2022 No. 1004
The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2022
Made
Coming into force
An application has been made, under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 20081, to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 20112 (“the 2011 Regulations”) for a non-material change to the Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm Order 20223 (“the Order”).
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 commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2022 and comes into force on 29th September 2022.
Amendment to the Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm Order 20222
The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm Order 2022 is amended in accordance with this Order.
Amendments to Part 1 (Authorised Development) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project)3
In Part 1 (Authorised development) of Schedule 1 (Authorised project), in paragraph (a) of the description of Work No. 1—
a
for “with an electrical export capacity of up to 1,800 MW at the point of connection to the offshore electrical platform(s) referred to at Work No. 2” substitute “with a gross electrical output of over 100 MW”
; and
b
for “up to 158 wind turbine generators” substitute “up to 145 wind turbine generators”
.
Amendments to Part 3 (Requirements) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project)4
Part 3 (Requirements) of Schedule 1 (Authorised project), is amended as follows—
a
in paragraph 3(1), for “158” substitute “145”
;
b
in paragraph 13(2)(a), for “Trimingham” substitute “Neatishead”
; and
c
in paragraph 13(2)(c), for “Kington Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7RL” substitute “St George’s House, DIO Head Office, DMS Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS14 9PY”
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
(This note is not part of the Order)