The Peartree Hill Solar Farm Order 2026

SCHEDULE 1 AUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT

Article 2 1 In this Schedule— “balance of solar plant” means either— a solar station comprising centralised inverters, transformers, switchgear and other ancillary equipment either— located outside on a permeable or concrete foundation; or housed together within a container on a permeable or concrete foundation; or string inverters transformers, switchgear and other ancillary equipment attached either to mounting structures or a ground mounted frame on a permeable or concrete foundation or placed on metal skids; “CCTV” means a closed circuit television security system; “electrical cables” means— 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 works connected with cable laying including excavations, storage of excavated material, jointing pits, hardstanding adjoining the jointing pits, combiner boxes, fibre bays, cable ducts, cable protections, 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; “inverter” means electrical equipment fitted to mounting structures required to convert direct current power generated by the solar modules to alternating current; “Land Area B” means land that forms part of the authorised development as shown on the location and land area plan; “Land Area C” means land that forms part of the authorised development as shown on the location and land area plan; “Land Area D” means land that forms part of the authorised development as shown on the location and land area plan; “Land Area E” means land that forms part of the authorised development as shown on the location and land area plan; “Land Area F” means land that forms part of the authorised development as shown on the location and land area plan; “mounting structure” means a frame or rack made of galvanised steel or other material designed to support the solar modules and inverters and mounted in piles driven into the ground; “National Grid substation” means the National Grid Creyke Beck substation; “permissive paths” means new access tracks providing restricted public access within the Order limits; “solar module” means a solar photovoltaic panel designed to convert solar irradiance to electrical energy fitted to mounting structures; “substation” means a substation containing electrical equipment required to switch, transform, convert electricity and provide reactive power consumption; “switchgear” means a combination of electrical disconnect switches, fuses or circuit breakers used to control, protect and isolate electrical equipment; and “transformer” means a structure containing electrical switchgear serving to transform electricity to a higher voltage. 2 In the East Riding of Yorkshire, a nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14 and 15 of the 2008 Act and associated development under section 115 of the 2008 Act. The nationally significant infrastructure project comprises all or part of the following works— Work No. 1 — a ground mounted solar photovoltaic generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of over 50 megawatts including— (a) Work No. 1A — not used, (b) Work No. 1B — works in Land Area B comprising— (i) solar modules; and (ii) balance of solar plant, (c) Work No. 1C — works in Land Area C comprising— (i) solar modules; and (ii) balance of solar plant, (d) Work No. 1D — works in Land Area D comprising— (i) solar modules; and (ii) balance of solar plant, (e) Work No. 1E — works in Land Area E comprising— (i) solar modules; and (ii) balance of solar plant, (f) Work No. 1F — works in Land Area F comprising— (i) solar modules; (ii) balance of solar plant; and associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) of the 2008 Act in connection with Works Nos. 1B to 1F comprising— Work No. 2 — a battery energy storage system including— (a) battery energy storage cells; (b) electricity stabilizer units including inverters, transformers, DC-DC converters and ancillary equipment; (c) monitoring and control systems; (d) heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; (e) fire safety infrastructure; and (f) containers or enclosures housing all or any of (a) to (e). Work No. 3 — works including— (a) electrical cables, including but not limited to electrical cables connecting Works Nos. 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E and 1F to one another, Work No. 2 and to Work Nos. 4A and 4B and from Work Nos. 4A and 4B to Work No. 5; (b) fencing, gates, boundary treatment and other means of enclosure; (c) improvement, maintenance and use of existing private tracks; (d) laying down of internal access tracks, ramps, means of access, footpaths, permissive paths, crossing of watercourses, and roads, including the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure, signage and information boards; (e) 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; (f) works required for crossing, moving re-routing or over/undergrounding of existing utility assets (including water, gas, sewer pipes, electricity distribution/transmission cabling, telecommunications etc.); (g) earthworks; and (h) landscaping and biodiversity mitigation and enhancement measures including planting. Work No. 4— development of two onsite substations including— (a) Work No. 4A— (i) substation, switch room buildings, concrete foundations and ancillary equipment including reactive power units; (ii) power conversion system units including inverters, switchgear, transformers and ancillary equipment; (iii) control building or container housing offices, storage containers and space, welfare facilities, waste storage within a fenced compound, hard standing areas and car parking; (iv) communications tower being not more than 15 metres in height; (v) monitoring and control systems; (vi) harmonic filter compound; (vii) deluge system including water tanks and fire suppression, and drainage and water containment features and associated