The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2022

Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 681

Infrastructure Planning

The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2022

Made

17th June 2022

Coming into force

18th June 2022

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) (the “2011 Regulations”) for a non-material change to the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015(3).

The Secretary of State, having considered the application, the responses to the publicity and consultation required by regulations 6 and 7 of the 2011 Regulations, 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 commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2022 and comes into force on 18th June 2022.

Amendment to the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015

2.  The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015 is amended in accordance with this Order.

Amendments to Part 3 (Requirements) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project)

3.  The detailed offshore design parameters in Part 3 (Requirements) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project) are amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph 4(4)(b), for “3,000” substitute “4,000”; and

(b) in paragraph 5(7)(b), for “1,900” substitute “3,000”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gareth Leigh

Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning Delivery

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

17th June 2022

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015, 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 increases the maximum amount of energy that can be used by piling hammers to install pin piles and monopiles that secure wind turbine generators and offshore platforms to the ocean floor.

(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. 2020/764 and S.I. 2020/1534.

(3)

S.I. 2015/318, as amended by S.I. 2015/1742, S.I. 2019/838 and S.I. 2020/329.