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The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 in England

S.I. 2021/71 · Made 22 January 2021

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Infrastructure Planning

Made 22nd January 2021

Coming into force 25th January 2021

An application has been made, under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008f1, to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011f2 for a non-material change to The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015 (“the 2015 Order”)f3.

The Secretary of State, having considered the application, the responses to the publicity and consultation has decided to make this Order amending the 2015 Order.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers in paragraph 2(1) and (9) of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

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).

f2

S.I. 2011/2055. Relevant amendments to this instrument were made by S.I. 2012/635, S.I. 2012/2654, S.I. 2012/2732, S.I. 2013/522, S.I. 2013/755, S.I. 2015/760, S.I. 2017/314, S.I. 2017/524, S.I. 2018/378 and S.I. 2019/734.

f3

S.I. 2015/1592, as amended by S.I. 2015/1742, S.I. 2019/669, S.I. 2020/851, S.I. 2020/1389 and S.I.2021/39.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015
  3. 3Amendments to Part 1 (Authorised development) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project)
  4. 4Amendments to Part 3 (Requirements) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project)
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 and comes into force on 25th January 2021.

2Amendment to The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015

The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015 is amended in accordance with this Order.

3Amendments to Part 1 (Authorised development) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project)

Paragraph 1 of Part 1 (Authorised development) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project) is amended as follows—

(a)

In Work No. 1A(d)(ii) after “the works comprised in” insert “Work No. 1A(b) or”;

(b)

In Work No. 1A(d)(iii) after “the works comprised in Work No. 1A(c);” delete “and”; and

(c)

After Work No. 1A(d)(iv) insert the following—

“(v)

any of the offshore platforms comprised in Work No. 1A(b); and”

4Amendments to Part 3 (Requirements) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project)

In Part 3 (Requirements) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project), in paragraph 6(2)(b), for “3,000” substitute “4,000”.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gareth Leigh

Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

22nd January 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015, a development consent order under the Planning Act 2008, following an application made in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011 for a non-material change under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008. This Order increases the maximum hammer energy limit for monopiles for wind turbine generators within Project A and clarifies the extent of the permitted inter-array cables within Project A.