The North Wales Wind Farms Connection Order 2016

Decommissioning

17.—(1) Not less than 12 months before the date set out in Requirement 19 (expiry of development consent), 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) a timetable for the implementation and completion of the decommissioning and site restoration scheme;

(b) removal of works 1A and 1B;

(c) the restoration of the Order land;

(d) a methodology for the ecological management of sensitive habitats during the decommissioning and restoration works;

(e) a methodology for the management of traffic during the decommissioning and restoration works; and

(f) a decommissioning environmental management plan, which is, where relevant to the proposed works, substantially in accordance with the construction environmental management plan approved in accordance with Requirement 13.

(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.