2016 No. 471

Infrastructure Planning

The Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2016

Made

Coming into force

An application has been made, under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 20081, to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 20112 for a non-material change to the Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 20143.

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 20114 and the further information requested by the Secretary of State from various persons, 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 paragraph 2(1) and (9) of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2016 and comes into force on 1st April 2016.

Amendment to the Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 20142

The Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014 (“the 2014 Order”) is amended in accordance with this Order.

Amendments to Part 3 (requirements) of Schedule 1 (authorised project)3

Part 3 (requirements) of Schedule 1 (authorised project) is amended as follows—

a

in paragraph 2(2)(b), for “1,800 m²” substitute “2,400 m²”;

b

in paragraph 2(5)(b), for “1,800 m² or 45 metres” substitute “2,500 m² or 50 metres”; and

c

in paragraph 10, for “MHWS” substitute “the mean low water mark”.

Revised plans4

1

For the purposes of the 2014 Order, the plans listed in column (1) of the Schedule must be treated as having been replaced by the plans listed in column (2).

2

In the 2014 Order, where a reference to “works plans” or “offshore works plans” includes a plan listed in column (1) of the Schedule, that reference must instead be read as including the corresponding plan listed in column (2).

3

The Schedule to this Order has effect.

Certification of revised plans5

1

The undertaker must, as soon as practicable after the making of this Order, submit copies of the plans listed in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order to the Secretary of State for certification that they are true copies of those plans.

2

A plan so certified by the Secretary of State is admissible in any proceedings as evidence of the contents of the document of which it is a copy.

3

In paragraph (1), the “undertaker” has the same meaning as in article 2(1) of the 2014 Order.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

Giles ScottHead of National Infrastructure Consents and Coal LiabilitiesDepartment of Energy and Climate Change

SCHEDULERevised plans

Article 4

(1)

(2)

Old plans

Revised plans

Offshore HVAC Collector Substation. Rev A. DRW. No- UK04-080500-DWR-0009

Offshore HVAC Collector Substation Indicative Layout (Drawing no. SIDE11A)

Reactive Compensation Substation. Rev A. DRW. No- UK04-080500-DWR-0007

Offshore HVAC Reactive Compensation Substation Indicative Layout (Drawing no. SIDE13A)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014, 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 amends some of the requirements of the project (see article 3) and substitutes new updated plans (see article 4 and the Schedule).