Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 1086
Infrastructure Planning
The Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) (Amendment) Order 2016
Made
11th November 2016
Coming into force
12th November 2016
An application has been made, under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008( 1 ), to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011( 2 ) for non-material changes to the Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 2015( 3 ).
The Secretary of State, having considered the application, the responses to the publicity and consultation required by regulations 6 and 7 of the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011 and the further information requested by the Secretary of State from various persons, has decided to make the changes on terms that in the opinion of the Secretary of State are not materially different from those proposed in the application.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 2(1) and (9) of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008, makes the following Order—
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) (Amendment) Order 2016 and comes into force on 12th November 2016.
Amendment to the Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 2015
2.The Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 2015 (“the 2015 Order”) is amended in accordance with this Order.
Amendments to Schedule 1 (authorised development)
3. —(1)Schedule 1 (authorised development) to the 2015 Order is amended as follows.
(2) In the description of numbered work 1B, for paragraph (e) substitute the following paragraph—
“ (e) three black start diesel generators where one gas turbine generator is constructed and one black start diesel generator where two, three, four or five gas turbine generators are constructed; ”
(3) In the description of numbered work 1B, insert the following paragraph after paragraph (g)—
“ (h) external fin fan cooler (where only one gas turbine generator is constructed). ”
Amendments to Schedule 2 (requirements)
4. In Schedule 2 (requirements) to the 2015 Order, Table 2 is replaced by Table 2 in the Schedule to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Giles Scott
Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning and Coal Liabilities
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
11th November 2016
Article 4
SCHEDULE
Table 2
| Building or structure | Maximum height (metres above existing site level of approx-imately 48.5 metres AOD) | Minimum height (metres above existing site level of approx-imately 48.5 metres AOD) | Maximum length (metres) | Minimum length (metres) | Maximum width (metres) | Minimum width (metres) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Each gas turbine generator (where one gas turbine generator is constructed) (part of numbered work 1A) | 19.0 | – | 50.0 | – | 40.0 | – |
| Each gas turbine generator (where two gas turbine generators are constructed) (part of numbered work 1A) | 19.0 | – | 30.0 | – | 30.0 | – |
| Each gas turbine generator (where three, four or five gas turbine generators are constructed) (part of numbered work 1A) | 10.0 | – | 36.0 | – | 23.0 | – |
| Each exhaust gas emission flue stack (where one gas turbine generator is constructed) (part of numbered work 1A) | 30.0 | 25.0 | – | – | 11.0 (up to and including a height of 16.5 metres above 48.5 metres AOD) and 10.0 (from a height exceeding 16.5 metres above 48.5 metres AOD to a height of 30.0 metres above 48.5 metres AOD) | – |
| Each exhaust gas emission flue stack (where two gas turbine generators are constructed) (part of numbered work 1A) | 30.0 | 25.0 | – | – | 8.4 | – |
| Each exhaust gas emission flue stack (where three, four or five gas turbine generators are constructed) (part of numbered work 1A) | 30.0 | 25.0 | – | – | 6.0 | – |
| Control room/office/ workshop (part of numbered work 1B) | 6.0 | – | 29.0 | – | 23.0 | – |
| Each black start diesel generator (part of numbered work 1B) | 5.0 | – | 17.0 | – | 5.0 | – |
| Raw/fire water tank (part of numbered work 1B) | 11.0 | – | 11.0 | – | 11.0 | – |
| Demineralised water tank (part of numbered work 1B) | 2.0 | – | 2.0 | – | 2.0 | – |
| Natural gas receiving station (part of numbered work 1B) | 5.0 | – | 50.0 | – | 36.0 | – |
| Gas treatment compound (part of numbered work 1B) | 5.0 | – | 29.0 | – | 16.0 | – |
| External fin fan cooler (where only one gas turbine generator is constructed) (part of numbered work 1B) | 6.0 | - | 13.0 | - | 10.0 | - |
| Switchyard /banking compound (part of numbered work 1C) | 11.3 | – | 60.0 | – | 60.0 | – |
| Switchgear building (part of numbered work 1C) | 11.3 | – | 21.0 | – | 15.0 | – |
| Gatehouse (part of numbered work 1D) | 4.5 | – | 9.0 | – | 8.0 | – |
| Above ground installation (part of numbered work 3A) | 3.0 | – | 72.0 | – | 52.0 | – |
| Pipeline inspection gauge facility (part of numbered work 3A) | 2.0 | – | 36.0 | – | 27.0 | – |
| Minimum offtake connection (part of numbered work 3A) | 2.0 | – | 36.0 | – | 25.0 | – |
| Sealing end compound (part of numbered work 5) | 12.5 | – | 22.0 | – | 45.0 | – |
| Substation: | ||||||
| (gas insulated substation) – (maximum compound size) (part of numbered work 5) | 12.5 | – | 80.0 | – | 100.0 | – |
(gas insulated substation) – (indoor switchgear hall) (part of numbered work 5) | 12.5 | – | 21.0 | – | 62.0 | – |
2008 c. 29 . Paragraph 2 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) , by paragraphs 1 and 72 of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) , and by section 28 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7) . There are other amendments to the Act that are not relevant to this Order.
S.I. 2011/2055 , as amended by S.I. 2012/635 and S.I. 2015/760 .
S.I. 2015/1570 , as amended by S.I. 2016/736 .