Made on 5 February 2026 and in force from 6 February 2026, the Stonestreet Green Solar (Correction) Order updates the development consent for the 99.9MW solar‑plus‑storage scheme near Aldington, Kent. It is a tidy but important intervention that aligns the consent with the documents examined and relied on at decision. (gov.uk)

Two corrections do the heavy lifting. First, the consent now signposts the correct version of the Outline Operational Surface Water Drainage Strategy and its appendices. Second, it inserts the Environmental Statement’s Landscape and Views figure pack (Figures 8.1–8.11.4, Part 1 of 2), ensuring visual evidence is explicitly captured in the legal record. That level of version control matters for delivery and enforcement. (national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk)

Drainage is where climate risk meets construction detail. Environment Agency guidance requires climate‑change allowances for peak rainfall and river flows to be factored into nationally significant infrastructure; citing the right strategy in the consent helps engineers design, regulators review and communities scrutinise against a common baseline. Widely used best practice, such as CIRIA’s SuDS Manual (C753), underpins the approach to infiltration, attenuation and water‑quality treatment. (gov.uk)

The Landscape and Views figures strengthen accountability on visual impact. They anchor photomontages, viewpoints and mitigation in the public record, so planners and residents can check whether screening, heights and layouts stay faithful to the Environmental Statement during detailed design and build‑out. (gov.uk)

For context, development consent for Stonestreet Green was granted on 23 October 2025 with a maximum export capacity of 99.9MW. The project lies south‑east of Ashford with grid connection at the Sellindge substation. None of those headline parameters change as a result of this correction order. (gov.uk)

Procedurally, this is routine. Under Schedule 4 of the Planning Act 2008, the Secretary of State can correct errors and omissions within the relevant period and after notifying affected planning authorities. The mechanism protects legal clarity without reopening the planning balance or altering the scheme’s substance. (publications.parliament.uk)

For delivery teams, the safer path is clearer. Contractors can programme works against the right drainage drawings; ecologists and landscape architects can reference the precise figure set; and local authorities have firmer footing for compliance audits, conditions sign‑off and-if needed-enforcement. That reduces re‑work, dispute risk and delay.

For communities tracking the build, the document codes are practical signposts. ‘7.14’ maps to the operational surface water drainage strategy published during examination, while ‘REP4‑012’ identifies the fourth‑deadline landscape figure pack in the Planning Inspectorate library. Using those references, residents can match what they see on site to what’s secured in the consent. (national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk)

Zooming out, the order fits the 2025 energy National Policy Statements, which ask decision‑makers to meet the urgent need for low‑carbon generation while safeguarding people and nature. Getting the paperwork right is part of delivering both-clean power with credible environmental guarantees. (gov.uk)

What happens next is practical rather than political. Expect the promoter to lock these references into its design freeze, keep its Outline Landscape and Ecological Management Plan aligned, and brief contractors so site teams, auditors and residents are all reading from the same page. (national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk)