Planning application · Offshore wind · Marine Management Organisation
Blyth Offshore Wind Test Site
Operational41.5 MWSubmitted 1 March 2012Granted 8 November 2013
The application
- Planning authority
- Marine Management Organisation
- County or area
- Offshore
- Nation
- England
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 41.5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- EDF Energy Renewables
- Location
- between 1.8km and 13.8km off the east coast of Blyth in Northumberland
- Turbines
- 5
- First operating
- 2017
Timeline
- 1 March 2012 Planning application submitted
- 8 November 2013 Planning permission granted
- 22 October 2016 Construction started
- 22 October 2017 Operational
Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site
The pack for this site lists 11 comparable offshore wind incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0758, Service vessel collision damages turbine at Orsted's Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm, 28 km from this site.
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| EIR-0758 | 2024 | Service vessel collision damages turbine at Orsted's Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm | 28 km | Significant |
| EIR-1778 | 2018 | Engineer loses arm during repair at North Sea Siemens Gamesa turbine | 28 km | Major |
| EIR-0447 | 2023 | Fire destroyed turbine at Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm in 2023 | 349 km | Major |
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 8 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Blyth Offshore Wind Test Site from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.
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