Notice is hereby given that Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited (the “Applicant”) of Auckland House, Lydiard Fields, Great Western Way, Swindon SN5 8ZT proposes to apply to the Secretary of State under section 37 of The Planning Act 2008 (the “Act”) for the above-mentioned development consent order (the “Application”).

The Application relates to the construction of the offshore and onshore electrical system works required for the consented Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm located on the bed of the North Sea approximately 33 kilometres off the coast of Lincolnshire and 46 kilometres off the coast of North Norfolk. Following a direction from the Secretary of State under section 35 of the Act that the electrical system works should be treated as development for which development consent is required consent will be sought for the works described below, the onshore element of which will be located within the County of Lincolnshire, District of East Lindsey and Borough of Boston.

The proposed DCO will, amongst other things, authorise:

• 1 The construction of up to six circuits of offshore buried electrical cables including secondary cable protection and pipeline crossings; up to six buried cable transition joint bays located at Anderby Creek where the offshore cables will join the onshore cables; up to six circuits of onshore underground cables from the landfall to the Triton Knoll substation; an Intermediate Electrical Compound (“IEC”) for the compensation of reactive power located near Orby; a new Triton Knoll onshore electricity substation (‘Substation”) located at Bicker Fen; up to four circuits of additional onshore underground cables to connect the Substation to the existing National Grid substation; connection works at the National Grid substation; new private accesses, land raising, landscaping and drainage at the IEC and Triton Knoll substation; and temporary construction works including accesses from the public highway to the development site, temporary work areas and other associated works.
• 2 Temporary stopping up of roads and footpaths to facilitate the development of the onshore works described above.
• 3 The permanent compulsory acquisition of land and /or rights for the Project, including rights to access land for surveys.
• 4 The application and/or disapplication of legislation relevant to the Project including legislation relating to compulsory acquisition and land drainage consents.
• 5 Such ancillary, incidental and consequential provisions, permits or consents as are necessary and/or convenient.

The Project is an Environmental Impact Assessment development. Accordingly, the Applicant will be making preliminary environmental information (PEI) available. The documents, plans and maps showing the nature and location of the proposed development, including the PEI and Non-Technical Summary which include details of the proposals, may be inspected free of charge at the following locations and during the hours set out below:

Lincolnshire County Council Access Point, Lincolnshire County Council, Witham Park House, Waterside South, Lincoln, LN5 7JN (Opening hours: Mon – Thurs 8:30am – 5pm, Fri 8:30am – 4.30pm)

North Kesteven Access Point, North Kesteven District Council, Kesteven Street, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7EF (Opening hours: Mon – Thurs 9am – 5pm, Fri 9am – 4.30pm)

Mablethorpe Library and Community Access Point, Stanley Avenue, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 1DP (Opening hours: Mon - Wed 9am – 5pm, Thurs 9am – 6pm, Fri 9am – 5pm, Sat 9am – 4pm)

Alford Customer Service Centre (East Lindsey District Council ), The Corn Exchange, Market Place, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9EB (Opening hours: Tues 9am – 1pm / 1:30pm – 4pm)

Horncastle Community Access Point (East Lindsey District Council ), Wharf Road, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5HL (Opening hours: Mon and Thurs 9am - 4pm, closed Tues, Weds 9am-1pm, Fri 9am-5pm)

Spilsby Community Access Point (East Lindsey District Council), Franklin Hall, Halton Road, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5LA (Opening hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 9am – 5pm, closed Tues, Thurs)

Skegness Customer Access Point (East Lindsey District Council ), Skegness Town Hall, North Parade, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE25 1DA (Opening hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 9am – 5pm, Wed 9am – 4pm)

Boston Borough Council Access Point, Municipal Buildings, West Street, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8QR (Opening hours: Mon – Thurs 8:45am – 5:15pm, Fri 8:45am – 4:45pm)

Boston Library, County Hall, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 6DY (Opening hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 9am – 5pm, Thurs 9am – 6pm, Sat 9am – 4pm)

South Holland District Council Access Point, Priory Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2XE (Opening hours: Mon – Thurs 8:30am – 5:15pm, Fri 8:30am – 4:45pm)

Skegness Library, 23 Roman Bank, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE25 2SA (Opening hours: Mon, Fri 9am – 5pm, Tues, Wed 9am – 1pm, Thurs 9am – 6pm, Sat 9am – 4pm)

The documents will be on display at the above locations from 15 October until 19 November 2014 . A reasonable copying charge may be made by these outlets for the reproduction of any of the documents. The documents will be available free of charge from 15 October 2014 at www.rweinnogy.com/tritonknoll which also has other information on the project. Alternatively, the consultation documents including the PEI can be purchased for £500 in hard copy or free of charge for a CD from the address below, by writing with a cheque made out to RWE Innogy UK. The Non-Technical Summary is available free of charge.

The documents will also be available to view at public exhibitions at the following locations:

Any responses in respect of the Project should be sent to Freepost RTBK-ABSH-TGLU, Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm, RWE Innogy UK, Auckland House, Lydiard Fields, Great Western Way, Swindon SN5 8ZT.

Any response must be in writing and must be received on or before 19 November 2014 . Responses should explain who is making the response and give an address for future correspondence. Responses may be made public.

Date of Notice: 8 October 2014