Schedule 25C, paragraph 9

Where, as required or permitted by paragraph 8, a decarbonisation readiness report is submitted with an application for the grant or variation of an environmental permit, the regulator may only grant that application if it determines that the CCR conditions or, as the case may be, the HCR conditions are met. In the case of an application in respect of a standard relevant generator, the regulator may, without further enquiry, accept a statement made in the application or any accompanying decarbonisation readiness report that the CCR conditions or, as the case may be, the HCR conditions are met, as conclusive proof of the truth of the satisfaction of those conditions. The regulator’s determination under sub-paragraph (1) must have regard to the CCR technical assessment or the HCR technical assessment included in the relevant decarbonisation readiness report. An environmental permit granted pursuant to an application of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (1)— must include a condition requiring the holder of the permit to carry out a review of their decarbonisation readiness report at intervals not exceeding 2 years; may include a condition requiring the permit holder to report to the regulator the findings of the review; may include a condition that the CCR conditions or, as the case may be, the HCR conditions must be met. By way of an exception from paragraph (1), in the case of a relevant generator, the regulator may grant an application to vary an environmental permit, where that permit was granted on or before the day on which the Environmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 come into force and the regulator is satisfied that, having regard to representations made, meeting the CCR conditions or, as the case may be, the HCR conditions would not be reasonably practicable due to the location or technical characteristics of the relevant generator.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30