreasonably withheld.

(4) The undertaker may not make any opening into any public sewer or drain except—

(a) in accordance with plans approved by the person to whom the sewer or drain belongs, but such approval may not be unreasonably withheld; and

(b) where that person has been given the opportunity to supervise the making of the opening.

(5) The undertaker may not, in carrying out or maintaining works pursuant to this article, damage or interfere with the bed or banks of any watercourse forming part of a main river.

(6) The undertaker shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that any water discharged into a watercourse or public sewer or drain pursuant to this article is as free as may be practicable from gravel, soil or other solid substance, oil or matter in suspension.

(7) This article does not authorise the entry into controlled waters of any matter whose entry or discharge into controlled waters is prohibited by regulation 12 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.

(8) If a person who receives an application or consent under paragraph (3) or approval under paragraph (4)(a) fails to notify the undertaker of a decision within 28 days of receiving an application or consent under paragraph (3) or approval under paragraph (4)(a) that person will be deemed to have granted consent or given approval, as the case may be.

(9) This article does not relieve the undertaker of any requirement to obtain from the Natural Resources Wales any permit or licence under any other legislation that may be required to authorise the making of a connection to or, the use of a public sewer or drain by the undertaker pursuant to paragraph (1) or the discharge of any water into any watercourse, sewer or drain pursuant to paragraph (2).

(10) In this article expressions, excluding watercourse, used both in this article and in the Water Resources Act 1991 have the same meaning as in that Act.

Authority to survey and investigate the land

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(1) The undertaker may for the purposes of this Order enter on any land shown within the Order limits and—

(a) survey or investigate the land,

(b) without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (a), make trial holes in such positions on the land as the undertaker thinks fit to investigate the nature of the surface layer and subsoil and remove soil samples,

(c) without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (a), carry out ecological or archaeological investigations on such land, and

(d) place on, leave on and remove from the land apparatus for use in connection with the survey and investigation of land and making of trial holes.

(2) No land may be entered or equipment placed or left on or removed from the land under paragraph (1) unless at least 14 days’ notice has been served on every owner and occupier of the land.

(3) Any person entering land under this article on behalf of the undertaker—

(a) must, in order to enter onto land under this article, if so required when entering the land, produce written evidence of their authority to do so, and

(b) may take with them such vehicles and equipment as are necessary to carry out the survey or investigation or to make the trial holes.

(4) No trial holes shall be made under this article—

(a) in land located within the highway boundary without the consent of the highway authority, or

(b) in a private street without the consent of the street authority,

but such consent may not be unreasonably withheld.

(5) The undertaker will compensate the owners and occupiers of the land for any loss or damage arising by reason of the exercise of the authority conferred by this article, such compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, Part 1 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.

(6) If either a highway authority or a street authority fails to notify the undertaker of a decision within 28 days of receiving an application or consent under paragraph (4)(a) or (4)(b), as the case may be, that authority will be deemed to have granted consent.

PART 3 — Powers of acquisition

Compulsory acquisition of land and rights

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Subject to article 23 (compulsory acquisition of rights) and article 33 (Crown rights) the undertaker may acquire compulsorily so much of the Order land as is required for the authorised project or to facilitate, or is incidental, to it.

Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily

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After the end of the period of 5 years beginning on the day on which this Order is made—

(a) no notice to treat shall be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and

(b) no declaration shall be executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 as applied by article 25 (application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981[^f00018].

Application and modification of legislative provisions

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(1) Subject to the modifications set out in paragraph (2), for the purposes of Schedule 2 to the 1981 Act, Parts 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 2 to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981[^f00019] (minerals) apply to the Order land as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order made under Part 1 of that Act.

(2) The modifications are—

(a) paragraph 8(3) is not incorporated;

(b) for “the acquiring authority” substitute “the undertaker”; and

(3) In this article “mines” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

Compulsory acquisition of rights

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(1) The undertaker may acquire compulsorily new rights over the Order land specified in column (1) of Part 1 of Schedule 6 (Land subject to acquisition of new rights and interference with private rights), by creating them. The undertaker’s powers of compulsory acquisition are limited to the acquisition of such new rights as may be required for the purpose specified in relation to that land in column (2) of Part 1 of that Schedule.

(2) The undertaker may interfere with such private rights as are specified in column (2) of Part 2 of that Schedule in relation to the land specified in column (1) of Part 2 of that Schedule.

(3) Subject to section 8 of the 1965 Act (as substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 (modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights)) where the undertaker acquires a right over the Order land under paragraph (1) the undertaker may not be required to acquire a greater interest in that land.

(4) Schedule 7 (modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights) has effect for the purpose of modifying the enactments relating to compensation and the provisions of the 1965 Act in their application in relation to the compulsory acquisition under this article of a right over the Order land by the creation of a new right.

Private rights

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(1) From the date of entry by the undertaker onto any part of the Order land for the purposes of exercising any power under the Order, the private rights over the Order land referred to in paragraph (7) are subject to the provisions of this article.

(2) All private rights over land of which the undertaker takes temporary possession for construction purposes are suspended and unenforceable for so long as the undertaker remains in occupation of that land.

(3) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right under this article shall be entitled to compensation in accordance with the terms of section 152 of the 2008 Act to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(4) This article does not apply in relation to any right to which section 138 of the 2008 Act (extinguishment of rights, and removal of apparatus, of statutory undertakers etc) applies.

(5) Paragraph (2) has effect subject to—

(a) any notice given by the undertaker before—

(i) the completion of the acquisition of the Order land or the acquisition of rights over or affecting the Order land,

(ii) the undertaker’s taking temporary possession of it,

that any or all of those paragraphs may not apply to any right specified in the notice; and

(b) any agreement made at any time between the undertaker and the person in or to whom the right in question is vested or belongs.

