Paragraph 3 Details of licensed marine activitiesI1
England and Wales
Such activities are authorised in relation to the construction, maintenance and operation of the authorised scheme being an offshore wind generating station with electrical output capacity of over 350 mega watts comprising—
Work No. 1:
up to 96 wind turbine generators each fixed to seabed by a foundation;
a network of subsea inter-array cables between the wind turbine generators and offshore substation platforms including cable crossings and cable protection;
up to four offshore substation platforms each fixed to the seabed by a foundation; and
a network of subsea interconnector cables between the offshore substation platforms including cable crossings and cable protection; and
in connection with the licensed marine activities in Work No. 1 and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such work, further associated development comprising such other works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the relevant part of the authorised scheme and which fall within the scope of the work assessed by the environmental statement, including—
scour protection around the foundations of the offshore structures;
cable protection measures such as rock placement and/or concrete mattresses, with or without frond devices;
dredging;
the removal of material from the seabed required for the construction of Work No. 1 and the disposal of inert material of natural origin and/or dredged material within Work No. 1 produced during construction drilling, and seabed preparation for foundation works, cable installation preparation such as sandwave clearance, boulder clearance and pre-trenching;
creation and use of temporary vessel laydown areas, use of cable anchors;
removal of static fishing equipment;
the use of extracted seabed material within gravity base foundations; and
lighting.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 14 para. 3 in force at 28.7.2025, see art. 1