The Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Consent (Amendment No. 2) Order 2024

Statutory Instruments

2024 No. 955

Infrastructure Planning

The Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Consent (Amendment No. 2) Order 2024

Made

12th September 2024

Coming into force

13th September 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) (“the 2011 Regulations”) for a non-material change to the Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Development Consent Order 2022(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 (4), has decided to make the change 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 Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Consent (Amendment No. 2) Order 2024 and comes into force on 13th September 2024.

Amendment to the Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Development Consent Order 2022

2.  The Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Development Consent Order 2022 (“ the 2022 Order”) is amended in accordance with this Order.

Amendment to Schedule 1 (Authorised Development)

3.  In Schedule 1 to the 2022 Order (Authorised Development), in the description of Work no. 1 in 1A replace at 1A(b) “up to 48 gas reciprocating engines” with “up to 96 gas reciprocating engines”.

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

John Wheadon

Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning Delivery

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

12th September 2024

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Development Consent Order 2022, 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 gives flexibility in the delivery of the gas reciprocating engine element of the gas fired electricity generating station.

(1)

2008 c. 29. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 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. 2012/2654, S.I. 2012/2732, S.I. 2013/522, S.I. 2013/755, S.I. 2015/377, S.I. 2015/760, S.I. 2015/1682, 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. 2022/157 as amended by the Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Consent (Amendment) Order 2023, S.I. 2023/289.

(4)

S.I. 2011/2055. Regulations 6 and 7 were both amended by S.I. 2012/635 and 2015/760.