(6) If any such agreement as is referred to in paragraph (5)(b)—

(a) is made with a person in or to whom the right is vested or belongs; and

(b) is expressed to have effect also for the benefit of those deriving title from or under that person,

it is effective in respect of the persons so deriving title, whether the title was derived before or after the making of the agreement.

(7) Reference in this article to private rights over land means the private rights specified in column (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 6 to this Order in relation to the lands numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 on the land plan and includes references to any trusts or incidents to which the land is subject.

Application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981

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(1) The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981[^f00020] applies as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order.

(2) The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, as so applied, has effect with the following modifications.

(3) In section 3 (preliminary notices), for subsection (1) there is substituted—

(1) Before making a declaration under section 4 with respect to any land which is subject to a compulsory purchase order, the acquiring authority shall include the particulars specified in subsection (3) in a notice which is— (a) given to every person with a relevant interest in the land with respect to which the declaration is to be made (other than a mortgagee who is not in possession); and (b) published in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated.

(4) In that section, in subsection (2), for “(1)(b)” there is substituted “(1)” and “and published” is inserted after “given”.

(5) In that section, for subsections (5) and (6) there is substituted—

(5) For the purposes of this section, a person has a relevant interest in land if— (a) that person is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the land, whether in possession or in reversion; or (b) that person holds, or is entitled to the rents and profits of, the land under a lease or agreement, the unexpired term of which exceeds one month.

(6) In section 5 (earliest date for execution of declaration)—

(a) in subsection (1), after “publication” there is inserted “in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated”; and

(b) subsection (2) is omitted.

(7) In section 7 (constructive notice to treat), in subsection (1)(a), the words “(as modified by section 4 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981)” is omitted.

(8) References to the 1965 Act in the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 are to be construed as references to that Act as applied by section 125 of the 2008 Act.

PART 4 — Miscellaneous and general

Application of landlord and tenant law

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(1) This article applies to—

(a) any agreement for leasing to any person the whole or any part of the authorised project or the right to operate the same; and

(b) any agreement entered into by the undertaker with any person for the construction, maintenance, use or operation of the authorised project, or any part of it,

so far as any such agreement relates to the terms on which any land which is the subject of a lease granted by or under that agreement is to be provided for that person’s use.

(2) No enactment or rule of law regulating the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants shall prejudice the operation of any agreement to which this article applies.

(3) Accordingly, no such enactment or rule of law applies in relation to the rights and obligations of the parties to any lease granted by or under any such agreement so as to—

(a) exclude or in any respect modify any of the rights and obligations of those parties under the terms of the lease, whether with respect to the termination of the tenancy or any other matter;

(b) confer or impose on any such party any right or obligation arising out of or connected with anything done or omitted on or in relation to land which is the subject of the lease, in addition to any such right or obligation provided for by the terms of the lease; or

(c) restrict the enforcement (whether by action for damages or otherwise) by any party to the lease of any obligation of any other party under the lease.

Operational land for purposes of the 1990 Act

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Development consent granted by this Order is to be treated as specific planning permission for the purposes of section 264(3)(a) of the 1990 Act (cases in which land is to be treated as operational land for the purposes of that Act).

Felling or lopping of trees

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(1) The undertaker may fell or lop any tree or shrub within or encroaching upon the Order limits, or cut back its roots, if it reasonably believes it to be necessary to do so to prevent the tree or shrub—

(a) from obstructing or interfering with the construction, maintenance or operation of the authorised project or any apparatus used in connection with the authorised project; or

(b) from constituting a danger to persons using the authorised project.

(2) In carrying out any activity authorised by paragraph (1), the undertaker may do no unnecessary damage to any tree or shrub and shall pay compensation to any person for any loss or damage arising from such activity.

(3) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (2), or as to the amount of compensation, is to be determined under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(4) The exercise of any power under paragraph (1) may be exercised only with the consent of the owner of the land concerned.

Statutory undertakers

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(1) The undertaker may for the purposes of article 10 (street works)—

(a) remove or reposition apparatus belonging to statutory undertakers which is laid beneath the relevant streets, and

(b) acquire compulsorily a right over the relevant streets.

(2) In this article “relevant streets” means the streets within the plots of land described in column (1) of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to this Order.

Apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped-up streets

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(1) Where a street is stopped up under article 11 (stopping up of streets), any statutory utility whose apparatus is under, in, on, along or across the street has the same powers and rights in respect of that apparatus, subject to the provisions of this article, as if this Order had not been made.

(2) Where a street is stopped up under article 11 (stopping up of streets), any statutory utility whose apparatus is under, in, on, over, along or across the street may, and if reasonably requested to do so by the undertaker must—

(a) remove the apparatus and place it or other apparatus provided in substitution for it in such other position as the utility may reasonably determine and have power to place it, or

(b) provide other apparatus in substitution for the existing apparatus and place it in such position as described in sub-paragraph (a).

(3) Subject to the following provisions of this article, the undertaker must pay to any statutory utility an amount equal to the cost reasonably incurred by the utility in or in connection with—

(a) the execution of the relocation works required in consequence of the stopping up of the street, and

(b) the doing of any other work or thing rendered necessary by the execution of the relocation works.

