1.—(1) In this licence—E+W+S
“the 2004 Act” means the Energy Act 2004(1);
“the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008(2);
“the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009(3);
“2017 Offshore Regulations” means the Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017(4);
“2017 Onshore Regulations” means the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017(5);
“ancillary works” means those works listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Order;
“array area” means the area covered by Work No. 1 as shown on the offshore works plan;
“array area disposal site” means the site to be used for disposal of inert material of natural origin produced during construction drilling and seabed preparation for foundation works and cable sandwave clearance to be located within the array area;
“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 (authorised development) of the Order and any other development authorised by this Order that is development within the meaning of section 32 (meaning of “development”) of the 2008 Act;
“authorised scheme” means Work Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 as described in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of this licence or any stage of that work;
“box-type gravity base structure” means a structure principally of steel, concrete, or steel and concrete with a square base which rests on the seabed due to its own weight with or without added ballast or additional skirts and associated equipment including J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment;
“bridge link” means a steel truss structure with provision for overhead clearance for personnel, lighting fixtures and ancillary cabling, which can be used as a link for interconnection between any combination of permanent offshore electrical installations and/or offshore accommodation platform
“buoy” means any floating device used for navigational or measurement purposes, including LIDAR and wave buoys;
“cable corridor” means that area of Work No. 2 which lies outside of the array area, along with the area of Work Nos. 3, 4 and 5;
“cable corridor disposal site” means the site, within the cable corridor, to be used for disposal of inert material of natural origin produced during construction drilling and seabed preparation for foundation works and cable sandwave clearance;
“cable protection” means physical measures for the protection of cables including but not limited to concrete mattresses, and/or rock placement (including material used for cable crossings);
“cable protection replenishment” means the restoration to a former level or condition of cable protection lost by natural seabed processes or human activity;
“commence” means the first carrying out of any licensed marine activities authorised by this marine licence, save for pre-construction surveys and monitoring approved under this licence and the activities set out in paragraph 2(e) and “commenced” and “commencement” must be construed accordingly;
“commissioning” means the process of assuring that all systems and components of the authorised development are tested to verify that they function and are operable in accordance with the design objectives, specifications and operational requirements of the undertaker;
“condition” means a condition in Part 2 of this licence;
“Defence Infrastructure Organisation Safeguarding” means Ministry of Defence Safeguarding, Defence Infrastructure Organisation – Safeguarding, St George’s House, DIO Head Office, DMS Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9PY and any successor body to its functions;
“Defra” means the Department for Environment, Food and Rural; Affairs;
“dropped object procedure form” means the MMO notification proforma with reference MLDIR1 for reporting the loss or dumping of synthetic materials and other refuse at sea or any other format advised in writing by the MMO;
“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 under article 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);
“European site” has the meaning given in regulation 27 of the 2017 Offshore Regulations or regulation 8 of the 2017 Onshore Regulations as appropriate;
“gravity base structure” means a structure principally of steel, concrete, or steel and concrete with a base which tapers as it rises which rests on the seabed due to its own weight with or without added ballast or additional skirts and associated equipment including J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment;
“habitats of principal importance” means a habitat designated as being of principal importance in accordance with section 41 (biodiversity lists and action (England)) of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006;
“HAT” means highest astronomical tide;
“HVAC booster station lighting plan” means the plan certified as the HVAC booster station lighting plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);
“HVDC” means high voltage direct current;
“IHO S44ed5 Order 1a” means order 1a from the fifth edition of the International Hydrographic Organisation’s Standards for Hydrographics Surveys;
“interconnector cables” means a network of cables between the offshore substations;
“jacket foundation” means a lattice type structure constructed of steel, which may include additional equipment such as, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms;
“JNCC” means the Joint Nature Conservation Committee;
