{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-falls-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-9/paragraph-23",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/567",
  "legislation_title": "The North Falls Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-falls-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Pre-construction plans and documentation",
  "text": "(1) Except where otherwise stated or agreed in writing with the MMO, each programme, statement, plan, protocol or scheme required to be approved under condition 22 (save for that required under condition 22(1)(f)) must be submitted for approval at least six months prior to the intended commencement of the relevant stage of the licensed activities.\n(2) The pre-construction monitoring surveys, construction monitoring, post-construction monitoring and related reporting required under condition 22(1)(f) must be submitted in accordance with the following, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MMO—\n(a) at least six months prior to the first survey of the relevant stage, detail of any pre– construction surveys and an outline of all proposed monitoring;\n(b) at least six months prior to construction, detail on construction monitoring; and\n(c) at least six months prior to commissioning, detail of postconstruction (and operational) monitoring.\n(3) The MMO must determine an application for approval made under condition 22 within a period of six months commencing on the date the application is received by the MMO, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the undertaker such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.\n(4) The licensed activities must be carried out in accordance with the approved plans, protocols, statements, schemes and details approved under condition 22, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO (provided that before giving any such agreement the MMO must consult with any party that it was required to consult with, or who would have given a prior approval, in relation to a relevant plan, protocol, statement, scheme or details pursuant to condition 22).\n(5) The plans, protocols, statements, schemes and details submitted under condition 22 must ensure that any residual effects fall within the scope of those predicted in the environmental statement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/567/schedule/9/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:00:48.162639+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."
}