(4) If in the course of the execution of relocation works under paragraph (2)—

(a) apparatus of a better type, of greater capacity or of greater dimensions is placed in substitution for existing apparatus, or

(b) apparatus (whether existing apparatus or apparatus substituted for existing apparatus) is placed at a depth greater than the depth at which the existing apparatus was,

and the placing of apparatus of that type or capacity or of those dimensions or the placing of apparatus at that depth, as the case may be, is not agreed by the undertaker, or, in default of agreement, is not determined by arbitration to be necessary, then, if it involves cost in the execution of the relocation works exceeding that which would have been involved if the apparatus placed had been of the existing type, capacity or dimensions, or at the existing depth, as the case may be, the amount which, apart from this paragraph, would be payable to the statutory utility by virtue of paragraph (3) shall be reduced by the amount of that excess.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)—

(a) an extension of apparatus to a length greater than the length of existing apparatus may not be treated as a placing of apparatus of greater dimensions than those of the existing apparatus; and

(b) where the provision of a joint in a cable is agreed, or is determined to be necessary, the consequential provision of a jointing chamber or of a manhole shall be treated as if it also had been agreed or had been so determined.

(6) An amount which, apart from this paragraph, would be payable to a statutory utility in respect of works by virtue of paragraph (3) (and having regard, where relevant, to paragraph (4)) shall, if the works include the placing of apparatus provided in substitution for apparatus placed more than 7 years and 6 months earlier so as to confer on the utility any financial benefit by deferment of the time for renewal of the apparatus in the ordinary course, be reduced by the amount which represents that benefit.

(7) Paragraphs (3) to (6) may not apply where the authorised project constitutes major highway works, major bridge works or major transport works for the purposes of Part 3 of the 1991 Act, but instead—

(a) the allowable costs of the relocation works shall be determined in accordance with section 85 of that Act (sharing of cost of necessary measures) and any regulations for the time being having effect under that section; and

(b) the allowable costs shall be borne by the undertaker and the statutory utility in such proportions as may be prescribed by any such regulations.

Recovery of costs of new connections

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(1) Where any apparatus of a public utility undertaker or of a public communications provider is removed under article 29 (statutory undertakers) any person who is the owner or occupier of premises to which a supply was given from that apparatus is entitled to recover from the undertaker compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by that person, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of effecting a connection between the premises and any other apparatus from which a supply is given.

(2) Paragraph (1) may not apply in the case of the removal of a public sewer but where such a sewer is removed under article 29 (statutory undertakers), any person who is—

(a) the owner or occupier of premises the drains of which communicated with that sewer; or

(b) the owner of a private sewer which communicated with that sewer,

is entitled to recover from the undertaker compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by that person, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of making the drain or sewer belonging to that person communicate with any other public sewer or with a private sewerage disposal plant.

(3) This article may not have effect in relation to apparatus to which article 30 (apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped-up streets) or Part 3 of the 1991 Act applies.

Removal of human remains

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(1) In this article “the specified land” means the land within the limits of deviation.

(2) Before the undertaker carries out any development or works which will or may disturb any human remains in the specified land it shall remove those human remains from the specified land, or cause them to be removed, in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(3) Before any such remains are removed from the specified land the undertaker must give notice of the intended removal, describing the specified land and stating the general effect of the following provisions of this article, by—

(a) publishing a notice once in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the area of the authorised project, and

(b) displaying a notice in a conspicuous place on or near to the specified land.

(4) As soon as reasonably practicable after the first publication of a notice under paragraph (3) the undertaker shall send a copy of the notice to Denbighshire County Council and Conwy County Borough Council.

(5) At any time within 56 days after the first publication of a notice under paragraph (3) any person who is a personal representative or relative of any deceased person whose remains are interred in the specified land may give notice in writing to the undertaker of that person’s intention to undertake the removal of the remains.

(6) Where a person has given notice under paragraph (5), and the remains in question can be identified, that person may cause such remains to be—

(a) removed and re-interred in any burial ground or cemetery in which burials may legally take place, or

(b) removed to, and cremated in, any crematorium,

and that person must, as soon as reasonably practicable after such re-interment or cremation, provide to the undertaker a certificate for the purpose of enabling compliance with paragraph (11).

(7) If the undertaker is not satisfied that any person giving notice under paragraph (5) is the personal representative or relative as that person claims to be, or that the remains in question can be identified, the question is to be determined on the application of either party in a summary manner by the county court, and the court may make an order specifying who will remove the remains and as to the payment of the costs of the application.

(8) The undertaker shall pay the reasonable expenses of removing and re-interring or cremating the remains of any deceased person under this article.

(9) Subject to paragraph (10), the undertaker must remove any remains in the specified land and cause them to be re-interred in such burial ground or cemetery in which burials may legally take place as the undertaker thinks suitable for the purpose if—

(a) within the period of 56 days referred to in paragraph (5) no notice under that paragraph has been given to the undertaker in respect of the remains,

(b) such notice is given and no application is made under paragraph (7) within 56 days after the giving of the notice but the person who gave the notice fails to remove the remains within a further period of 56 days,

(c) within 56 days after any order is made by the county court under paragraph (7) any person, other than the undertaker, specified in the order fails to remove the remains, or

(d) it is determined that the remains to which any such notice relates cannot be identified,

and, so far as possible, remains from individual graves must be re-interred in individual containers which are to be identifiable by a record prepared with reference to the original position of burial of the remains that they contain.

(10) If the undertaker is satisfied that any person giving notice under paragraph (5) is the personal representative or relative as that person claims to be and that the remains in question can be identified, but that person does not remove the remains, the undertaker must comply with any reasonable request that person may make in relation to the removal and re-interment or cremation of the remains.

(11) On the re-interment or cremation of any remains under this article—

(a) a certificate of re-interment or cremation must be sent by the undertaker to the Registrar General by the undertaker giving the date of re-interment or cremation and identifying the place from which the remains were removed and the place in which they were re-interred or cremated; and

(b) a copy of the certificate of re-interment or cremation and the record mentioned in paragraph (9) shall be sent by the undertaker to Denbighshire County Council and Conwy County Borough Council.