“JNCC Guidance” means the statutory nature conservation body ‘Guidance for assessing the significance of noise disturbance against Conservation Objectives of harbour porpoise SACs’ Joint Nature Conservation Committee Report No.654, May 2020 published in June 2020 as amended, updated or superseded from time to time;
“Kingfisher 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;
“Kingfisher Information Service” means the information service from non-departmental government body Seafish;
“large offshore HVDC converter substation” means the larger version of the offshore converter substations assessed in the environment statement;
“large offshore transformer substation” means the larger version of the offshore transformer substations assessed in the environment statement;
“LAT” means lowest astronomical tide;
“layout principles” means the document certified as the layout principles by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);
“licensed activities” means the activities specified in Part 1 of this licence;
“maintain” includes inspect, upkeep, repair, adjust, and alter and further includes remove, reconstruct and replace (including replenishment of cable protection) but does not include the removal, reconstruction or replacement of foundations associated with the authorised scheme, to the extent assessed in the environmental statement; and “maintenance” must be construed accordingly;
“Marine Management Organisation” or “MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation, Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH who is the body created under the 2009 Act and who is responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of this licence;
“marine noise registry” means the database developed and maintained by JNCC on behalf of Defra to record the spatial and temporal distribution of impulsive noise generating activities in UK seas;
“MCA” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an executive agency for the Department for Transport;
“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 J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment;
“mono suction bucket foundation” means a steel cylindrical structure which partially or fully penetrates the seabed and remains in place using its own weight and hydrostatic pressure differential, and may include additional equipment such as J-tubes;
“offshore accommodation platform” means a structure above LAT and attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, with one or more decks and a helicopter platform (including bird deterrents), containing housing accommodation, storage, workshop, auxiliary equipment, and facilities for operating, maintaining and controlling the wind turbine generators and offshore electrical installations;
“offshore electrical installations” means the small offshore transformer substations, the large offshore transformer substations, the offshore HVAC booster stations, the small offshore HVDC converter substations and the large offshore HVDC converter substations forming part of the authorised development;
“offshore export cable” means a network of cables for as described in Work No. 2(e) and Work No. 3(d);
“offshore HVAC booster station” means a structure above LAT and attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, with one or more decks and a helicopter platform (including bird deterrents), containing—
electrical equipment required to provide reactive power compensation; and
housing accommodation, storage, workshop, auxiliary equipment, and facilities for operating, maintaining and controlling the substation;
“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 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);
“Offshore Renewables Protocol for Reporting Archaeological Discoveries” means the Offshore Renewables Protocol for Reporting Archaeological Discoveries, the Crown Estate (2014), Protocol for Archaeological Discoveries: Offshore Renewables Projects, Salisbury, Wessex Archaeology as amended, updated or superseded from time to time;
“offshore transformer substation” means a structure above LAT and attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, with one or more decks and a helicopter platform (including bird deterrents), containing—
electrical equipment required to switch, transform, convert electricity generated at the wind turbine generators to a higher voltage and provide reactive power compensation; and
housing accommodation, storage, workshop auxiliary equipment, radar 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 for the purposes of the Order under article 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);
“operation” means the undertaking of licensed activities which are not part of the construction, commissioning or decommissioning of the authorised development;
“Order” means the Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm Order 2023;
“the Order limits” means the limits shown on the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plans and the onshore Order limits plan within which the authorised scheme may be carried out, whose grid coordinates seaward of MHWS are set out in paragraph 5 of Part 1 of this Schedule;
“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 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);
“outline marine mammal mitigation protocol” means the document certified as the outline marine mammal mitigation protocol by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);
“outline marine monitoring plan” means the document certified as the outline marine monitoring plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);