infrastructure; (viii) electrical cables; and (ix) access gates and tracks, security palisade fencing and bunding. (b) Work No. 4B— (i) substation, switch room buildings, concrete foundations and ancillary equipment including reactive power units; (ii) power conversion system units including inverters, switchgear, transformers and ancillary equipment; (iii) control building or container housing offices, storage containers and space, welfare facilities, waste storage within a fenced compound, hard standing areas and car parking; (iv) communications tower being not more than 15 metres in height; (v) monitoring and control systems; (vi) harmonic filter compound; (vii) deluge system including water tanks and fire suppression, and drainage and water containment features and associated infrastructure; (viii) electrical cables; and (ix) access gates and tracks, security palisade fencing and bunding. Work No. 5 — works to lay electrical cables up to 132 kilovolts including— (a) 132 kilovolt electrical cables; (b) trenching, tunnelling, boring and drilling works; (c) improvement, maintenance and use of existing private tracks; (d) 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; and (e) works required for crossing, moving re-routing or over/undergrounding of existing utility assets (including water, gas, sewer pipes, electricity distribution/transmission cabling, telecommunications etc). Work No. 6 — within the National Grid substation construction of electrical substation infrastructure to facilitate connection of Work. No. 1 to the National Grid, including— (a) cable switchgear and electrical equipment, transformers, reactive compensation equipment, filters and cooling equipment; (b) 132 kilovolt connection bay located at National Grid 132 kilovolt switchgear switch room; (c) control and welfare buildings; (d) works for the provision of security including security fencing; (e) lightning rods; (f) access gates and tracks; (g) electrical cables; and (h) other associated equipment and noise-attenuation works. Work No. 7 — temporary construction and decommissioning compounds including— (a) areas of hardstanding; (b) car parking; (c) site and welfare offices, canteens and workshops; (d) security infrastructure, including cameras, perimeter fencing and lighting; (e) site drainage and waste management infrastructure; (f) electricity, water, waste water and telecommunications connections; (g) storage of equipment, materials and waste skips; (h) area for download and turning; and (i) works to reinforce ground with weight-bearing support infrastructure. Work No. 8 — works to facilitate access to Works Nos. 1 to 7 and 9 including— (a) creation of accesses from the street; (b) enhancement of existing accesses from the street; (c) creation of visibility splays; (d) creating of passing places; and (e) works to widen and surface the street and private means of access. Work No. 9 — works to create and maintain areas of green infrastructure and habitat management including— (a) landscape and biodiversity mitigation and enhancement measures including, tree and hedgerow planting; (b) habitat creation and management including, earth works including embankments, landscaping and construction of drainage infrastructure; (c) laying down of permissive paths, signage and information boards; and (d) fencing, gates, boundary treatment and other means of enclosure. In connection with, and in addition to Works Nos. 1 to 9 further associated development comprising— (a) works to place, alter, remove or maintain street furniture or apparatus (including statutory undertakers’ apparatus) in, under or above a street, including mains, sewers, drains, pipes, cables, cofferdams, lights, fencing and other boundary treatments; (b) laying down, maintenance and repair of internal access tracks, ramps, watercourses and other temporary crossings, means of access, footpaths and permissive paths including the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure, signage and information boards; (c) glint and glare boarding; (d) bunds, embankments, trenching and swales; (e) fencing, gates, boundary treatments and other means of enclosure; (f) works, improvements or extensions to the existing drainage and irrigation system and works to alter the position and extent of such irrigation system; (g) surface water drainage systems and oil water separators; (h) 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; (i) works for the provision of security and monitoring measures such as control buildings, containers or structures, CCTV, columns, lighting, cameras, weather stations, and communication infrastructure; (j) containers or structures to house spare parts and materials required for the day to day operation of the authorised development; (k) habitat creation and management, including earthworks, landscaping, means of enclosure, and the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure; (l) electrical cables; (m) works to alter the course of, or otherwise interfere with, non-navigable rivers, streams or watercourses; (n) landscaping and biodiversity mitigation and other works to mitigate any adverse effects of the construction, maintenance or operation of the authorised development; (o) working sites in connection with the construction of the authorised development, construction lay down areas and compounds, storage compounds and their restoration; (p) improvement, strengthening, reconstruction, maintenance and use of existing streets, private tracks and access roads; (q) temporary footpath diversions and footpath enhancement; (r) 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; (s) tunnelling, boring and drilling works; 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, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised development insofar as they are unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects to those assessed in the environmental statement.