Paragraph 23 Migratory bat monitoringI1

F1Work No.1 must not be commenced until a migratory bat monitoring plan, which must detail proposals for pre-construction, construction, and post-construction monitoring of migratory bats F2within and in proximity to the array area, has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies, the MMO, and the Bat Conservation Trust.

The migratory bat monitoring plan must include—

The undertaker must carry out the monitoring of migratory bats in accordance with the migratory bat monitoring plan as approved under sub-paragraph (1) and provide the monitoring reports to the Secretary of State, the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies, the MMO, and the Bat Conservation Trust in the agreed format and in accordance with the agreed timetable, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Secretary of State.

Any monitoring report compiled in accordance with the migratory bat monitoring plan as approved under sub-paragraph (1) must be made publicly available and submitted to the Crown Estate Marine Data Exchange, the relevant Local Environmental Records Centre(s), and any relevant ecological recording schemes, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Secretary of State in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies and the MMO.