Notice is hereby given that DONG Energy Walney Extension (UK) Limited (Company No 07306956) (registered offices at 5 Howick Place London SW1P 1WG) have applied for a declaration from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as set out in the Energy Act 2004 and the Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Safety Zones) (Applications Procedures and Control of Access) Regulations 2007 (SI No 2007/1948), that a safety zone scheme, which will apply to each individual element of the windfarm during construction and major maintenance, be placed around the Walney Extension offshore renewable energy installations (OREI) and offshore substations, to be constructed in the Irish Sea, around 19km west – southwest of Walney Island in Cumbria, 26km southwest of the Millom coast in Cumbria, 35km northwest of the Fleetwood and Blackpool coast, and 31km southeast of the Isle of Man.

A programme of ‘rolling’ 500m safety zones is to be established in the locality of each foundation, wind turbine and the offshore substation where construction, or major maintenance (during the operational-phase), is taking place, as indicated by the presence of construction, or maintenance, vessels and through the issue of Notices to Mariners. For partially completed infrastructure unaccompanied by a construction vessel, a 50m navigational safety zone has been applied for.

The precise start date and co-ordinates of the Safety Zones will be detailed in the Notice to Mariners, prior to the commencement of construction and major maintenance operations. Copies of the safety zone scheme may be obtained by contacting GAVSC@dongenergy.co.uk, 020 7811 5253.

Any person wishing to make representations to the Secretary of State about the application should do so in writing to the Secretary of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, c/o Keith Welford, Energy Infrastructure Planning Team, Area B, 4th Floor, 3 Whitehall Place, SW1A 2AW, London UK, email: deccnic@decc.gsi.gov.uk stating the name of the proposal and the nature of their representations, not later than Monday 12th September 2016.

The Energy Infrastructure Planning Team will co-ordinate the receipt of any representations and will pass to the applicant a copy of any representations received unless the person or persons making the representations expressly request that their comments should not be copied to the applicant.