The Stonestreet Green Solar (Correction) Order 2026
The Stonestreet Green Solar (Correction) Order 2026 is a Statutory Instrument made by the Secretary of State to rectify specific, correctable errors in The Stonestreet Green Solar Order 2025, which originally granted development consent for the solar project under the Planning Act 2008.
This Order formally applies numerous minor textual substitutions, insertions, and omissions listed in a schedule to ensure the underlying development consent documentation is accurate and legally sound.
Arguments For
Ensures the legal instrument granting development consent for the Stonestreet Green Solar project is accurately recorded and free from identifiable errors, thereby upholding administrative correctness.
Facilitates the orderly implementation of the associated renewable energy infrastructure by correcting references, definitions, and associated documentation schedules stipulated in the original Order.
Utilizes the established statutory mechanism (Schedule 4 to the Planning Act 2008) designed specifically for rectifying correctable errors in Development Consent Orders, providing legal certainty.
Arguments Against
The need for correction indicates pre-existing flaws in the drafting or scrutiny process of the original 2025 Order, which could raise minor questions regarding the initial diligence applied.
While corrections are minor, they involve altering specific textual elements, schedules, and document references, requiring developers and local authorities to update their records related to the project, incurring minor administrative overhead.
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2026 No. 131
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING
The Stonestreet Green Solar (Correction) Order 2026
Made - - - -
5th February 2026
Coming into force - -
6th February 2026
This introduces the legislation as a Statutory Instrument, numbered 131 of 2026, falling under the category of Infrastructure Planning.
It specifies that the Order was made on February 5th, 2026, and officially came into force the following day, February 6th, 2026.
The Stonestreet Green Solar Order 2025( 1 ) ('the Stonestreet Green Order'), which granted development consent within the meaning of the Planning Act 2008( 2 ) ('the Act'), contains correctable errors within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Act.
The primary purpose is established: correcting identifiable errors in the previous Stonestreet Green Solar Order of 2025.
This previous Order granted development consent for the project under the framework of the Planning Act 2008.
The identified errors are specified as those that are 'correctable' under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 of the Act.
In accordance with paragraph 1(5)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act, before the end of the relevant period (as defined in paragraph 1(6)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act)( 3 ), the Secretary of State received a written request from the applicant( 4 ) for the correction of errors and omissions in the Stonestreet Green Order.
The legal basis for proceeding is confirmed.
The Secretary of State received a formal written request from the project applicant seeking the correction of errors.
This request was made within the legally defined time limit ('the relevant period') as specified in the Planning Act 2008.
In accordance with paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 4 to the Act, the Secretary of State has informed each relevant local planning authority( 5 ) for the area in which the land to which the Stonestreet Green Order relates is situated, that the request has been received.
As required by procedure, the Secretary of State notified all local planning authorities affected by the land covered under the original Order.
This notification confirmed receipt of the applicant's request for corrections.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 119, and paragraphs 1(4) and 1(8) of Schedule 4 to the Act, makes the following Order.
The Secretary of State executes the authority granted under specific sections of the Planning Act 2008, namely Section 119 and relevant parts of Schedule 4, to officially issue this resulting Correction Order.
Citation and commencement
- This Order may be cited as the Stonestreet Green Solar (Correction) Order 2026 and comes into force on 6th February 2026.
Article 1 provides the official legal title for this new instrument, citing it as the Stonestreet Green Solar (Correction) Order 2026.
It confirms that its legal effect begins on February 6th, 2026.
Corrections
- The Stonestreet Green Order is corrected as set out in Table 1 in the Schedule to this Order, where-
- (a) column 1 sets out where the correction is to be made;
- (b) column 2 sets out how the correction is to be made; and
- (c) column 3 sets out the text which is to be substituted, inserted or omitted.
Article 2 directs readers to the Schedule, specifically Table 1, which contains the precise details of the changes.
The table uses three columns: specifying the location of the error (column 1), the method of correction (column 2), and the actual text being replaced, added, or removed (column 3).
| Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. |
A status note indicates that the version being viewed is the initial text as enacted, and it is currently only available in this original format, implying no subsequent amendments have occurred to this correction order itself.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
5th February 2026
John Wheadon Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning Delivery & Innovation Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
This section verifies the enactment of the Order, showing it was signed on February 5th, 2026, under the authority of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero by a designated official.
