The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2024

Made: 11th November 2024

Coming into force: 12th November 2024

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 Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2024 and comes into force on 12thNovember 2024.

Amendment to the Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015

2

The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015 is amended in accordance with this Order.

Amendment to Part 3 (requirements) of Schedule 1 (authorised project)

3

In Part 3 (requirements) of Schedule 1 (authorised project), in paragraph 5(8)(b) for “1,900 kilojoules” substitute “3,000 kilojoules”.

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 — 11th November 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015, 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 increases the maximum hammer energy limit from 1,900 kJ to 3,000 kJ for pin-piles required to install the Offshore Platform within Project A.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c. 29. Paragraph 2 was amended 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 which are not relevant to this Order.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2011/2055. Relevant amendments to this instrument were made by S.I. 2012/635, S.I. 2012/2654, S.I. 2012/2732, S.I.2013/522, S.I. 2013/755, S.I. 2015/760, S.I. 2017/314, S.I. 2017/524, S.I. 2018/378, S.I. 2019/734 and S.I. 2020/1534.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2015/1592, as amended by S.I. 2019/669, S.I. 2020/851, S.I. 2020/1389, S.I.2021/39 and S.I. 2021/71.