The Navitus Bay projectcompany is engaged in a fourth and final round of consultation before itsubmits a consent application to the UK Planning Inspectorate in early 2014.

The developer has not ruledout a further reduction in the number of turbines used on the project.

The maximum was reduced from333 to 218 last December, following earlier public consultation rounds.

At that stage the project’sboundaries were also shifted about 3km further from the Dorsettowns of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

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