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Paragraph 3 I1

Such activities described in paragraph 2 are authorised in relation to the construction, maintenance and operation of—

Work No. 1—

(a)

an offshore wind turbine generating station with a gross electrical output of over 100 megawatts comprising up to 79 wind turbine generators each fixed to the seabed by one of monopile foundations or mono suction caisson foundations, pin-piled jacket foundations or suction caisson jacket foundations;

(b)

a network of subsea inter-array cables connecting to the offshore substations consented in Work No. 2 of Schedule 1 to the Order and licenced under the deemed marine licence set out in Schedule 11 to the Order, including cable crossings and cable protection; and

(c)

floating buoys.

And in connection with Work No. 1 and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of that work, further associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) (development for which development consent may be granted) of the 2008 Act comprising such other works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the relevant part of the authorised development and which fall within the scope of the work assessed by the environmental statement and the provisions of this licence including—

(a)

scour protection around the foundations of the offshore structures;

(b)

cable protection measures such as the placement of rock and/or concrete mattresses;

(c)

the removal of material from the seabed required for the construction of Work No. 1; and

(d)

temporary landing places, moorings or other means of accommodating or anchoring vessels in the construction and/or maintenance of the authorised development.

Annotations

Commencement

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Sch. 10 para. 3 in force at 8.1.2026, see art. 1