Paragraph 1 I1

In this licence—

• “the 2004 Act” means the Energy Act 2004^f1;

• “the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008^f2;

• “the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009^f3;

• “array area” means that part of the offshore Order limits in which Work Nos. 1, 2 and 3 may be undertaken as shown on the offshore works plans;

• “array periphery” means the outermost edge of the infrastructure to be constructed as Work No. 1 as described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development) of the Order and identified in the design plan to be approved pursuant to the deemed marine licence (generation assets);

• “authorised deposits” means the substances and articles specified in paragraph 4 of Part 1 of this licence;

• “authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Order and any other development authorised by this Order that is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;

• “authorised scheme” means Work Nos. 3 to 6 described in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of this licence or any part of those works;

• “buoy” means any floating device used for navigational purposes or measurement purposes including LiDAR buoys, wave buoys and guard buoys;

• “cable protection” means physical measures for the protection of export cables from physical damage and exposure including but not limited to concrete mattresses and/or rock placement, bagged solutions filled with stone, rock or gravel, grout, concrete and other materials and protective shells or sheaths;

• “commence” means the first carrying out of any licensed marine activities authorised by this marine licence, save for operations consisting of offshore preparation works or pre-construction surveys and monitoring approved under this licence and “commenced” and “commencement” must be construed accordingly;

• “condition” means a condition in Part 2 of this licence;

• “Defence Infrastructure Organisation Safeguarding” means Ministry of Defence Safeguarding, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Kingston Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B75 7RL and any successor body to its functions;

• “draft piling marine mammal mitigation protocol” means the document certified as the draft piling marine mammal mitigation protocol by the Secretary of State under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) of the Order;

• “draft UXO marine mammal mitigation protocol” means the document certified as the draft UXO marine mammal mitigation protocol by the Secretary of State under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) of the Order;

• “enforcement officer” means a person authorised to carry out enforcement duties under Chapter 3 of Part 4 (marine licensing) of the 2009 Act;

• “environmental statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) (certification of plans and documents etc);

• “export cable” means the cable circuits connecting the offshore substation(s) comprising Work No. 3(a) to those parts of the authorised scheme to be undertaken landward of mean high water springs comprising Work Nos. 4, 5 and 6;

• “export cable corridor” means that part of the offshore Order limits seawards of MLWS excluding the array area;

• “flow energy dissipation devices” means solutions that dissipate flow energy and entrap sediment, and including options such as frond mats, mats of large, linked hoops, and structures covered with long spikes;

• “HDD” refers to a trenchless technique for installing cables and cable ducts involving drilling in an arc between two points;

• “in principle sensitive features mitigation plan” means the document certified as the in-principle sensitive features mitigation plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) ;

• “intrusive activities” means activities including anchoring of vessels, jacking up of vessels, depositing soil and seabed clearance;

• “interconnector cable” means the cable circuits comprising Work No. 3(b) connecting the offshore substations comprising Work No. 3(a);

• “Kingfisher Fortnightly Bulletin” means the bulletin published by the Humber Seafood Institute or such other alternative publication approved in writing by the MMO for the purposes of this licence;

• “LAT” means lowest astronomical tide;

• “licence 1 (generation)” means the licence set out in Schedule 11 (deemed licence under the 2009 Act – generation assets) of the Order;

• “licensed activities” means the activities specified in Part 1 of this licence;

• “LiDAR” means the remote sensing method which uses light detection and ranging;

• “maintain” includes inspect and survey, upkeep, repair, adjust, and alter and further includes remove, reconstruct and replace, to the extent assessed in the environmental statement; and derivatives of “maintain” must be construed accordingly;

• “Marine Management Organisation” or “MMO” means the body created under the 2009 Act which is responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of this licence;

• “MCA” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;

• “mean high water springs” or “MHWS” means the highest level which spring tides reach on average over a period of time;

• “mean low water springs” or “MLWS” means the lowest level which spring tides reach on average over a period of time;

• “monopile foundation” means a steel pile, typically cylindrical, driven and/or drilled into the seabed and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment;

