The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has brought into force the Byers Gill Solar (Correction) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1124). Made on Friday 24 October 2025 and commencing on Monday 27 October 2025, the instrument corrects identified errors in the Byers Gill Solar Park Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/934) under the Planning Act 2008.
The Order records that the Secretary of State received a written request from the applicant within the ‘relevant period’ set by paragraph 1(6)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act, seeking correction of errors and omissions in the original development consent order. In line with paragraph 1(7), the Secretary of State informed the relevant local planning authorities that a correction request had been received.
Using powers in paragraphs 1(4) and 1(8) of Schedule 4 to the Planning Act 2008, the Secretary of State has made the corrections specified in the Schedule to S.I. 2025/1124. The Schedule presents each amendment in a three‑column format identifying where the correction is made, how it is made, and the exact text to be substituted, inserted, or omitted.
The instrument may be cited as the Byers Gill Solar (Correction) Order 2025. It was signed by John Wheadon, Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning and Innovation, acting with the authority of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, confirming departmental oversight of the corrections to the development consent order.
The correction order is confined to ‘correctable errors’ for the purposes of Schedule 4 and does not set new policy. Its function is to ensure that the legal drafting of the development consent order accurately reflects the Secretary of State’s decision and the materials before the department when the original consent was granted.
For the promoter and its supply chain, the immediate implication is administrative. Project controls, contract documents, land agreements, and any management plans referenced in requirement discharge submissions should be reviewed and updated to reflect corrected definitions, plan references, and requirement numbering from 27 October 2025.
Relevant local planning authorities, notified during the process, should reference the corrected articles and requirements when determining applications for discharge or enforcing the order. Decision notices and compliance assessments should rely on the updated text set out in the Schedule to S.I. 2025/1124.
From commencement, the corrected instrument forms the authoritative version of the Byers Gill development consent order. Stakeholders preparing requirement discharge applications, agreements with statutory undertakers, or compliance communications should read S.I. 2025/1124 alongside S.I. 2025/934 to ensure consistency with the operative provisions.