(12) The removal of the remains of any deceased person under this article is to be carried out in accordance with any directions which may be given by the Secretary of State.

(13) Any jurisdiction or function conferred on the county court by this article may be exercised by the district judge of the court.

(14) Section 25 of the Burial Act 1857[^f00021] (bodies not to be removed from burial grounds, save under faculty, without licence of Secretary of State) may not apply to a removal carried out in accordance with this article.

Crown rights

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(1) Nothing in this Order affects prejudicially any estate, right, power, privilege, authority or exemption of the Crown and in particular, nothing in this Order authorises the undertaker or any licensee—

(a) to take, use, enter upon or in any manner interfere with any land or rights of any description (including any portion of the shore or bed of the sea or any river, channel, creek, bay or estuary)—

(i) belonging to Her Majesty in right of her Crown and forming part of the Crown Estate without the consent in writing of the Crown Estate Commissioners;

(ii) belonging to Her Majesty in right of her Crown and not forming part of the Crown Estate without the consent in writing of the Government Department having the management of that land; or

(iii) belonging to a Government Department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a Government Department without the consent in writing of that Government Department; or

(b) to exercise any right under this Order compulsorily to acquire an interest in any land which is Crown land which is for the time being held otherwise than by or on behalf of the Crown without the consent in writing of the appropriate Crown authority.

(2) A consent under paragraph (1) may be given unconditionally or subject to terms and conditions.

Service of notices

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(1) A notice or other document required or authorised to be served for the purposes of this Order may be served—

(a) by post,

(b) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or to whom it is to be given or supplied, or

(2) Where the person on whom a notice or other document to be served for the purposes of this Order is a body corporate, the notice or document is duly served if it is served on the secretary or clerk of that body.

(3) For the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978[^f00022] as it applies for the purposes of this article, the proper address of any person in relation to the service on that person of a notice or document under paragraph (1) is, if that person has given an address for service, that address, and otherwise—

(a) in the case of the secretary or clerk of a body corporate, the registered or principal office of that body, and

(b) in any other case, the last known address of that person at the time of service.

(4) Where for the purposes of this Order a notice or other document is required or authorised to be served on a person as having any interest in, or as the occupier of, land and the name or address of that person cannot be ascertained after reasonable enquiry, the notice may be served by—

(a) addressing it to that person by name or by the description of “owner”, or as the case may be “occupier”, of the land (describing it); and

(b) either leaving it in the hands of a person who is or appears to be resident or employed on the land or leaving it conspicuously affixed to some building or object on or near the land.

(5) Where a notice or other document required to be served or sent for the purposes of this Order is served or sent by electronic transmission the obligation is to be taken to be fulfilled only where—

(a) the recipient of the notice or other document to be transmitted has given consent to the use of electronic transmission in writing or by electronic transmission,

(b) the notice or document is capable of being accessed by the recipient,

(d) in a form sufficiently permanent to be used for subsequent reference.

(6) Where the recipient of a notice or other document served or sent by electronic transmission notifies the sender within 7 days of receipt that the recipient requires a paper copy of all or part of that notice or other document the sender must provide such a copy as soon as reasonably practicable.

(7) Any consent to the use of electronic communication given by a person may be revoked by that person in accordance with paragraph (8).

(8) Where a person is no longer willing to accept the use of electronic transmission for any of the purposes of this Order—

(a) that person must give notice in writing or by electronic transmission revoking any consent given by that person for that purpose; and

(b) such revocation is final and takes effect on a date specified by the person in the notice but that date may not be less than 7 days after the date on which the notice is given.

(9) This article may not be taken to exclude the employment of any method of service not expressly provided for by it.

(10) In this article “legible in all material respects” means that the information contained in the notice or document is available to that person to no lesser extent than it would be if served, given or supplied by means of a notice or document in printed form.

Protection of interests

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Schedule 8 (protection of electricity, gas, water and sewerage undertakers to this Order) has effect.

Certification of plans etc

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(1) The undertaker must, as soon as practicable after the making of this Order, submit to the Secretary of State copies of—

(a) the book of reference;

(b) the land plan;

(d) the works plan; and

(e) any other plans or documents referred to in this Order,

for certification that they are true copies of the documents referred to in this Order.

(1A) The undertaker must, as soon as practicable after the coming into force of the Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2017, submit to the Welsh Ministers a copy of the works plan for certification that it is a true copy.

(2) A plan or document so certified is to be admissible in any proceedings as evidence of the contents of the document of which it is a copy.

Arbitration

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Any difference under any provision of this Order, unless otherwise provided for, is to be referred to and settled by a single arbitrator to be agreed between the parties or, failing agreement, to be appointed on the application of either party (after giving notice in writing to the other) by the Secretary of State.

SCHEDULE 1 — Authorised project

PART 1 — Authorised development

In the County of Denbighshire and in the County Borough of Conwy—

A wind energy electricity generating station with an installed capacity of between 64 and 96MW comprising a nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14 and 15 of the 2008 Act consisting of—

Work No. 1 – Up to 32 wind turbines each sited on concrete foundations incorporating hardstanding for cranes, each turbine being fitted with rotating blades and having a height to blade tip of up to 145 metres and including external transformers located at the base of the turbine. The wind turbines comprising Work No. 1 will be situated at the following locations—Wind turbine numberGrid referenceEastingNorthingWT 1301118358328WT 2301550358106WT 3301063357801WT 4300021357651WT 5300510357483WT 6301065357256WT 7300449357030WT 8301282356957WT 9300057356694WT 10301308356533WT 11301151356100WT 12300741355620WT 13301320355593WT 14300957355275WT 15301512355170WT 16301081354833WT 17301599354551WT 18301885354174WT 19302153353716WT 20301561353647WT 21300770353343WT 22301297353291WT 23302358353159WT 24300610352531WT 25301716352540WT 26301193352528WT 27302724352076WT 28300752352025WT 29301198351850WT 30301382351501WT 31300880350721WT 32301232350505

In Work No. 1, references to the locations of a wind turbine are references to the centre point of that turbine.

