# The Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Generation Assets Order 2025, Paragraph 11: Port Access and Transport Plan

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where a port in England or Wales is selected as a port to be used to facilitate the transport of wind turbine generators, offshore substation platforms or foundations (including scour protection) in connection with the construction, operation or maintenance of the authorised development, over land to the site of the authorised development, no part of the authorised development may commence until a port access and transport plan (which accords with the outline port access and transport plan) for the onshore port-related traffic to and from the port or ports and relating to that part of the authorised development has been submitted to and approved by the relevant highway authority in consultation with the relevant planning authority.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the relevant highway authority confirms, after consultation with the relevant planning authority, that no port access and transport plan is required for that part of the authorised development.
(3) The port access and transport plan must be implemented as approved at all times specified within the port access and transport plan during the construction of the authorised development.
(4) For the purposes of this requirement, “relevant planning authority” and “relevant highway authority” mean the planning or highway authority or authorities in whose area the relevant port is located.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1366/schedule/2/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/morecambe-offshore-windfarm-generation-assets-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-11
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