The Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

1.  A nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14 and 15 of the 2008 Act approximately 7 kilometres off the north Wirral coast, 8.5 kilometres from Crosby beach and 12.2 kilometres off the coast of Point of Ayr, Wales, being an extension to the existing Burbo Bank offshore wind farm located on the bed of Liverpool Bay, comprising—

Work No. 1 –

(a) an offshore wind turbine generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of up to 259 MW comprising up to 69 wind turbine generators each fixed to the seabed by one of three foundation types (namely steel monopile foundation, gravity base foundation or jacket foundation), fitted with rotating blades and situated within the Order limits and further comprising (b) below;

(b) a network of cables laid underground within the Order limits between the WTGs and Work No. 2, for the transmission of electricity and electronic communications between those different structures;

and associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) of the 2008 Act comprising—

Work No. 2 – up to one offshore substation fixed to the seabed by one of three foundation types (namely steel monopile foundation, gravity base foundation or jacket foundation), within the Order limits;

Work No. 3 – a grid connection from Work No. 2 consisting of up to two cables laid along routes within the Order limits, including one or more cable crossings, to Welsh territorial waters at grid coordinates 53° 25.82′/-3° 21.97′ and 53° 25.99′/-3° 22.32′;

and in connection with such Works No. 1 to 3 and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such work, further associated development comprising such other works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the relevant part of the authorised project and which fall within the scope of the work assessed by the environmental statement and the provisions of the deemed marine licences.