Work No. 2A – A series of electrical cables with a nominal voltage of 33 kilovolts together with a cable for the transmission of electronic communications buried beneath the surface of the ground along the general line of the tracks and roads comprised in Work No. 3 and connecting the wind turbines comprising Work No. 1 and the onsite electricity substation comprising Work No. 5A arranged in the following circuit routes—Cable circuit route numberCommencement pointTermination point1Substation forming Work No. 5AWT1WT1WT2WT2WT3WT3WT4WT4WT5WT5WT7WT7WT92Substation forming Work No. 5AWT6WT6WT8WT8WT10WT10WT11WT11WT12WT12WT13WT13WT143Substation forming Work No. 5AWT15WT15WT16WT16WT17WT17WT18WT18WT20WT20WT214Substation forming Work No. 5AWT19WT19WT22WT22WT23WT23WT24WT24WT26WT26WT285Substation forming Work No. 5AWT25WT25WT27WT27WT29WT29WT30WT30WT31WT31WT32

Work No. 2B – A series of electrical cables with a nominal voltage of 33 kilovolts together with a cable for the transmission of electronic communications buried beneath the surface of the ground along the general line of the tracks and roads comprised in Work No. 3 and connecting the wind turbines comprising Work No. 1 and the onsite electricity substation comprising Work No. 5B arranged in the following circuit routes—Cable circuit route numberCommencement pointTermination point1Substation forming Work No. 5BWT24WT24WT26WT26WT28WT28WT30WT30WT31WT31WT322Substation forming Work No. 5BWT19WT19WT22WT22WT23WT23WT25WT25WT27WT27WT293Substation forming Work No. 5BWT15WT15WT16WT16WT17WT17WT18WT18WT20WT20WT214Substation forming Work No. 5BWT6WT6WT8WT8WT10WT10WT11WT11WT12WT12WT13WT13WT145Substation forming Work No. 5BWT1WT1WT2WT2WT3WT3WT4WT4WT5WT5WT7WT7WT9

Work No. 3 – A series of new tracks, existing tracks subject to improvement and widening, public roads subject to widening and a series of turning heads located adjacent to tracks as described in the following tables—New tracksAccess track noCommencement pointTermination pointEastingNorthingEastingNorthingN1301053354912301148354923N2301732353137301759353249N7 300704 357556 301053357760N9300551354816300680354787N12301051357035301004356965N13300997356851301005356965N14301018355995301095355964N15300780355350300896355416N18301763352551301682352621N19301187352084301232351977N20300744358780300798358668N21299761357707299720357850N22300062357628299986357686N23301289352268301345352245N24301203352481301211352434N4301260351872301521351501 N25 300509357483300277357467N26300596357354300614357029N27301133355580300866355375N28300784355332300534355065New spur tracksAccess track noCommencement pointTermination pointEastingNorthingEastingNorthingS1301062358319301118358328S2301515358109301549358107S3301063357801301069357772S4300030357651300021357651S5300740357556300509357483S6301122357097301065357256S7300529356984300449357030S8301122357097301282356957S9300069356708300057356694S10301343356415301308356533S11301151356100301108355973S12300741355620300999355802S13301084355554301320355593S14300834355306300957355275S15301438355078301511355170S16301081354834301063354899S17301554354556301599354551S18301885354174301845354063S19301875353692302153353716S20301475353692301561353647S21300739353256300770353343S22301295353259301297353291S23302199353104302358353159S24300686352482300610352531S25301716352540301717352591S26301268352594301193352528S27302263351904302723352077S28300841352162300841352161S29301235351963301198351850S30301378351623301382351501S31301678350884300880350721S32301301350647301232350505SMM1299997356584299893356575SMM2300653351909300734351823Existing tracks subject to improvement and wideningAccess track noCommencement pointTermination pointEastingNorthingEastingNorthingE1300890358336301051358313E2301051358313301375358861E5300649357389300023357656E6 300614 357029 301001356966E7301001356966301122357097E8300624357064300325356915E9300330356917300224356913E10300224356913299997356584E11300781355353301103355969E12301103355970301343356415E13300570355106300609354651E14300604354689300695354798E15300695354798301053354912E16301148354922301442355081E17300609354649300728354115E18300706354150301554354556E19300729354114300659353686E20300658353686300511353164E21300510353161301845354063E22300510353161300777353046E23300775353045301194353212E24301197353212301877353693E25301196353212301707353255E26301709353255301829353240E27301833353239301908353231E28301895353232302199353104E29301731353137301309352690E30301310352692300686352482E31301311352692301191352457E32301191352456301307352227E33301191352457300653351909E34301307352227301408352268E35301408352268301552352563E36301549352557301681352621E37301849352476302224352055E38302225352055302263351904E40301307352227301187352084E41301233351978301259351861E43301521351501301693351263E46301678350885301300350648E50300997356851301018355898E51301047354916301151354924E53301053357760301515358109E54301682352621301848352477E56301678350885301693351263E57300023357656299761357707Public roads subject to wideningPublic road noCommencement pointTermination pointEastingNorthingEastingNorthingPR1300744358778300624357351PR2300624357351300634357032PR3301085355555300571355108PR5302454350166301749351092Turning HeadsGrid referenceTurning head numberEastingNorthingTH1 (at T3)301166357866TH2 (between T7 and T9)300226356920TH3 (at T10)301344356350TH4 (at T13301221355570TH5 (at T15)301436355089TH6 (at T17)301501354506TH7 (at T18)301833354061TH8 (at T24)300672352492TH9 (at T25)301854352484TH10 (at T28)300817352143TH11 (at T30)301367351613TH12 (at T31)300989350791TH13 (at T32)301314350614

In constructing Work No. 3 the undertaker may—provide temporary passing places for construction vehicles at any location along the line of the work shown on the works plan within the limits of deviation for Work No. 3; andconstruct culverts to carry any watercourse under Work No. 3 and extend or replace any existing culvert to carry such a watercourse.

