Cambois Connection
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The Cambois Connection comprises two distinct proposals, or ‘Schemes’:
Marine Scheme: The installation of offshore export cables from within the Berwick Bank Wind Farm (BBWF) array area to a landfall near Cambois, Northumberland;
Onshore Scheme: The installation of a cable landfall, onshore HVDC cables, a new onshore converter station, High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) grid cables and works to integrate into the existing National Grid substation at Blyth.
Berwick Bank Cambois Connection Onshore Scheme
We have now submitted our outline planning application to Northumberland County Council under Section 57 of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990). The application is currently open for consultation and is also available on the Northumberland County Council Planning Portal with the following reference number': 23/04110/OUT
The documents submitted as part of the application for the Onshore Scheme are available at the links below and include:
Accompanying Documentation
Environmental Statement Volume 1 –Non Technical Summary
Environmental Statement Volume 2
Environmental Statement Volume 3 - Technical Appendix
Appendix 11.1 Landfall and Cable Route Flood Risk Assessment
Appendix 11.2 Onshore Converter Station Flood Risk Assessment
Volume 4
Chapter 1: Introduction
Berwick Bank Cambois Connection Marine Scheme Applications
We have now submitted our Marine Licence Applications under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 and The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (as amended) to both the Marine Directorate (for the parts of the Marine Scheme located in Scottish Waters) and the Marine Management Organisation (for the parts of the Marine Scheme located in English Waters).
For consultation on aspects of the Marine Scheme in Scottish Waters, a PDF version containing full details of the Public Notices submitted to the East Lothian Courier, Border Telegraph, Edinburgh Gazette and Fishing News can be found here. Please note this consultation has now closed.
For consultation on aspects of the Marine Scheme in English Waters, a PDF version containing details of the Public Notices advertised in the Northumberland Gazette, News Post Leader and Fishing News can be found here. Consultation comments can be submitted to the Marine Management Organisation until the closing date of 24th November 2023.
The documents submitted as part of the Marine Licence application for the Marine Scheme are available at the links below and include:
Cover letter and Marine Licence Application forms and Supporting Information (for Scottish Waters)
Environmental Statement Volume 2 – ES Chapters
Chapter 6: Route Appraisal and Consideration of Alternatives
Chapter 7: Offshore Physical Environment and Seabed Conditions
Environmental Statement Volume 3 – Technical Appendices and Annexes
Appendix 3.5 Intertidal Considerations - Marine Scheme and Onshore Scheme
Appendix 10.1: Non-Breeding / Over-Wintering Bird Survey Report
Environmental Statement Volume 4 – Figures
Chapter 6: Route Appraisal and Consideration of Alternatives
Chapter 7: Offshore Physical Environment and Seabed Conditions
Environmental Statement Volume 5 – Outline Management Plans
Annex 5.1.A: Outline Marine Pollution Contingency and Control Plan
Annex 5.1 B: Outline Invasive and Non-Native Species Management Plan
Appendix 14.2: Outline Written Scheme of Investigation and Protocol for Archaeological Discoveries
Consent Application Accompanying Documents
Report to Inform an Appropriate Assessment (RIAA):
Part One – Introduction and Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Assessments
Appendix including Habitat Regulations Appraisal/Assessment (HRA) Stage 1 Screening Report