Hornsea Three Compulsory Purchase Order

Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited (the “Acquiring Authority”) has made the Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited (Ferry Road, Hartlepool) Compulsory Purchase Order 2023 (the “Order”) under section 10 of and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Electricity Act 1989. The Order was submitted to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (the “SoS) for confirmation on 14 August 2023 and, if confirmed, will authorise the Acquiring Authority to compulsorily acquire the new rights for the purpose of carrying out the activities authorised by its licence under the Electricity Act 1989 and more particularly to facilitate the Acquiring Authority and all persons authorised on its behalf to access and lay services to land lying to the east of Coastwatch Office, Ferry Road, Hartlepool, TS24 0YE (as registered at HM Land Registry under title number CE147445) (the “Site”) for the purposes of demolishing the existing yacht club building and constructing and maintaining artificial nesting structures (“ANS”) for kittiwakes and to install, use and maintain services in connection with the ANS as compensatory measures pursuant to The Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020 (as amended).

The SoS gave notice to the Acquiring Authority on 31 August 2023 of its decision to hold a public local inquiry. The Acquiring Authority has therefore submitted a Statement of Case to the Planning Inspectorate and to each remaining objector in advance of the inquiry. The Statement of Case sets out in full the case that the Acquiring Authority intends to put forward at the inquiry, including the Acquiring Authority’s reasons for making the Order.

Electronic copies of the Statement of Case and all documents referred to in that Statement of Case are available to download free of charge using the links below. Hard copies of the Statement of Case and all documents referred to in it are available, free of charge, on request by contacting HornseaProjectThree@orsted.com.

Statement of Case of the Acquiring Authority

Appendix

1. Written Resolution of the Board of Directors of Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited made on 28 June 2023

2. Map referred to in the Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited (Ferry Road Hartlepool) Compulsory Purchase Order 2023

2. Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited (Ferry Road Hartlepool) Compulsory Purchase Order 2023

3. Electricity generation licence dated 24 January 2017

4. Statement of Reasons for the Order

5. General certificate in support of the order submission (Section 13 of the CPO Guidance) dated 14 August 2023 

6. Nil return Protected Assets Certificate relating to listed buildings and conservation areas (Section 22 of the CPO Guidance) dated 14 August 2023 

7. Appeal Decision letter from the Planning Inspectorate (APP/H0724/W/22/3309272) dated 13 March 2023

8. Hornsea Project Three Offshore Wind Farm, Response to the Secretary of State’s Minded to Approve Letter – Annex 3 to Appendix 2: Kittiwake Artificial Nest Provisioning: Site Selection and the Pathway to Securement, September 2020

9. Sawkill -v- Highways England Company Ltd [2020] EWHC 801 (Admin)

10. R (on the application of Sharp) v North Essex Magistrates’ Court [2017] EWCA Civ 1143

11. Summary of Site Selection Process for ANS (October 2023)

12. Kittiwake Implementation and Monitoring Plan (December 2022)

13. Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm Amendment Order 2023

13. Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm Correction Order 2021

13. The Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020

14. Hartlepool Borough Council Committee Report dated 27 January 2022

15. Refusal of Planning Permission (H/2022/0009) dated 28 June 2022

16. Site Selection Narrative Report (December 2022)