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—

Work No. 1— an offshore wind generating station comprising—

(a)

up to 96 wind turbine generators; and

(b)

a network of subsea inter-array cables between the wind turbine generators including cable crossings and cable protection;

Work No. 2— up to four offshore substation platforms (all or any of which may alternatively be constructed under licence 2); and

Work No. 3— a network of subsea interconnector cables between the offshore substation platforms including cable crossings and cable protection (which may alternatively be constructed under licence 2).

In connection with the licenced activities in Work Nos. 1 to 3 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—

(a)

scour protection around the foundations of the offshore structures;

(b)

cable protection measures such as rock placement and the placement of rock and/or concrete mattresses, with or without frond devices;

(c)

dredging;

(d)

the removal of material from the seabed and the disposal of inert material of natural origin and/or dredged material within the Order limits produced during construction drilling and seabed preparation for foundation works, cable installation preparation such as sandwave clearance, boulder clearance and pre-trenching;

(e)

creation and use of temporary vessel laydown areas and use of cable anchors;

(f)

temporary landing places, moorings or other means of accommodating vessels in the construction or maintenance of the authorised scheme;

(g)

removal of static fishing equipment;

(h)

the use of extracted seabed material within gravity base foundations;

(i)

lighting; and

(j)

buoys, beacons, fenders and other navigational warning or ship impact protection works.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 22.9.2025, see art. 1