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Paragraph 13 Wake EffectsI1

England, Wales and Scotland As made

(1)

No part of any WTG may be erected as part of the authorised development until either—

(a)

a wake effects plan has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State following consultation with the owners of the existing offshore wind farms; or

(b)

the undertaker has provided evidence to the Secretary of State that alternative mitigation for wake effects has been agreed with each of the owners of the existing offshore wind farms.

(2)

A wake effects plan provided in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) must include—

(a)

details of reasonable steps that have been taken by the undertaker in the final design of the authorised development or reasonable measures which will be applied during the operation of the authorised development (or both) to minimise wake effects on the existing offshore wind farms without materially reducing the capacity of the authorised development;

(b)

a wake effects assessment showing the modelled wake effect of the proposed final design on the existing offshore wind farms;

(c)

details of consultation with the owners of the existing offshore wind farms and the extent of any agreement or disagreement with them on—

(i)

whether any design changes or operational measures could further reduce the wake effect impacts; and

(ii)

the conclusions of the wake effects assessment provided under paragraph 2(b).

(3)

Where paragraph (1)(a) applies, the wake effects plan must be implemented as approved and the design plan submitted to the licensing authority under condition 9(1)(a) of Schedule 6 (Deemed Marine Licence under the 2009 Act: Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Generation Assets) to this Order must be in accordance with any approved wake effects plans.

(4)

For the purposes of this requirement—

  • “existing offshore wind farms” includes the following—

    1. Barrow Offshore Windfarm;

    2. Burbo Bank Offshore Windfarm;

    3. Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Windfarm;

    4. Walney 1 Offshore Windfarm;

    5. Walney 2 Offshore Windfarm;

    6. Walney Extension 3 Offshore Windfarm;

    7. Walney Extension 4 Offshore Windfarm; and

    8. West of F1Duddon Sands Offshore Windfarm

provided that such wind farm remains operational on the date on which the application to discharge this requirement is made.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Sch. 2 para. 13(4) substituted (8.6.2026) by The Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Generation Assets (Correction) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/608), art. 1, Sch.

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 23.12.2025, see art. 1