14 Cumulative and Transboundary Overview

14.1 Cumulative Tiering

  1. The methodology set out in section 3.3 has been used to allocate each cumulative development within 50 nm into a cumulative tier. A summary of this process is provided in Table 14.1.

 

Table 14.1: Cumulative Tiering Summary

Offshore Wind Farm Development

Distance to Array (nm)

Status

Tier

Data Confidence

Rationale

Morven

3.1

Scoped

1

Medium

Raised during consultation and potential interaction with routes impacted by the Array

Bellrock

4.7

Pre-Scoping

1

Low

Raised during consultation and potential interaction with routes impacted by the Array

Bowdun

13.7

Pre-Scoping

1

Low

Raised during consultation and potential interaction with routes impacted by the Array

Campion

23.8

Pre-Scoping

3

Low

Low data confidence

Seagreen 1

27.3

Under construction

Baseline

High

Baseline

Muir Mhor

27.7

Scoped

2

Medium

No interaction with routes impacted by Ossian

Cedar (INTOG)

27.8

Pre-Scoping

3

Low

Low data confidence

Berwick Bank

30.6

Application Submitted

2

Medium

No interaction with routes impacted by Ossian

Kincardine

33.2

Operational

Baseline

High

Baseline

Seagreen 1A Project

35.7

Consented

2

High

No interaction with routes impacted by Ossian

Flora Floating Offshore Wind Farm (INTOG)

36.9

Pre-Scoping

3

Low

Low data confidence

Hywind

38.8

Operational

Baseline

High

Baseline

European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre

42.7

Operational

Baseline

High

Baseline

Salamander (INTOG)

42.8

Scoped

1

Medium

Potential interaction with routes impacted by the Array

Aspen (INTOG)

46.1

Pre-Scoping

3

Low

Low data confidence

Inch Cape

46.8

Consented

2

High

No interaction with routes impacted by Ossian

Cenos (INTOG)

49.3

Scoped

2

Medium

No interaction with routes impacted by Ossian

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Figure 14.1: Cumulative Developments by Tier Within the Shipping and Navigation Cumulative Study Area