Members of the public are invited to provide feedback on the latest plans for Navitus Bay Wind Park
10 January 2013
From the 1st February, members of the public are being given an opportunity to view and comment on the latest plans for the proposed wind park off the Dorset coast. Navitus Bay Development Limited (Navitus Bay) has said throughout that it is committed to hearing the views of the local community and so far has talked to over 2,000 members of the public during its two previous phases of consultation. As a result of the feedback received, it recently announced plans to move the development further out to sea and make it smaller in scale.
Phase Three of Navitus Bay’s comprehensive public consultation programme will start on the 1st February and run until April 5th. As part of this process, a series of public exhibitions will be hosted in locations across Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, following those held in November 2011 and March 2012. Members of the project team will be available to talk through the plans and answer any questions that people might have.
Mike Unsworth, Project Director for Navitus Bay Development Limited, said:
“Navitus Bay takes its engagement with local communities extremely seriously and is committed to using feedback received from the community to help shape the proposals. As a direct result of discussions with statutory consultees and local communities, we have reduced the size of the wind park and moved it further out to sea and are now looking forward to discussing the latest detailed plans.
“The exhibitions in February are just one of the ways that we hope to work together with the local community. We are also launching a new and interactive project website in February where people can access all the latest news and proposals, leave feedback and ask questions. Navitus Bay has always said that no decisions will be made without comprehensive consultation with all interested parties so we would encourage as many people as possible to take part in the process and give us their views.”
Phase Three of Navitus Bay’s consultation will provide additional details on the changes to the project announced in December, along with visualisations of how the wind park could look from the coast. It will also include an interactive 3D model, enabling members of the public to view the wind park from any location of their choosing. Consultation documents will be available to collect at the public exhibitions and will also be available for collection from public libraries for the duration of the consultation period.
It will be the first opportunity for members of the public to view the proposed onshore underground cable route, which will transfer the electricity generated offshore in to the national network. In a
typical year, based on an approximate maximum installed capacity of 1,100MW, the scheme could generate enough electricity for the domestic needs of the equivalent of around 790,000* average UK households * and could offset approximately 1,150,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year **.
Public exhibitions will be held at:
West Moors Memorial Hall, 231 Station Road, West Moors, Ferndown, BH22 0HZ, Friday 1st February 2013, 2.00pm – 8.00pm;
Bournemouth International Centre, Bourne Lounge, Exeter Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5BH, Saturday 2nd February, 10.00am – 4.00pm;
RNLI Lifeboat College, West Quay Road, Poole, BH15 1HZ, Wednesday 6th February, 2.00pm – 8.00pm;
New Milton Community Centre, Osborne Road, New Milton, BH25 6EA, Thursday 7th February, 2.00pm – 8.00pm
Lymington Community Centre, Fuller/McLellan Hall, New Street, Lymington, SO41 9BQ, Friday 8th February, 2.00pm – 8.00pm;
Cowes Yacht Haven, Vectis Yard, High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7BD, Saturday 9th February, 10.00am – 4.00pm;
Christchurch Council Chambers, Bridge Street, Christchurch, BH23 1AX, Tuesday 12th February, 2.00pm – 8.00pm;
St Edwards Church Hall, Victoria Avenue, Swanage, BH19 1AH, Wednesday 13th February, 2.00pm – 8.00pm.
Navitus Bay has set up a dedicated community line, 0800 008 6763 and email
[email protected] so that people can request further information or give feedback. The project website can be found at www.navitusbaywindpark.co.uk. A list of libraries where the consultation materials are available from can be also found on this website.
From the 1st February, members of the public are being given an opportunity to view and comment on the latest plans for the proposed wind park off the Dorset coast. Navitus Bay Development Limited (Navitus Bay) has said throughout that it is committed to hearing the views of the local community and so far has talked to over 2,000 members of the public during its two previous phases of consultation. As a result of the feedback received, it recently announced plans to move the development further out to sea and make it smaller in scale.
Phase Three of Navitus Bay’s comprehensive public consultation programme will start on the 1st February and run until April 5th.
As part of this process, a series of public exhibitions will be hosted in locations across Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, following those held in November 2011 and March 2012. Members of the project team will be available to talk through the plans and answer any questions that people might have.
Mike Unsworth, Project Director for Navitus Bay Development Limited, said:
“Navitus Bay takes its engagement with local communities extremely seriously and is committed to using feedback received from the community to help shape the proposals. As a direct result of discussions with statutory consultees and local communities, we have reduced the size of the wind park and moved it further out to sea and are now looking forward to discussing the latest detailed plans.
“The exhibitions in February are just one of the ways that we hope to work together with the local community. We are also launching a new and interactive project website in February where people can access all the latest news and proposals, leave feedback and ask questions. Navitus Bay has always said that no decisions will be made without comprehensive consultation with all interested parties so we would encourage as many people as possible to take part in the process and give us their views.
”Phase Three of Navitus Bay’s consultation will provide additional details on the changes to the project announced in December, along with visualisations of how the wind park could look from the coast. It will also include an interactive 3D model, enabling members of the public to view the wind park from any location of their choosing. Consultation documents will be available to collect at the public exhibitions and will also be available for collection from public libraries for the duration of the consultation period.
It will be the first opportunity for members of the public to view the proposed onshore underground cable route, which will transfer the electricity generated offshore in to the national network. In atypical year, based on an approximate maximum installed capacity of 1,100MW, the scheme could generate enough electricity for the domestic needs of the equivalent of around 790,000* average UK households * and could offset approximately 1,150,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year **.
Public exhibitions will be held at:
- West Moors Memorial Hall, 231 Station Road, West Moors, Ferndown, BH22 0HZ, Friday 1st February 2013, 2.00pm – 8.00pm;
- Bournemouth International Centre, Bourne Lounge, Exeter Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5BH, Saturday 2nd February, 10.00am – 4.00pm;
- RNLI Lifeboat College, West Quay Road, Poole, BH15 1HZ, Wednesday 6th February, 2.00pm – 8.00pm;
- New Milton Community Centre, Osborne Road, New Milton, BH25 6EA, Thursday 7th February, 2.00pm – 8.00pm;
- Lymington Community Centre, Fuller/McLellan Hall, New Street, Lymington, SO41 9BQ, Friday 8th February, 2.00pm – 8.00pm;
- Cowes Yacht Haven, Vectis Yard, High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7BD, Saturday 9th February, 10.00am – 4.00pm;
- Christchurch Council Chambers, Bridge Street, Christchurch, BH23 1AZ, Tuesday 12th February, 2.00pm – 8.00pm;
- St Edwards Church Hall, Victoria Avenue, Swanage, BH19 1AH, Wednesday 13th February, 2.00pm – 8.00pm
*Based on an average annual domestic household electricity consumption of 4,370kWh (Source: DECC’ Sub-national electricity consumption statistics, http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/energy_stats/regional/regional.aspx)
**This figure is based on a figure of 339g CO2/kWh, calculated using Renewable UK’s “CO2 Reduction (pa) in Tonnes” methodology (Source: RenewableUK’s UK Wind Energy Database, http://www.renewableuk.com/en/renewable-energy/wind-energy/uk-wind-energy-database/figures-explained.cfm)
Navitus Bay has set up a dedicated community line, 0800 008 6763 and email [email protected] so that people can request further information or give feedback. The project website can be found at www.navitusbaywindpark.co.uk. A list of libraries where the consultation materials are available from can be also found on this website.
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