The Immingham Open Cycle Gas Turbine (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024

Statutory Instruments

2024 No. 446

Infrastructure Planning

The Immingham Open Cycle Gas Turbine (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024

Made

27th March 2024

Coming into force

28th March 2024

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 the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011(2) for a non-material change to the Immingham Open Cycle Gas Turbine Order 2020(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 the changes on terms that in the opinion of the Secretary of State are not materially different from those proposed in the application.

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

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Immingham Open Cycle Gas Turbine (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 and comes into force on 28th March 2024.

Amendment to the Immingham Open Cycle Gas Turbine Order 2020

2.  The Immingham Open Cycle Gas Turbine Order 2020 is amended in accordance with this Order.

Amendment to Schedule 12 (design parameters)

3.  For the table in Schedule 12, substitute—

“Table 9

(1) Building or structure	(2) Maximum length (metres)	(3) Maximum width (metres)	(4) Maximum height (metres above 0 meters above ordnance datum)	(5) Maximum diameter (metres)
Single gas turbine and generator	31	20	20	-
Gas turbine building	50	35	29	-
Exhaust stack	-	-	56	12
Air intakes	24	16	40	-
Fin-fan cooler	30	15	17	-
Control room, workshops, stores	35	20	16	-
Demineralised tank, firewater tank	-	-	32	24”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

David Wagstaff

Deputy Director – Energy Infrastructure Planning

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

27th March 2024

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Immingham Open Cycle Gas Turbine Order 2020, 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.

(1)

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.

(2)

S.I. 2011/2055, as amended by S.I. 2012/635, S.I. 2013/522, S.I. 2015/760, S.I. 2017/314, S.I. 2017/524, S.I. 2018/378, S.I. 2019/734, S.I. 2020/1534 and S.I. 2020/764.

(3)

S.I. 2020/847.