Work No. 4A – A widening of part of the of the unnamed public road shown as PR1 at X on Works Plan 1 to provide construction, maintenance and emergency site access commencing at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0074458778.

Work No. 4B – A widening of part of the of the unnamed public road shown as PR5 at X on Works Plan 7 to provide construction, maintenance and emergency site access commencing at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0245550165.

Work No. 5A – An onsite electricity substation comprising an enclosed area of hardstanding of 4080 square metres located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0136958813 and including a control building to house switch gear and control equipment.

Work No. 5B – An onsite electricity substation comprising an enclosed area of hardstanding of 4080 square metres located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0215150472 and including a control building to house switch gear and control equipment.

Work No. 6 – A meteorological mast for the purpose of monitoring and recording wind speed and direction as well as air temperature, having a height of 100 metres and sited on an area of hardstanding of 900 square metres and located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SH9989356575. Work No. 6 includes a cable for the transmission of electronic communications from wind turbine No. 9 comprised in Work No. 1 along the line of existing track No. E10 and new spur track No. SMM1 comprised in Work No. 3.

Work No. 7 – A meteorological mast for the purpose of monitoring and recording wind speed and direction as well as air temperature, having a height of 100 metres and sited on an area of hardstanding of 900 square metres and located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0073551823. Work No. 7 includes a cable for the transmission of electronic communications along the line of existing track No. E33 from its junction with new spur track No. S28 and new spur track No. SMM2 comprised in Work No. 3.

Work No. 8 – A temporary civil construction compound comprising an enclosed area of hardstanding of 2500 square metres located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0095558354 and including a temporary office and staff welfare building together with an area for the storage of materials for use in the construction of the authorised development.

Work No. 9 – A temporary civil construction compound comprising an enclosed area of hardstanding of 2500 square metres located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0178451133 and including a temporary office and staff welfare building together with an area for the storage of materials for use in the construction of the authorised development.

Work No. 10 – A borrow pit for the extraction of stone to be used in the construction of the authorised development, having an area of 39,200 square metres and a depth of up to 18 metres located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0189157562.

Work No. 11 – A borrow pit for the extraction of stone to be used in the construction of the authorised development, having an area of approximately 13,600 square metres and a depth of up to 16 metres located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0246654106.

Work No. 12 – A borrow pit for the extraction of stone to be used in the construction of the authorised development, having an area of approximately 18,300 square metres and a depth of up to 20 metres located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0185151493.

Work No. 13 – A borrow pit for the extraction of stone to be used in the construction of the authorised development, having an area of approximately 11,300 square metres and a depth of up to 19 metres located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0078050630.

Work No. 14A – A temporary electrical compound comprising an enclosed area of hardstanding of 2500 square metres located adjacent to the onsite electricity substation forming Work No. 5A at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0131558784.

Work No. 14B – A temporary electrical compound comprising an enclosed area of hardstanding of 2500 square metres located adjacent to the onsite electricity substation forming Work No. 5B at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference Point SJ0219750429.

PART 2 — Ancillary works

Highway works

1

Landscaping and clearance of vegetation required in connection with Work No. 3.

PART 3 — Requirements

Definitions

1

In this Part of this Schedule—

“abnormal indivisible load” has the same meaning as in the Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003;

“commencement”, in relation to the authorised development, means the date on which the authorised development begins by the carrying out of a material operation as defined in section 155 of the 2008 Act and “commence” and “commenced” shall be construed accordingly;

“ecological clerk of works” means a suitably qualified environmental professional or group of professionals;

“European protected species” means a species listed in Schedules 2 or 5 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017;

“felling” means any felling or lopping undertaken pursuant to article 28 (felling or lopping of trees) of this Order;

“first export date” means the date the authorised development first exports electricity on a commercial basis;

“Noise Guidance” means the guidance in Part 4 of this Schedule;

“NRW” means Natural Resources Wales;

“site” means land within the Order limits;

“stakeholder group” means the representatives of organisations which will advise on the measures within the habitat management plan and the implementation of those measures;

“TMFGL” means Tir Mostyn and Foel Goch Limited (reg no 5264934) or the owner from time to time of the Tir Mostyn and Foel Goch Wind Farm;

“Welsh devolved function” has the meaning given by section 36 of the Public Bodies Act 2011; and

“wind turbines” means the wind turbines forming part of Work No. 1 and “wind turbine” shall be construed accordingly.

Submission and approval of details

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Where, under any Requirement, details or a scheme or plan are to be submitted for the approval of the relevant planning authority then unless the Requirement provides otherwise—

(a) those details or scheme or plan and that approval must be in writing,

(b) the details, scheme or plan must be implemented as approved, and

(c) the approved details, scheme or plan are to be taken to include any amendments that may subsequently be approved in writing by the relevant planning authority, provided that no amendments may be approved by the relevant planning authority where such amendments may give rise to any materially different environmental effects to those assessed in the environment statement and that where under any Requirement there is an obligation to consult with a third party prior to the submission of any details, scheme or plan for approval to the relevant planning authority then there shall be an obligation to consult with the same third party prior to the submission of any amendments to the approved details, scheme or plan to the relevant planning authority.

