The Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2017

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 464

Infrastructure Planning

The Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2017

Made

23rd March 2017

Coming into force

24th March 2017

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) for a non-material change to the Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014(3).

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 2011(4), 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 Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2017 and comes into force on 24th March 2017.

Amendment to the Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

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

Amendments to Part 1 (authorised development) of Schedule 1 (authorised project)

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

(a) in paragraph 2, for “1,200 MW” substitute “1,218 MW”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for Table 1 substitute the following table:

“Table 1

Co-ordinates for Wind Farm Area 1 (limits of deviation for Work No. 1)

Point	Latitude	Longitude
1	53° 58’ 42.179″ N	1° 44’ 31.880″ E
2	53° 55’ 46.445″ N	1° 47’ 47.796″ E
3	53° 55’ 53.992″ N	1° 48’ 39.422″ E
4	53° 54’ 58.313″ N	1° 47’ 32.926″ E
5	53° 54’ 17.250″ N	1° 48’ 17.274″ E
6	53° 53’ 31.505″ N	1° 47’ 33.690″ E
7	53° 52’ 09.910″ N	1° 47’ 42.124″ E
8	53° 51’ 28.123″ N	1° 49’ 07.614″ E
9	53° 51’ 13.307″ N	1° 48’ 03.216″ E
10	53° 50’ 42.649″ N	1° 47’ 48.974″ E
11	53° 50’ 02.841″ N	1° 47’ 41.467″ E
12	53° 50’ 03.890″ N	1° 43’ 58.211″ E
13	53° 50’ 05.118″ N	1° 38’ 58.430″ E
14	53° 55’ 09.293″ N	1° 39’ 52.024″ E
15	53° 56’ 03.228″ N	1° 41’ 00.143″ E
16	53° 56’ 23.259″ N	1° 43’ 05.437″ E
17	53° 56’ 29.670″ N	1° 43’ 45.592″ E
18	53° 58’ 17.828″ N	1° 41’ 46.795″ E
19	53° 58’ 42.179″ N	1° 44’ 31.880″ E”

(c) in paragraph 2, for Table 2 substitute the following table:

“Table 2

Co-ordinates for Wind Farm Area 2 (limits of deviation for Work No. 2)

Point	Latitude	Longitude
1	53° 49’ 53.896″ N	2° 01’ 09.958″ E
2	53° 50’ 43.613″ N	2° 01’ 29.135″ E
3	53° 52’ 33.454″ N	2° 00’ 29.519″ E
4	53° 53’ 18.324″ N	2° 04’ 04.112″ E
5	53° 55’ 17.217″ N	2° 01’ 34.030″ E
6	53° 55’ 22.663″ N	2° 02’ 14.219″ E
7	53° 56’ 16.303″ N	2° 01’ 15.269″ E
8	53° 56’ 46.586″ N	2° 05’ 04.031″ E
9	53° 57’ 12.481″ N	2° 04’ 32.376″ E
10	53° 57’ 24.509″ N	2° 06’ 06.700″ E
11	53° 50’ 10.018″ N	2° 13’ 57.158″ E
12	53° 49’ 14.297″ N	2° 11’ 36.820″ E
13	53° 49’ 53.896″ N	2° 01’ 09.958″ E”

(d) in paragraph 2, for Table 3 substitute the following table:

“Table 3

Co-ordinates for Wind Farm Area 3 (limits of deviation for Work No. 3)

Point	Latitude	Longitude
1	53° 55’ 17.217″ N	2° 01’ 34.030″ E
2	53° 53’ 18.324″ N	2° 04’ 04.112″ E
3	53° 52’ 33.454″ N	2° 00’ 29.519″ E
4	53° 50’ 43.613″ N	2° 01’ 29.135″ E
5	53° 49’ 53.896″ N	2° 01’ 09.958″ E
6	53° 49’ 58.584″ N	1° 59’ 54.762″ E
7	53° 49’ 58.944″ N	1° 58’ 59.804″ E
8	53° 50’ 02.841″ N	1° 47’ 41.467″ E
9	53° 50’ 42.649″ N	1° 47’ 48.974″ E
10	53° 51’ 13.307″ N	1° 48’ 03.216″ E
11	53° 51’ 28.123″ N	1° 49’ 07.614″ E
12	53° 52’ 09.910″ N	1° 47’ 42.124″ E
13	53° 53’ 31.505″ N	1° 47’ 33.690″ E
14	53° 54’ 17.250″ N	1° 48’ 17.274″ E
15	53° 54’ 58.313″ N	1° 47’ 32.926″ E
16	53° 55’ 53.992″ N	1° 48’ 39.422″ E
17	53° 56’ 22.870″ N	1° 51’ 57.409″ E
18	53° 55’ 31.318″ N	1° 52’ 54.282″ E
19	53° 55’ 37.592″ N	1° 53’ 38.108″ E
20	53° 55’ 23.329″ N	1° 55’ 20.262″ E
21	53° 55’ 08.162″ N	1° 56’ 10.619″ E
22	53° 55’ 35.429″ N	1° 59’ 20.944″ E
23	53° 55’ 02.525″ N	1° 59’ 45.776″ E
24	53° 55’ 17.217″ N	2° 01’ 34.030″ E”

Revised plans

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

(2) In the 2014 Order, where a reference to “the offshore works plans” includes a plan listed in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, 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 plans

5.—(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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Giles Scott

Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning and Coal Liabilities

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

23rd March 2017

Article 4

SCHEDULE Revised Plans

(1) Old plans	(2) Revised plans
Offshore Work Plans – Sheet 1 of 4 - Ref: UK04-060700-DRW-0002	Offshore Work Plans (June 2016 revision) – Sheet 1 of 4 – Ref: [HOW01349]
Offshore Work Plans – Sheet 2 of 4 - Ref: UK04-060700-DRW-0002	Offshore Work Plans (June 2016 revision) – Sheet 2 of 4 – Ref: [HOW01350]

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 definition of the authorised project (see article 3) and substitutes new updated plans (see article 4 and the Schedule).

(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 and S.I. 2015/760.

(3)

S.I. 2014/3331, as amended by S.I. 2015/1280 and S.I. 2016/471.

(4)

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