# The Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon Extensions Offshore Wind Farm Order 2024, Paragraph 20: Construction hours

Extent: E+W

(1) Construction work for the onshore works must only take place between 0700 hours and 1900 hours Monday to Friday, and 0700 hours to 1300 hours on Saturdays, with no activity on Sundays or bank holidays, except as specified in sub-paragraphs ‎(2) to ‎(4).
(2) Outside the hours specified in sub-paragraph ‎(1), construction work may be undertaken for essential activities including but not limited to—
(a) continuous periods of operation that are required as assessed in the environmental statement, such as—
(i) (i) concrete pouring, drilling, dewatering, cable jointing, pulling cables (including fibre optic cables) through ducts; and
(ii) (ii) in relation to HDD at three locations only: the A11 (Crossing RDX048); the Cambridge to Norwich Railway Line (Crossing RLX002); and the North Norfolk Railway Line (Crossing RLX001);
(b) delivery to the onshore works of abnormal loads that may otherwise cause congestion on the local road network;
(c) works required that may necessitate the temporary closure of roads;
(d) onshore works at the landfall;
(e) commissioning or outage works associated with the National Grid substation connection works;
(f) electrical installation; or
(g) emergency works.
(3) Outside the hours specified in sub-paragraph ‎(1), construction work may be undertaken for non-intrusive activities including but not limited to—
(a) fitting out works within—
(i) the onshore HVAC substation buildings comprised within Work Nos. 15A and 15B in the event of scenario 1 or scenario 2; or
(ii) the integrated onshore substation building comprised within Work No. 15C in the event of scenario 3 or scenario 4; and
(b) daily start up or shut down.
(4) Save for emergency works, full details, including but not limited to type of activity, vehicle movements and type, timing and duration and any proposed mitigation, of all essential construction activities under sub-paragraph (2) and undertaken outside of the hours specified in sub-paragraph ‎(1) must be agreed with the relevant planning authority in writing in advance, and must be carried out within the agreed time.
(5) In the event of an emergency, notification of that emergency must be given to the relevant planning authority and the relevant highway authority as soon as reasonably practicable.
(6) For the purposes of this requirement “emergency” means a situation where, if the relevant action is not taken, there will be adverse health, safety, security or environmental consequences that in the reasonable opinion of the undertaker would outweigh the adverse effects to the public (whether individuals, classes or generally as the case may be) of taking that action.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/564/schedule/2/part/1/paragraph/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheringham-shoal-and-dudgeon-extensions-offshore-wind-farm-order-2024/schedule-2/part-1/paragraph-20
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.