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What does Caveat mean? A caveat is a formal notice requiring a court or registry to give prior notice to the person lodging it (the caveator) before taking a specified step. In practice it is chiefly used to pause the issue of a probate grant, and in Scotland to secure intimation before urgent interim orders. England & Wales and Northern Ireland: A probate caveat (under the Non-Contentious Probate Rules and NI equivalents) prevents a grant of probate or letters of administration issuing without notice. It lasts six months, is renewable, can be “warned off”, and, if an appearance is entered, typically leads to...

Onshore Renewable Generating Stations: Planning, EIA, Pre‑application, PA 2008/NSIP and Electricity Act Consents in Great Britain

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Practice notes

For additional practical guidance on key legal issues in the wind sector, see also the textbook: Wind: Projects and Transactions.

What is a 'generating station'?

There are several different statutory definitions of a ‘generating station’ depending on context; however, for planning purposes the term will generally be accorded its plain or ordinary meaning, with the proviso that section 235 of the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008) imports the inclusive definition in section 64 of the Electricity Act 1989 (EA 1989) for all purposes other than Part 11. In all other parts, for a generating station wholly or mainly driven by water, ‘generating station’ includes every structure and work for holding or channelling water for a purpose directly connected to the generation of electricity by that station.

Planning permission for generating stations at or under 50 megawatts (MW)

Onshore power station applications at or below 50 MW (or in Wales, at or below 350 MW) and English or Welsh onshore wind generating stations are determined by the local planning Authority (LPA) under the normal planning regime (ie Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) and Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (TCP(S)A 1997))...

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