The Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Applications for Consent) Regulations 2006

Publication of notice of application for consent under section 36 and declaration under section 36A

4.—(1) The applicant shall publish notice of an application—

(a) in two successive weeks in one or more local newspapers which are likely to come to the attention of those likely to be affected by the proposed development;

(b) in Lloyd’s List and in one or more national newspapers;

(c) if there are in circulation one or more appropriate fishing trade journals which are published at intervals not exceeding one month, in at least one such trade journal; and

(d) in the London Gazette, or, in respect of an application relating to an offshore generating station located or to be located in that part of the Renewable Energy Zone that lies within the part of the sea which is to be treated as adjacent to Northern Ireland for the purposes of article 3(1) of the Adjacent Waters Boundaries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(1), the Belfast Gazette.

(2) The notice shall describe, by reference to a map, the location to which the application relates, and shall provide that the map may be inspected, during normal office hours, by members of the public either—

(a) at the offices—

(i) of each local planning authority in England and Wales upon whom the applicant serves notice of that application under regulation 6(2) or pursuant to a direction of the Secretary of State under regulation 6(4); or

(ii) of any relevant planning authority upon whom the applicant serves notice of the application under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 8; or

(b) at an address which is reasonably accessible to those likely to be affected by the consent applied for if it is granted.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to an application for an extension or change in the manner of operation where the Secretary of State—

(a) considers the extension or change to be of a minor character; and

(b) gives a direction dispensing with the requirements of those paragraphs.

(1)

S.I. 2002/791.