The North Blyth Biomass Power Station Order 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order authorises the construction and operation of a biomass fuelled electricity generating station and associated works to be situated at the Blyth Harbour Commission’s Battleship Wharf, North Blyth, in the County of Northumberland. It also provides for the connection of those works via a cable connection laid underground to the electricity distribution system. For the purposes of the development that it authorises, North Blyth Energy Limited is authorised by the Order to acquire land and rights in land compulsorily or by agreement as well as to override easements and other rights. The Order imposes requirements in connection with the development for which it grants development consent.

The Order also grants a deemed marine licence for the marine licensable activities, being the deposit of substances and articles and the carrying out of works, involved in the construction of associated development comprising a cooling water intake in the estuary of the River Blyth and a cooling water outfall pipe and diffuser from the generating station in the North Sea. The deemed marine licence imposes conditions in connection with the deposits and works for which it grants consent.

A copy of the plans referred to in this Order and certified in accordance with article 28 (certification of plans, etc) of this Order may be inspected free of charge at the offices of Northumberland County Council at County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 2EF.