Cirrus Shell Flat Array Offshore Wind Farm

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE AN OFFSHORE WIND POWER ELECTRICITY GENERATING STATION ON AN AREA OF SEABED WEST OF FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1985

COAST PROTECTION ACT 1949

THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2000

Notice is hereby given that CeltPower Limited, (a collaboration between ScottishPower & Eurus Energy, Registration 02656561 and registered office at 3 Prenton Way, Prenton CH43 3ET); DONG Energy Power A/S (Registration CVR 25460715, and registered office at Kraftvaerksvej 53, Skaerbaek, DK-7000 Fredericia, Denmark); and Shell WindEnergy Ltd (registration 04153040 and registered office at Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA) have jointly applied for: (1) Consent from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry under Section 36 Electricity Act 1989, together with a declaration as to rights of navigation under Section 36A, (as included in the Electricity Act 1989 by Section 99 Energy Act 2004) (2) Consent from the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under Section 34 of the Coast Protection Act 1949, as amended by Section 36 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988; (3) Licence from the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under Section 5 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (4) Deemed planning permission under Section 90 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for onshore works To construct and operate an offshore windfarm on an area of seabed approximately 5km to 15km west of Fleetwood, including installation and operation of the cables to the onshore connection to the electricity transmission system at Hill House or Stanah. The offshore windfarm, which would be known as Cirrus Shell Flat Array would have a maximum electrical capacity of 284 megawatts and is shown on a map entitled “Application Boundaries and Limits” which is also included as Figure 2 in the Non Technical Summary. A copy of the map together with a copy of the Environmental Statement, explaining the proposals in more detail and presenting an assessment of the environmental impacts, with a Non Technical Summary thereof, are available for inspection during the normal working hours at the following public locations: Barrow-in- Furness Library Ramsden Square, LA14 1LL; Cleveleys Library, Rossall Rd, Thornton-Cleveleys FY5 1EE; Fleetwood Library North Albert St, Fleetwood FY7 6AJ; Blackpool Central Library Queen St, Blackpool FY1 1PX; Blackpool Borough Council, Corporation St, Blackpool FY1 1LZ; Lancashire County Council, Cross St, Preston PR1 8RD; Wyre Borough Council Wyre Civic Centre, Poulton-le-Fylde FY6 7PU; Cumbria County Council County Offices, Kendal LA9 4RQ. Copies of the Environmental Statement may be obtained either on DVD for £10, or in hardcopy form for £400. Requests should be sent to CSFA, c/o Gillian Hendry, R&MP, Scottish Power, Spean Street, Cathcart, Glasgow, G44 4BE. Cheques should be made payable to Scottish Power PLC. Copies of the Non Technical Summary are available from the address above, and via the CSFA website at www.shellflatarray.com Any person wishing to make objections and/or comments on the applications to the Secretaries of State should do so in writing to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry c/o Offshore Renewables Consent Unit, Bay 2121, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET, fax: 0207 215 2601, email: offshore.windfarms@dti.gsi.gov.uk stating the name of the proposal and the nature of their objections and/or comments, not later than Thursday 22nd February 2007. The Offshore Renewables Consents Unit will co-ordinate the receipt of any objections and/or comments on behalf of each of the regulators concerned and will pass to the applicants a copy of any objections and/or comments received unless the person or persons making them expressly request that it should not be copied to the applicants.