The Oaklands Farm Solar Park (Correction) Order 2025

The text confirms that the initial Oaklands Farm Solar Park Order 2025 contains errors that are legally correctable under Schedule 4 of the Planning Act 2008, which governs major infrastructure planning consents.

Before a specific time frame expired, the developer who applied for the consent formally submitted a written request to the Secretary of State asking for these documented mistakes to be rectified.

The Secretary of State subsequently notified all local planning authorities where the solar park land is located about receiving this formal request for corrections.

Exercising powers granted by the Act, the Secretary of State now issues this new Order to carry out the required corrections.

This first article establishes the formal title of this legal instrument as the Oaklands Farm Solar Park (Correction) Order 2025.

It also specifies the date the Order legally takes effect, which is set as October 9th, 2025.

This article directs that the specific changes needed for the 2025 Oaklands Farm Solar Park Order are detailed within a table located in the subsequent Schedule of this current correction Order.

The content of that table is structured into three columns: the first identifies the exact location of the error within the original Order, the second explains the required action (e.g., substitution), and the third provides the new text that must replace the original.

The Schedule provides the technical details of the required corrections, cross-referencing Article 2.

Most corrections involve replacing long strings of lettered sub-clauses (like (c), (d), (e)...) used to describe various works under Schedule 1 with completely renumbered sequences (starting from (a), (b), (c)...).

These extensive renumbering corrections apply across multiple specified Work Numbers (2 through 10/4A/4C/4D/5A/5B) in Schedule 1, Part 1, ensuring the description of the authorized development is internally consistent.

There is one specific textual correction in Schedule 1, Part 3, referencing paragraph 28(1)(b), where the text must change from referencing 'paragraph 30' to 'paragraph 29'.

This section provides an explanatory note confirming the purpose of the Order, which is not legally binding as part of the main instrument.

It clarifies that the instrument fixes errors found in the primary authorizing document, the Oaklands Farm Solar Park Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/739), which relates to development consent granted under the Planning Act 2008.