Time limits

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The authorised development must be commenced within 5 years of the date of this Order.

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(1) The development consent granted by this Order expires 25 years after the first export date.

(2) Confirmation of the first export date must be provided by the undertaker to the relevant planning authority within one month of its occurrence.

Decommissioning and site restoration

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(1) Not less than 12 months before the expiry of the development consent granted by this Order, a decommissioning and site restoration scheme must be submitted to the relevant planning authority for its approval.

(2) The decommissioning and site restoration scheme must include provision for—

(a) removal of all above-ground elements of the authorised development (with the exception of Work No. 3 and Work No.4A or 4B),

(b) removal of turbine bases and cabling to one metre below ground level, and

(3) Decommissioning and restoration must be completed in accordance with the approved decommissioning and site restoration scheme within the period set out in the approved scheme.

Failure of turbines

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(1) If any wind turbine fails to provide electricity to the grid for a continuous period of 12 months the undertaker must—

(a) notify the relevant planning authority within one month of the expiry of that 12 month period;

(b) if so instructed by the relevant planning authority, submit to the relevant planning authority within 2 months of that instruction a detailed scheme setting out how the wind turbine and its associated ancillary equipment, including cabling (but excluding the turbine bases and cabling more than one metre below ground level) is to be removed from the Order limits and how the disturbed areas will be restored, and

(c) implement the approved scheme no later than 6 months from its approval unless a longer period is agreed in writing by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The agreement of the relevant planning authority in paragraph (1)(c) may only be given in relation to immaterial changes where the subject matter of the agreement sought is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.

Plans

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(1) Subject to the power to deviate set out in article 6 (power to deviate) and any other Requirement the authorised development is to be carried out in accordance with the plans or other documents certified in accordance with article 36 (certification of plans etc).

(2) No wind turbine may be constructed—

(a) within 50m from the highest point of existing and new forest edge, when measured from the closest part of the rotor sweep of any wind turbine; and

(b) within 50m of any watercourse shown on Figure 8.1 of the environmental statement.

(3) Subject to the requirements of paragraph (2), no other part of the authorised development with the exception of road widening and culverting may be carried out within 30m of any watercourse shown on Figure 8.1 of the environmental statement unless shown on the plans or other documents certified in accordance with article 36 or unless approved by the relevant planning authority.

(4) The approval of the relevant planning authority in paragraph (2) may only be given in relation to immaterial changes where the subject matter of the approval sought is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.

Construction traffic management plan

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(1) No authorised development may commence until, following consultation with the Department of Transport of the Welsh Government and any relevant highway authority, a construction traffic management plan has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The construction traffic management plan in paragraph (1) must include—

(a) construction vehicle routing plans,

(b) site access plans,

(d) details of the scheduling and timing of movements of delivery vehicles including details of abnormal indivisible loads,

(e) details of escorts for abnormal indivisible loads,

(f) details of temporary warning signs and banksman and escort details,

(g) proposals for assessing the existing condition of affected highways,

(h) details of any temporary or permanent improvements to the public highway,

(i) details of the implementation and management of temporary passing places along the B4501 and the unnamed road into the Site,

(j) details for the making good of any incidental damage to highways by construction traffic associated with the authorised project including street furniture, structures, drainage features, highway verge and carriageway surfaces, and

(k) details of the maintenance of access to TMFG wind farm from the B4501 during the construction period of any works to the B4501 in connection with the authorised development together with details of the maintenance of access to clusters B and C of the TMFG wind farm along highways PR1 and PR2 shown on the access plan during the construction of the authorised development.

(3) The construction traffic management plan must be implemented as approved.

(4) Before any wind turbine is removed or replaced a revised construction traffic management plan, dealing with that removal or replacement, must be submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

Construction method statement

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(1) No authorised development may commence until, following consultation with NRW, a construction method statement has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The construction method statement in paragraph (1) must be based on the principles set out in the Outline Construction Method Statement, included as Annex 3.1 to the environmental statement, and include the following plans as appendices—

(a) Construction Environmental Management Plan;

(b) Waste Management Plan;

(d) Soil and Peat Management Plan;

(e) Borrow Pit Design and Site Restoration Plan;

(f) any relevant Species Protection Plans; and

(g) Surface Water Management Plan.

(3) The construction method statement in paragraph (1) must include details of—

(a) roles and responsibilities and accountabilities for the multi-discipline team of engineering construction and environment staff,

(b) mitigation measures to avoid harm to relevant protected species and minimise damage to relevant habitats,

(c) the timing of construction works, including the timing of vegetation removal to avoid the potential for effects on protected species including reptiles and nesting birds,

(d) the vehicle washing facilities, including siting if required to be undertaken on site,

(e) the timing of works and methods of working for cable trenches, foundation works and erection of the wind turbines,

(f) the timing of works and construction of the substation/control buildings and anemometry mast,

(g) the cleaning of site accesses, site tracks and the adjacent public highway and the sheeting of all heavy goods vehicles taking spoil or construction materials to/from the site to prevent spillage or deposit of any materials on the highway,

(h) the pollution control and prevention measures including—

(i) sediment control measures,

(ii) measures for the bunding of fuel, oil and chemical storage areas,

(iii) sewage disposal measures,

(iv) measures for the protection of water courses and ground water and soils,

(v) a programme for monitoring private water supplies, water courses and water bodies before and during the authorised project, including details of the action to be taken if monitoring indicates adverse effects on private water supplies, water courses or water bodies,

(i) the management of waste arisings,

(j) the management of construction noise (including identification of access routes, locations of materials lay-down areas, details of equipment to be employed, operations to be carried out, mitigation measures and a scheme for the monitoring of noise),

