The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2023

Made: 13th December 2023

Coming into force: 14th December 2023

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

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This Order may be cited as the Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2023 and comes into force on 14th December 2023.

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.

Amendment to Part 3 (Requirements) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project)

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In Part 3 (Requirements) of Schedule 1 (Authorised Project), in paragraph 16(18), for “must not exceed two” substitute “must not exceed four”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Energy, Security and Net Zero

John Wheadon — Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning Delivery — Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero — 13th December 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 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.

[^f00002]: 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, S.I. 2022/634 and S.I. 2023/1071.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2022/138, as amended by S.I. 2022/944 and S.I. 2022/1004.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2011/2055. Regulations 6 and 7 were both amended by S.I. 2012/635, S.I. 2015/760, S.I. 2020/1534 and S.I. 2020/764.