The One Earth Solar Farm Order 2026

SCHEDULE 1 AUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT

Article 3 1 In this Schedule— “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 associated with cable laying including jointing pits, hardstanding adjoining the jointing pits, combiner boxes, fibre bays, cable ducts, cable protection, joint protection, manholes, kiosks, marker posts, underground cable marker, tiles and tape, send and receive pits for horizontal directional drilling, trenching, lighting, earthing rods, and a pit or container to capture fluids associated with drilling; “energy storage” means equipment used for the storage of electrical energy; “inverter” means electrical equipment required to convert direct current power to alternating current; “mounting structure” means a frame or rack made of galvanised steel, anodised aluminium or other material designed to support the solar panels and mounted on piles driven into the ground, helical piles or pillars fixed to a concrete foundation; “National Grid High Marnham Substation” means the proposed substation at Fledborough Road, High Marnham, Nottinghamshire NG22 0UZ, owned and operated by NGET; “permissive paths” means new paths providing restricted public access within the Order limits along the approximate routes shown on the outline landscape and ecology management plan; “power conversion stations” means inverters, transformers and switch gear with monitoring and control systems housed in an enclosure or enclosures mounted on metal stilts pile driven into the ground or metal skids on concrete foundations; “solar panel” means a solar photovoltaic panel or module designed to convert solar irradiance to electrical energy; “substation” means a substation containing electrical equipment required to switch, transform, convert electricity and provide reactive power compensation on concrete slab foundations; “switch gear” means a combination of electrical disconnect switches, fuses or circuit breakers used to control, protect and isolate electrical equipment; and “transformer” means a structure serving to transform electricity to a higher voltage. Authorised development 2 In the Districts of Newark and Sherwood, West Lindsey and Bassetlaw and in the Counties of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire a nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14 and 15 of the 2008 Act and associated development under section 115(1)(b) of the 2008 Act. 3 The nationally significant infrastructure project comprises one generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of over 50 megawatts comprising all or any of the work numbers in this Schedule or any part of any work number in this Schedule— Work No. 1 – a ground mounted solar photovoltaic generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of over 50 megawatts, including— (a) solar panels fitted to mounting structures; and (b) power conversion stations, and associated development within the meaning of s115(2) of the 2008 Act comprising— Work No. 2 – energy storage facility comprising battery energy storage system compounds including— (a) battery energy storage system (BESS) units each comprising an enclosure for BESS electro-chemical components and associated equipment, joined or close coupled to each other, mounted on a concrete foundation slab; (b) transformers and associated bunding; (c) inverters, switch gear, power conversion systems and ancillary equipment; (d) containers or enclosures housing all or any of Work Nos. 2(a), (b) and (c) and ancillary equipment; (e) monitoring and control systems housed within the containers or enclosures comprised in Work Nos. 2(a) or (d) or located separately in its own container or enclosure; (f) heating, ventilation and air conditioning or liquid cooling systems either housed on or within each of the containers or enclosures comprised in Work Nos. 2(a), (d) and (e), integrated into or attached to the side or top of each of the containers or enclosures, or located separate to but near to each of the containers or enclosures; (g) fire safety infrastructure including water storage units, aerosol systems, automatic sprinklers and a shut-off valve for containment of fire water and hard standing to accommodate emergency vehicles; (h) containers or similar structures to house spare parts and materials required for the day to day operation of the BESS facility; (i) acoustic fencing or acoustic barriers; and (j) ancillary buildings including control room, office, welfare, storage, workshop and metering. Work No. 3 – works in connection with onsite substation compounds including— (a) substation including transformers, 400kV switchgear either housed within a building or gas insulated, 33kV switch room buildings and ancillary equipment including harmonic filters and reactive power units; and (b) ancillary buildings and structures including control buildings, metering equipment, office, welfare, storage and workshop. Work No. 4 – works to lay high voltage electrical cables and to facilitate the connection of the authorised development to the National Grid High Marnham Substation and access for the electrical cables, including— (a) works to lay up to 400 kilovolt electrical cables connecting Work No. 3 into the National Grid High Marnham Substation; (b) laying down of temporary construction areas and internal access tracks, ramps, means of access, footways, including the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure, signage and information boards; and (c) electrical engineering works in and around the National Grid High Marnham Substation. Work No. 5 – works including— (a) electrical cables up to 132kV; (b) fencing, gates, and other boundary treatments; (c) security measures including CCTV columns, lighting columns, cameras, weather stations, and communication infrastructure; (d) landscape and biodiversity mitigation and enhancement including planting of new vegetation and seeding; (e) vegetation removal; (f) 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; (g) laying down and creation of internal access tracks, ramps, means of access and footpaths and improvement of access tracks; (h) temporary footpath diversions; (i) earthworks; (j) tunnelling, boring and drilling works; (k) sustainable drainage system ponds and general drainage; and (l) laying down of permissive paths, signage and information boards. Work No. 6 – temporary construction and decommissioning compounds including— Work No. 6A – up to two primary temporary construction and decommissioning areas— (a) areas of hardstanding; (b) car parking; (c) site and welfare offices, canteens and workshops; (d) area to store materials and equipment; (e) storage and waste skips; (f) area for download and turning; (g) security infrastructure, including cameras, perimeter fencing and lighting; (h) site drainage and waste management infrastructure; and (i) electricity, water, waste water and telecommunications connections; and Work No. 6B – up to ten secondary temporary construction and decommissioning areas— (a) areas to store materials and equipment; (b) storage and waste skips; (c) area for download and turning; (d) security infrastructure including cameras, lighting and fencing; and (e) site and welfare offices, canteens and workshops. Work No. 7 – works to facilitate access to Work Nos. 1 to 6 and 8 including— (a) creation of accesses from any street or highway; (b) creation of visibility splays; (c) works to alter the layout of any street or highway; (d) works to widen and surface any streets; and (e) making and maintaining passing places. Work No. 8 – works to create, enhance and maintain green infrastructure and mitigation, including— (a) landscape and biodiversity mitigation and enhancement areas; (b) habitat creation and management, including earthworks, landscaping, means of enclosure, and the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure; and (c) improvements to existing public rights of way, signage and information boards. In connection with and in addition to Work Nos. 1 to 8 further associated development within the Order limits including— (a) fencing, gates, boundary treatment and other means of enclosure; (b) bunds, embankments, trenching and swales; (c) works to the existing irrigation system and works to alter the position and extent of such irrigation system; (d) surface water drainage systems, storm water attenuation systems including storage basins, oil water separators, including channelling and culverting and works to existing drainage networks; (e) 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; (f) works to alter the course of, or otherwise interfere with, non-navigable rivers, streams or watercourses; (g) works for the provision of security and monitoring measures such as CCTV columns, security cabins, lighting columns and lighting, cameras, lightning protection masts and weather stations; (h) improvement, maintenance, repair and use of existing streets, private tracks and access roads; (i) laying down, maintenance and repair of new internal access tracks, ramps, means of access, footpaths, permissive paths, cycle routes and roads, crossings of drainage ditches and watercourses, including signage and information boards; (j) temporary footpath diversions and closures; (k) noise, landscaping and biodiversity mitigation and enhancement measures including planting and acoustic fencing or acoustic barriers; (l) tunnelling, boring and drilling works; (m) earthworks, 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; (n) other works to mitigate any adverse effects of the construction, maintenance, operation or decommissioning of the authorised development, and further associated development comprising such other works or operations as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of the authorised development but only within the Order limits and insofar as they are unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.