SCHEDULE
Corrections
Table 1
| (1) Where the correction is to be made | (2) How the correction is to be made | (3) Text to be substituted, inserted or omitted |\n|---|---|---|\n| Preamble | For 'Planning Act 2008(a)('the 2008 Act')' substitute | 'Planning Act 2008(a) ('the 2008 Act')' |\n| Article 2(1) (definition of 'cycleway') | After 'Road Traffic Act 1988(a)' insert | ')' |\n| Article 2(1) (definition of 'National Grid') | For '2366977' substitute | '02366977' |\n| Article 10(3) | For '(notice of certain works)' substitute | '(advance notice of certain works)' |\n| Article 16(1) | After 'powers and duties of' insert | 'traffic' |\n| Article 28(1) | For 'Paragraph 21(1) of article 21' substitute | 'Paragraph (1) of article 21' |\n| Article 30(1)(a) | After '1981 Act(a)' omit | ')' |\n| Paragraph 33, Part 4, Schedule 13 | After 'South Eastern Power Networks plc' insert | '(company number 03043097)' |\n| Paragraph 62, Part 6, Schedule 13 | For '3385525, who' substitute | '03385525, whose' |\n| Part 1, Schedule 14, row 7 ('outline battery safety management plan'), column (3) ('revision number') | For '1' substitute | '2' |\n| Part 1, Schedule 14, row 14 ('outline operational surface water drainage strategy'), column (1) ('Document name') | After 'outline operational surface water drainage strategy' insert | '(excluding appendices A, B, C and D)' |\n| Part 1, Schedule 14 (new row) | After row 14 ('outline operational surface water drainage strategy (excluding appendices A, B, C and D)'), insert a new row | Column (1) 'outline operational surface water drainage strategy, appendices A, B, C and D' Column (2) '7.14(B)' |\n| Part 2, Schedule 14, row 3 ('Chapter 5: Alternatives and Design Evolution'), | For '[AS-101]' substitute | Column (4) 'January 2025' '[AS-010]' |
The Schedule details various corrections across the original Order and its appendices within Table 1.
These include minor punctuation fixes in the Preamble, correcting a definition concerning 'cycleway', updating the National Grid registration number prefix, and clarifying the wording regarding 'notice of certain works' in Article 10(3).
Further changes involve updating corporate details for a power company in Schedule 13 and revising document details, revision numbers, and appendix inclusions related to operational drainage strategies in Schedule 14 documents.
| (1) Where the correction is to be made | (2) How the correction is to be made | (3) Text to be substituted, inserted or omitted |\n|---|---|---|\n| column (5) (Examination library reference) | | |\n| Part 2, Schedule 14 (new row) | After row 9 ('Chapter 13: Traffic and Access') insert a new row | Column (1) 'Environmental statement' Column (2) 'Chapter 8: Landscape and Views Figures 8.1 - 8.11.4 Part 1 of 2' Column (3) '5.3(A)' Column (4) 'March 2025' |\n| Part 2, Schedule 14, row 10 ('Figures 10.1 - 10.8: Water Environment'), column (2) ('Replacement or supplementary part') | For 'Figures 10.1 - 10.8: Water Environment' substitute | 'Chapter 10: Water Environment Figures 10.1 - 10.8' |\n| Part 2, Schedule 14, row 20 ('Appendix 10.4: Aldington Flood Risk Storage Area Risk Assessment'), column (5) ('Examination library reference') | For '[REP1-042]' substitute | '[REP1-034]' |\n| Paragraph 1(1), Schedule 16 | For 'arbitration rales' substitute | 'arbitration rules' |
This continuation of Table 1 introduces further amendments, primarily affecting Part 2 of Schedule 14 which lists environmental and design documents.
Notable changes involve inserting a new required entry for the Environmental Statement's landscape chapter, correcting the listed title for the Water Environment chapter, updating an examination library reference for a flood risk assessment, and correcting a simple typo from 'rales' to 'rules' in the arbitration provisions of Schedule 16.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order corrects errors identified in the Stonestreet Green Solar Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1175), a development consent order made under the Planning Act 2008, following a request made under paragraph 1(5)(a) of Schedule 4 to that Act.
The Explanatory Note clarifies that the instrument's sole function is correcting errors found in the prior 2025 Development Consent Order for the Stonestreet Green Solar project.
It confirms the original Order was made under the Planning Act 2008 and notes that this correction followed the necessary statutory procedures.