Statutory Instruments
Infrastructure Planning
Made
24th April 2015
Coming into force
25th April 2015
The Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014 (“the Order”)(1), which granted development consent within the meaning of the Planning Act 2008 (“the Act”)(2), contained correctable errors within the meaning of the Act.
Before the end of the relevant period, as defined in paragraph 1(6)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act, the Secretary of State received a written request for the correction of errors in the Order.
The Secretary of State has informed Lancaster City Council and Lancashire County Council, as the planning authorities for the area in which the land to which the Order relates is situated that the Secretary of State is required to inform, that the request has been received in accordance with paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 4 to the Act.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 119 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Act, makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2015 and comes into force on 25th April 2015.
2. The Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014 is to be corrected as provided for in the table in the Schedule, where—
(a)the first column identifies the location of the correction;
(b)the second column quotes text to be omitted or otherwise identifies how a correction is to be made; and
(c)the third column identifies any text to be substituted or inserted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Giles Scott
Head of National Infrastructure Consents and Coal Liabilities
Department of Energy and Climate Change
24th April 2015
Article 2
| Provision | Text to be omitted/how correction is to be made | Substituted or inserted text |
|---|---|---|
| Article 4(2) | Insert before “discharging” | “the” |
| After the second “approval” omit “is” | ||
| Article 5(7) | Substitute for “of” after “notification ” in both places | “prior to” |
| Article 36(2) | Omit “within the period of 30 days beginning with the date of service of the notice” | |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 1, definition of “Work No. 2”, sub-paragraph (a) | Substitute for “monopole” | “monopile” |
| Schedule 1, Part 3, paragraph 5(1) | Substitute for “monopole” | “monopile” |
| Schedule 1, Part 3, paragraph 40 | Substitute for “and restoration of the substation site identified” | “comprised” |
| Schedule 12, Part 3, paragraph 9(1) | Omit after sub-paragraph (b) “by reason or in consequence of any such damage or interruption” |
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Order corrects errors and omissions in the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014, a development consent order under the Planning Act 2008, following a request under paragraph 1(6)(a) of Schedule 4 to that Act.
2008 c.29. The Act was amended by Chapter 6 of Part 6 of, and Schedule 13 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c.20), and by section 112 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23). Sections 127, 130, 131, 132 and 138 were amended by the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c.27). Sections 128, 129 and 137 were repealed by the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013. There are other amendments which are not relevant to this Order.