“outline marine written scheme of investigation” means the document certified as the outline marine written scheme of investigation by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);
“outline offshore operations and maintenance plan” means the document certified as the outline operations and maintenance plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);
“outline southern north sea special area of conservation site integrity plan” means the document certified as the outline southern north sea special area of conservation site integrity plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“pin piles” means steel cylindrical piles driven and/or drilled into the seabed to secure jacket foundations;
“pontoon gravity base type 1 structure” means a structure principally of steel, concrete, or steel and concrete with a base made up of up to two rectangular pontoons which rests on the seabed due to its own weight with or without added ballast or additional skirts and associated equipment including J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment;
“pontoon gravity base type 2 structure” means a structure principally of steel, concrete, or steel and concrete with a base made up of a pontoon arranged in a rectangle around an open centre which rests on the seabed due to its own weight with or without added ballast or additional skirts and associated equipment including J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment;
“pro–rata annex” means the document certified as the pro–rata annex by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);
“small offshore HVDC converter substation” means the smaller version of the offshore transformer substations assessed in the environment statement;
“small offshore transformer substation” means the smaller version of the offshore transformer substations assessed in the environment statement;
“statutory historic body” means Historic England, the relevant local authority or its successor in function;
“statutory nature conservation body” means the appropriate nature conservation body as defined in Regulation 5 of the Onshore Regulations 2017 or its equivalent in the Offshore Regulations;
“suction bucket” means a steel cylindrical structure attached to the legs of a jacket foundation which partially or fully penetrates the seabed and remains in place using its own weight and hydrostatic pressure differential;
“transition piece” means the metal structure attached to the top of the foundation where the base of the wind turbine generator is connected and may include additional equipment such as J-tubes, corrosion protection systems, boat access systems, access platforms, craneage, radar, electrical transmission equipment and associated equipment;
“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;
“UK Hydrographic Office” means the UK Hydrographic Office of Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2DN;
“undertaker” means Orsted Hornsea Project Four Limited (company number 08584182);
“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;
“wind turbine generator” means a structure comprising a tower, rotor with three blades connected at the hub, nacelle and ancillary electrical and other equipment which may include J-tube(s), transition piece, 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; and
“working day” means a day which is not a weekend, bank or public holiday in England; and
“UK Standard Marking Schedule for Offshore Installations” means the Standard Marking Schedule for Offshore Installations published by the Department of Energy & Climate Change with reference DECC 04/11.
(2) 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.
(3) Unless otherwise indicated—
(a)all times are taken to be Greenwich Mean Time; and
(b)all co-ordinates are taken to be latitude and longitude degrees and minutes to two decimal places.
(4) 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—
(a)Civil Aviation Authority
Aviation House
Beehive Ringroad
Crawley
West Sussex
RH6 0YR
(b)Historic England
37 Tanner Road
York
YO1 6WP
(c)Marine Management Organisation
Marine Licensing Team
Lancaster House Hampshire Court
Newcastle Business Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 7YH
Tel: 0300 123 1032;
(d)Marine Management Organisation (Local Office)
Room 13, Ground Floor
Crosskill House
Mill Lane
Beverley
HU17 9JB
Tel: 0208 026 0519;
(e)Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Navigation Safety Branch
Bay 2/20, Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG
Tel: 020 3817 2433;
(f)Ministry of Defence (as represented by Defence Infrastructure Organisation – Safeguarding)
St George’s House
DIO Head Office
DMS Whittington
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 9PY;
(g)Natural England
4th Floor
Foss House
1-2 Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PX
Tel: 0300 060 4911;
(h)Trinity House
Tower Hill
London
EC3N 4DH
Tel: 020 7481 6900;
(i)The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
Admiralty Way
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2DN
Tel: 01823 337 900.
(5) Unless otherwise advised in writing by the MMO, the address for electronic communication with the MMO for the purposes of this licence is marine.consents@marinemanagement.org.uk, or where contact to the Local Office of the MMO is required, beverley@marinemanagement.org.uk.
(6) Unless otherwise advised in writing by the MMO, the Marine Case Management System (“MCMS”) must be used for all licence returns or applications to vary this licence. The MCMS address is: https://marinelicensing.marinemanagement.org.uk/ .
