2012 - 2013, Forewind, Zone 3 - Dogger Bank, Creyke Beck Environmental Statement

In June 2008 The Crown Estate announced proposals for the third round (Round 3) of offshore wind farm leasing, following on from the 8 gigawatts (GW) planned from earlier United Kingdom (UK) offshore wind leasing programmes (Rounds 1 and 2). Subsequent to this announcement, the Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment (Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) 2009) was carried out, to examine the potential for 25GW of additional UK offshore wind. This document constitutes the ES for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck, presenting the findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process. The ES is submitted in support of a Development Consent Order (DCO) application and is required under the Infrastructure Planning Regulations (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009 (which transpose the EIA requirements of the EU Directive (EIA Directive) 85/337/EEC (as amended by Directive 97/11/EC and Directive 2003/35/EC)