The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2022

Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 1004

Infrastructure Planning

The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2022

Made

28th September 2022

Coming into force

29th September 2022

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 Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm Order 2022(3) (“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 commencement

1.  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 2022

2.  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

Gareth Leigh

Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning Delivery

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

28th September 2022

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm 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 removes the limit on the maximum export capacity and reduces the number of turbines. This Order also makes a change to the address of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and amends the location of the remote radar head following consultation feedback.

(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, S.I. 2013/522, S.I. 2015/760, S.I. 2017/314, S.I. 2017/524, S.I. 2018/378, S.I. 2019/734, S.I. 2020/1534 and S.I. 2020/764.

(3)

S.I. 2022/138.