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<p>It is for developers to come forward with proposals for potential locations of
generating stations including offshore windfarms.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State
for Energy and Climate Change assessed an application for development consent for
a wind farm on the Navitus Bay wind farm site in 2015. The Secretary of State issued
a decision on 11 September 2015 refusing the grant of development consent for the
proposed Navitus Bay offshore wind farm.</p><p> </p><p>The decision was in line with
the recommendation of the Planning Inspectorate, which examined a wide range of issues
related to the potential benefits and impacts of the project in reaching its conclusion.
The Secretary of State’s decision letter sets out her consideration of those issues.</p>
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