Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 329
Infrastructure Planning
The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2020
Made
20th March 2020
Coming into force
23rd March 2020
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 part 1 of the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011( 2 ) for a non-material change to the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015 (the “2015 Order”)( 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, has decided to make this Order amending the 2015 Order.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers in paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2020 and comes into force on 23rd March 2020.
Amendment to the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015
2.The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015 is amended in accordance with this Order.
Amendments to Part 1 (Authorised development) of Schedule 1 (Authorised project)
3. —(1)Part 1 (Authorised development) of Schedule 1 (Authorised project), is amended as follows.
(2) In the description of Project A offshore works, in paragraph (a) of the description of Work No. 1A, for “up to 1.2 gigawatts”, substitute “more than 100 megawatts”.
(3) In the description of Project B offshore works, in paragraph (a) of the description of Work No. 1B, for “up to 1.2 gigawatts” substitute “more than 100 megawatts”.
Amendment to Part 3 (Requirements) of Schedule 1 (Authorised project)
4. —(1) Part 3 (Requirements) of Schedule 1 (Authorised project) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 4(2), for the words “must be of such a size that if they were installed to the maximum permitted gross generating capacity specified for those works the total rotor-swept area for each Work No. would not exceed 4.35 square kilometres”, substitute “must not exceed a total rotor-swept area for each Work No. of 4.35 square kilometres”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Emily Bourne
Director Energy Development and Resilience
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
20th March 2020
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. 2015/318 , as amended by S.I. 2015/1742 and S.I. 2019/838 .