• “multileg foundation” means a lattice type structure constructed of steel, which may include scour protection and additional equipment such as, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms;

• “Rampion array area” means that part of the offshore Order limits in which Work Nos. 1 and 2, as defined in The Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014^f4, have been undertaken as approved by that Order;

• “the offshore in-principle monitoring plan” means the document certified as the offshore in-principle monitoring plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) ;

• “the offshore Order limits” means the offshore Order limits defined by the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plan and set out in table 1 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Order;

• “the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plan” means the plan certified as the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) ;

• “offshore substation” means a structure above LAT and attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, with one or more decks containing—

  1. (a)

     electrical equipment required to switch, transform, convert electricity generated at the wind turbine generators to a higher voltage and provide reactive power compensation; and

  2. (b)

     housing accommodation, storage, workshop auxiliary equipment, and facilities for operating, maintaining and controlling the substation or wind turbine generators;

• “offshore works plan” means the plan certified as the offshore works plan by the Secretary of State pursuant to article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) of the Order;

• “Order” means the Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025;

• “outline cable burial risk assessment” means the document certified as the outline cable burial risk assessment by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) ;

• “outline cable specification and installation plan” means the document certified as the outline cable specification and installation plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 50 (certification of plans and documents etc);

• “outline diver communications plan” means the document certified as the outline diver communications plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc);

• “outline fisheries liaison and co-existence plan” means the document certified as the outline fisheries liaison and co-existence plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc);

• “outline marine written scheme of investigation” means the document certified as the outline offshore written scheme of investigation by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc);

• “outline project environmental management plan” means the document certified as the outline project environmental management plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc);

• “outline scour protection and cable protection plan” means the plan or plans certified as the outline scour protection and cable protection plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc);

• “pin piles” means steel cylindrical piles driven and/or drilled into the seabed to secure multileg foundations;

• “scour protection” means measures to prevent loss of seabed sediment around any structure placed in or on the seabed using methods including rock or gravel placement, concrete mattresses, flow energy dissipation devices or bagged solutions;

• “statutory historic body” means the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England or its successor in function;

• “statutory nature conservation body” means the appropriate nature conservation body as defined in regulation 5 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017;

• “suction bucket” means a steel cylindrical structure attached to the legs of a multileg foundation which partially or fully penetrates the seabed and remains in place using its own weight and hydrostatic pressure differential;

• “Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

• “UK Hydrographic Office” or “UKHO” means the UK Hydrographic Office of Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2DN;

• “UXO” means unexploded ordnance;

• “undertaker” means Rampion Extension Development Limited or such other person to whom the benefit of this licence is transferred pursuant to the terms of article 5 (benefit of the Order) of the Rampion 2 Offshore Windfarm Order 2025;

• “vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes a non-displacement craft, a personal watercraft, a seaplane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted for movement through, in, on or over water and which is at the time in, on or over water;

• “VHF” means very high frequency;

• “wind farm separation zones” means those parts of the array area within which Work No. 1. as permitted pursuant to licence 1 (generation) and Work No. 3(a) may not be constructed as shown on the offshore works plan;

• “wind turbine generator” means a structure comprising a tower, rotor with three blades connected at the hub, nacelle, transition pieces and ancillary electrical and other equipment which may include J-tube(s), access and rest platforms, access ladders, boat access systems, corrosion protection systems, fenders and maintenance equipment, helicopter landing facilities and other associated equipment, fixed to a foundation or transition piece comprising Work No 1 as described in licence 1 (generation); and

• “Working in Proximity to Wildlife in the Marine Environment Protocol” means the document certified as Appendix 10 – Further information for action point 42 – proximity to marine wildlife by the Secretary of State for the purpose of this Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc).

A reference to any statute, order, regulation or similar instrument is construed as a reference to a statute, order, regulation or instrument as amended by any subsequent statute, order, regulation or instrument or as contained in any subsequent re-enactment.

Unless otherwise indicated—

Except where otherwise notified in writing by the relevant organisation, the primary point of contact with the organisations listed below and the address for returns and correspondence are—