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Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in exercise of the powers conferred by section 72(3)(d) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, made the variations as detailed in the following documents.

The documents can also be seen on the NSIP section of the MMO website.

The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has issued a Decision letter on the non-material application made on 15 November 2019 for Teesside A.

The consultation responses for Dogger Bank Teesside A Offshore Wind Farm (Teesside A) have been published.

The Joint Non-Material Change consultation responses for Sofia Offshore Windfarm and Dogger Bank Teesside A have been published.

The Applicant has extended the deadline for submitting consultation responses to the non-material change application to the 17 July 2020 for the consultees inadvertently missed from the initial circulation list.

If you wish to make a representation, this should be emailed to [email protected]

An application for Non-Material Change for Dogger Bank Teesside A Offshore Wind Farm (Teesside A) has been made by Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm Project 3 Projco Limited.

If you wish to make a representation, this should be emailed to [email protected]

The deadline for receipt of representations is 29 July 2020.

Between 13-28 May 2020, the Planning Inspectorate email address contained in the Regulation 6 notice for both of the above non-material change applications ([email protected]) was inactive.

The address was reactivated on 29 May 2020 but any email sent to [email protected] between 13 and 28 May 2020 should be resent to [email protected].

Deadline for receiving consultation responses is 2 July 2020.

Two Non-Material Change applications to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have been made:

1. An application for Non-Material Change for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm made by Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Limited (SOWFL)
2. A joint application for Non-Material Change for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm and Dogger Bank Teesside A Offshore Wind Farm (Teesside A) made by Doggerbank Offshore Windfarm Project 3 Projco Limited and Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Limited (SOWFL)

The response to further consultation by the Secretary of State has been published.

The Secretary of State has requested further information in respect of the Non-Material Change Application, and extended deadline for responses until 21 April 2020.

The Secretary of State has requested further information in respect of the Non-Material Change Application. Deadline for responses is 14 April 2020.

The Responses to further consultation by the Secretary of State have been published.

The Secretary of State has requested further information and published a Habitats Regulations Assessment in respect of the Non-Material Change Application.

The Responses to Non-Material changes application has been published.

An application for Non-Material Changes for Dogger Bank Teesside A Offshore Wind Farm (Teesside A) has been made by Doggerbank Offshore Wind Farm Project 3 Projco Limited.

If you wish to make a representation, this should be emailed to [email protected] or posted to:
National Infrastructure
The Planning Inspectorate
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Bristol BS1 6PN
The deadline for receipt of representations is 10 January 2020

Further consultation responses have been published.

The comments for the non-material change have now been published.

An application for a non-material change to the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm (Formerly Dogger Bank Teesside B) has been made by Innogy Renewables UK Limited.

If you wish to make a representation, this should be emailed to [email protected] or posted to:
National Infrastructure
The Planning Inspectorate
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Bristol, BS1 6PN

The deadline for receipt of representations is 26 July 2018.

Since the Development Consent Order was granted, the original consortium that made up the applicant ‘Forewind Ltd’ has split.  Details of the two new companies are as follows:

Dogger Bank Teesside A

The new owner is Doggerbank Offshore Wind Farm Project 3 Projco Limited – owned equally by SSE and Statoil.

Dogger Bank Teesside B

The new owner is Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Limited – a wholly owned subsidiary of Innogy.  This development has been renamed to Sofia Offshore Wind Farm.

Details of these changes and information on a proposed non-material change application are contained in the letter from Innogy Renewables UK Limited, dated 20 February 2018.

The Secretary of State responded to Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Limited’s request for a reduced and focused scope of consultation for the proposed non-material change application (pursuant to Regulation 7(3) of the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011) in their letter of 30 April 2018