(k) a routing strategy to ensure that construction vehicles use agreed routes,

(l) the handling, storage and re-use on site of excavated top soil,

(m) the handling, storage and management of any peat excavated,

(n) the design and construction methods of Works No. 3, and 4A or 4B, including drainage provisions, and the pollution prevention measures to be implemented to ensure there are no polluting discharges from tracks and disturbed areas including provision to ensure that no polluting discharge from those Works and disturbed areas enters any watercourse,

(o) access track construction and widening including the nature, type and quantity of materials to be imported on site for backfilling operations or construction of access tracks,

(p) the management of groundwater and surface water (including mitigation to protect water bodies, water courses and private water supplies),

(q) the management of dust generation during excavations and soil handling,

(r) the proposed location of temporary site compounds for storage of materials, machinery and parking within the sites clear of the highway, including the siting of the temporary buildings and all means of enclosure, oil/fuel and chemical storage and any proposals for temporary lighting, and details of proposals for restoration of the sites of the temporary compounds and works within 12 months of the first export date,

(s) the design and construction of any culverts upgrades or replacements,

(t) the method of borrow pit working including means of extraction, handling, storage and re-use of soil, drainage control and restoration,

(u) the protocols and programme for any required environmental monitoring to be made publicly available on an annual basis,

(v) the restoration of the site which will be temporarily used for construction, and

(w) the proposed communications protocol and the mechanism for investigating complaints, including the action to be taken where complaint investigations indicate materially adverse effects have occurred as a result of the construction of the authorised project.

(4) Before any wind turbine is removed or replaced a revised construction method statement, dealing with that removal or replacement, shall be submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(5) The construction method statement shall be implemented as approved.

Highways

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No wind turbine parts may be delivered to the site before detailed plans and drawings in respect of Work No. 4A or 4B (whichever is decided on by the undertaker) have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority and such works have been constructed in accordance with the plans and drawings so approved.

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The authorised development may not commence until, following consultation with the Department for Transport of the Welsh Government and any relevant highway authority, details of temporary or permanent improvements to the public highway have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The improvement works are to be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

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The authorised development may not commence until following consultation with the Department for Transport of the Welsh Government and any relevant highway authority details of the reinstatement of the public highway and its associated street furniture following completion of the construction of the authorised development have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. The reinstatement works are to be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

Construction hours

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(1) The hours of work during the construction phase of the authorised development and any traffic movements into and out of the site associated with the construction or maintenance of the authorised development shall be 0700 to 1900 hours on Mondays to Fridays and 0700 to 1300 hours on Saturdays other than as allowed for under paragraph (2). No work may take place outside these hours, or on public holidays, unless otherwise previously agreed by the relevant planning authority.

(2) Delivery of turbine and delivery and assembly of crane components and other critical operations may take place outside the times specified in paragraph (1), if approved by the relevant planning authority.

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With respect to paragraph (2) of Requirement 13, such approval may only be given in relation to immaterial changes where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the relevant planning authority that the approval is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different effects from construction or maintenance activities taking place on the days and hours set out in those clauses.

Habitat management plan

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(1) No authorised development may commence until, following consultation with NRW, a detailed habitat management plan has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The detailed habitat management plan in paragraph (1) is to be based on the key objectives and principles set out in the outline habitat management plan included as Annex 9.10 to the environmental statement.

(3) The habitat management plan in paragraph (1) must include measures to—

(a) establish and manage heathland habitat,

(b) restore and manage peatland habitat,

(d) contribute to grey squirrel control,

(e) establish and manage suitable habitat for black grouse and nightjar,

(f) monitor the effect of the authorised development and the effectiveness of habitat management upon bats, dormice, black grouse and heathland/peatland habitats. If, following consideration of monitoring results the relevant planning authority believes it is necessary to do so, management prescriptions included in the habitat management plan will be reviewed as necessary,

(g) monitor the effect of the authorised development upon nightjars. If, following consideration of monitoring results the relevant planning authority believes it is necessary to do so, implement the mitigation measures set out in the environmental statement. The measures shall include undertaking a study of nightjar churring against weather conditions prior to construction commencing to inform detailed mitigation proposals, and

(h) establish the membership, terms of reference and provisions for the management of the proposed stakeholder group.

(4) The habitat management plan is to be implemented as approved.

Access management plan

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(1) No authorised development shall commence until, following consultation with NRW, an access management plan has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The access management plan must include—

(a) details of the temporary re-routing of public rights of way during construction of the authorised development,

(b) details of the permanent re-routing of FP19 prior to the operational phase,

(d) details of any fencing or barriers to be provided during the construction period,

(e) details as to how public rights of way, paths and roads will be inspected prior to and monitored during the construction period,

(f) a commitment to return all public rights of way, paths and roads to the same condition as they were, or better, once the construction period has ceased,

(g) details as to how any paths found to be impassable during surveying will be cleared,

(h) details of temporary alternative routes for any public rights of way that need to be diverted,

(i) details of funds for improved signage/orientation,

(j) details as to the provision of a new way-marked route for the life of the development,

(k) details of a communications campaign linked with the end of the construction period,

(l) details of an active management plan for crossing points for public rights of way during the construction works, and

(m) details of permissive routes to be provided within the public access management areas during the construction phase.

(3) The access management plan is to be implemented as approved by the relevant planning authority.

Felling

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(1) All felling must be undertaken in accordance with the relevant guidance specified in paragraph (2) and NRW best practice (as amended from time to time).

(2) The relevant guidance is—

(a) The UK Forestry Standard;

(b) UKFS Guidelines – Forests and Water (2011);

(d) UKFS Guidelines – Forests and Biodiversity (2011); and

(e) UKFS Guidelines – Forests and Historic Environment (2011).

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