Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 968
Infrastructure Planning
The Viking CCS Carbon Dioxide Pipeline (Correction) Order 2025
Made
19th August 2025
Coming into force
20th August 2025
The Viking CCS Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Order 2025(1) (“the Viking CCS Pipeline 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.
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, the Secretary of State received a written request from the applicant(3) for the correction of errors and omissions in the Viking CCS Pipeline Order.
In accordance with paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 4 to the Act, the Secretary of State has informed each relevant local planning authority for the area in which the land to which the Viking CCS Pipeline Order relates is situated that the request has been received.
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1(4) and (8) of Schedule 4 to, the Act, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Viking CCS Carbon Dioxide Pipeline (Correction) Order 2025 and comes into force on 20th August 2025.
Correction of original order
2. The Viking CCS Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Order 2025 is corrected as set out in the table 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;
(c)column 3 sets out the text to be substituted, inserted, or omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
John Wheadon
Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning Delivery
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
19th August 2025
Article 2
SCHEDULE
| (1) Where the correction is to be made | (2) How the correction is to be made | (3) Text to be substituted, inserted, or omitted |
|---|---|---|
| Part 1, Article 48, paragraph 1 | In paragraph 1 for “is” substitute | “is to be” |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, Work No.48c | For “accesses” substitute | “access” |
| Schedule 2, Part 2, paragraph 23(2) | Before “in the event” insert | “Subject to sub-paragraph (4)” |
| Schedule 2, Part 2, paragraph 23(4) | For sub-paragraph (4) substitute |
“(4) Where an application has been made to a discharging authority for any consent, agreement or approval under a requirement and the relevant discharging authority does not determine the application within the period set out in sub-paragraph (1) and— (a)such application is accompanied by a statement pursuant to sub-paragraph (3)(a) which states that the subject matter of such application is likely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects compared to those in the environmental statement; or (b)the application is not accompanied by a statement pursuant to sub-paragraph (3)(a) but the discharging authority has determined during the period set out in sub-paragraph (1) that the subject matter of the application will give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects compared to those in the environmental statement, then the application is to be taken to have been refused by the discharging authority at the end of that period.” |
| Schedule 9, Part 4, paragraph 34(1) | For “article 8 (street works), 9 (power to alter layout, etc. of streets), 10 (construction and maintenance of altered streets) or 11 (temporary stopping up of public rights of way)” substitute | “article 9 (street works), article 10 (power to alter layout, etc. of streets) or 12 (temporary restriction of public rights of way)” |
| Schedule 9, Part 4 paragraph 34(2) | For “article 11 (temporary stopping up of public rights of way)” substitute | “article 12 (temporary restriction of public rights of way)” |
| Schedule 9, Part 5, paragraph 48, in the definition of “undertaker” | For “article 2” substitute | “article 2 (interpretation)” |
| Schedule 9, Part 6, paragraph 64, in the definition of “specified work” | For “article 15 (maintenance of authorised development)” substitute | “article 5 (power to maintain the authorised development)” |
| Schedule 9, Part 8, paragraph 98, in the definition of “plan” | For “within the Order Limits” substitute | “within the Order limits;” |
| Schedule 9, Part 9, paragraph 117(2)(l) | For “article 24 (compulsory acquisition of rights)” substitute | “article 24 (compulsory acquisition of rights and restrictive covenants)” |
| Schedule 9, Part 10, paragraph 134(5) | For “article 48” substitute | “article 48 (arbitration)” |
| Schedule 9, Part 11, paragraph 147(2) | For “paragraph 6(1)” substitute | “paragraph 160(2)” |
| Schedule 9, Part 12, paragraph 163, in the definition of “commence” | For “article 2” substitute | “article 2 (interpretation)” |
| Schedule 9, Part 12, paragraph 164(1)(c) | For “or out in place” substitute | “or put in place” |
| Schedule 9, Part 13, paragraph 194(5)(a) | For “submission” substitute | “submissions” |
| Schedule 9, Part 14, paragraph 197, in the definition of “Uniper” | For “2796628” substitute | “02796628” |
2008 c. 29. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 was amended by paragraph 70 of Schedule 13, and Part 20 of Schedule 25, to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20). There are other amendments to the Act that are not relevant to this Order.
The term “applicant” is defined in paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Act.