{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/five-estuaries-offshore-wind-farm-order-2025/schedule-9/paragraph-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/five-estuaries-offshore-wind-farm-order-2025/schedule-9/paragraph-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1376",
  "legislation_title": "The Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/five-estuaries-offshore-wind-farm-order-2025",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/24",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Monitoring of Sea Defence",
  "text": "(1) Prior to commencing any work using any trenchless installation technique forming part of Work Nos. 3 or 4 within plots 01-007, 01-008, 01-010, 01-009 and 02-001, the undertaker must obtain the approval in writing of the Agency of a plan specifying the monitoring of the sea defence which is to be carried out by the undertaker.\n(2) The plan required under sub-paragraph (1) must set out how monitoring on the seawall of the sea defence during construction to measure any movement will be carried out including—\n(a) The outcomes of detailed ground investigation and baseline monitoring of any preexisting seawall movement work undertaken by the undertaker;\n(b) the methodology of the trenchless installation technique to be used under the seawall;\n(c) the risk assessment for the selected trenchless installation technique works under the seawall;\n(d) details and plans of the proposed works under the seawall including sections;\n(e) the equipment to be used to carry out monitoring of the seawall;\n(f) the location(s) for the installation of monitoring equipment;\n(g) the scope and timing of the monitoring to be carried out; and\n(h) a process for the reporting of the results of the monitoring to the Agency by the undertaker.\n(3) Any work to which sub-paragraph (1) applies may not be commenced unless and until the monitoring plan has been approved by the Agency.\n(4) Any approval of the Agency required under this paragraph—\n(a) must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;\n(b) is deemed to have been approved if it is neither given nor refused within 2 months of the submission of the monitoring plan required by sub-paragraph (1).\n(c) may be given subject to such reasonable requirements as the Agency may have for the protection of any drainage work or the fishery or for the protection of water resources, or for the prevention of flooding or pollution or for nature conservation or in the discharge of its environmental duties.\n(5) If the Agency refuses any approval required under this paragraph then the refusal must be accompanied by a statement of the grounds for refusal.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 24 in force at 8.1.2026, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1376/schedule/9/paragraph/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:07:51.328273+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}