(7) Any reference in this licence or the documents certified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 38 (certification of plans and documents, etc.) to a dimension measured from LAT may be converted to a measurement from HAT by subtracting 4.71m from the measurement from LAT.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 1 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
2. Subject to the licence conditions at Part 2, this licence authorises the undertaker (and any agent or contractor acting on their behalf) to carry out the following licensable marine activities under section 66(1) (licensable marine activities) of the 2009 Act—
(a)the deposit at sea within the Order limits seaward of MHWS of the substances and articles specified in paragraph 4 below and within—
(i)the array area disposal site, when combined with the disposal authorised by the deemed marine licence granted under Schedule 11 of the Order, of up to 7,211,601 cubic metres (being a maximum, not an approximate upper figure) of inert material of natural origin produced during construction drilling or seabed preparation for foundation works and cable installation preparation and excavation of horizontal directional drilling pits works within the parts of Work No. 2 that lie within the array area; and
(ii)the cable corridor disposal site of up to 4,105,735 cubic metres (being a maximum, not an approximate upper figure) of inert material of natural origin produced during construction drilling or seabed preparation for foundation works and cable installation preparation and excavation of horizontal directional drilling pits works within Work Nos. 2 (which lie within the cable corridor), 3, 4 and 5;
(b)the construction of works in or over the sea or on or under the sea bed;
(c)dredging for the purposes of seabed preparation for foundation works and/or electrical circuit works;
(d)boulder clearance works by displacement ploughing or subsea grab technique or any other equivalent method;
(e)the removal of sediment samples for the purposes of informing environmental monitoring under this licence during pre-construction, construction and operation;
(f)removal of static fishing equipment; and
(g)site preparation works.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 2 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
3. Such activities are authorised in relation to the construction, maintenance and operation of—
(a)up to six small offshore transformer substations each fixed to the seabed by one of monopile foundations, mono suction bucket foundations, gravity base structures or jacket foundations, and which may be connected to each other or one of the offshore accommodation platforms within Work No. 1(b) by a bridge link;
(b)up to three large offshore transformer substations each fixed to the seabed by one of monopile foundations, mono suction bucket foundations, box–type gravity base structures, or jacket foundations, pontoon gravity base type 1 structures, or pontoon gravity base type 2 structures, and which may be connected to each other or one of the offshore accommodation platforms within Work No. 1(b) by a bridge link;
(c)in the event that the mode of transmission is HVDC, either up to three either large HVDC converter substations or up to six small HVDC converter substations fixed to the seabed within the area shown on the offshore works plan by one of monopile foundations, mono suction bucket foundations, jacket foundations, box–type gravity base structures, gravity base structures, pontoon gravity base type 1 structures, or pontoon gravity base type 2 structures;
(d)a network of interconnector cables;
(e)up to six cable circuits between Work No. 2 and Work No. 3, and between Work No. 3 and Work No. 5 consisting of offshore export cables along routes within the Order limits seaward of MLWS including one or more cable crossings; and
(f)up to eight temporary horizontal directional drilling exit pits and associated cofferdams.
(a)in the event that the mode of transmission is HVAC, up to three offshore HVAC booster stations fixed to the seabed within the area shown on the offshore works plan by one of monopile foundations, mono suction bucket foundations, jacket foundations, gravity base structures, pontoon gravity base type 1 structures or pontoon gravity base type 2 structures; and
(b)in the event that the mode of transmission is HVAC, up to six cable circuits between Work No. 2 and Work No. 3, and between Work No. 3 and Work No. 5 consisting of offshore export cables along routes within the Order limits seaward of MHWS including one or more cable crossings.
Work No. 4— a temporary work area associated with Work No. 2 and Work No. 3 for vessels to carry out anchoring and positioning alongside Work No. 2 or Work No. 3.
Work No. 5— works consisting of—
(a)up to six cable circuits and associated electrical circuit ducts between Work No. 3 to Work No. 6; and
(b)up to eight horizontal directional drilling exit pits, unless Work No. 2(f) is constructed.
Work No. 9— temporary works as follows—
(a)temporary vehicular access tracks as shown on the offshore works plans;
(b)temporary construction ramp as shown on the offshore works plans.
In connection with such Works Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such work, further associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) (development for which consent may be granted) of the 2008 Act 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 and the provisions of this license, including—
(a)scour protection around the foundations of the offshore electrical installations;
(b)cable protection measures such as the placement of rock and/or concrete mattresses;
(c)the removal of material from the seabed within the Order limits the disposal within—
(i)the array area disposal site, in combination with the disposal authorised by the deemed marine licence granted under Schedule 11 of the Order, of up to 7,211,601 cubic metres of inert material of natural origin produced during construction drilling or seabed preparation for foundation works and cable installation preparation works (such as sandwave clearance and boulder clearance) and excavation of horizontal directional drilling pits works within the parts of Work No. 2 that lie within the array area; and
(ii)the cable corridor disposal site up to 4,105,735 cubic metres of inert material of natural origin within Order limits produced during construction drilling and seabed preparation for foundation works and cable sandwave clearance works required or the construction of Work Nos. 2 (which lie within the cable corridor), 3, 4 and 5; and
(d)temporary landing places, moorings or other means of accommodating vessels in the construction and/or maintenance of the authorised development.
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 3 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
4. The substances or articles authorised for deposit at sea are—
(a)iron and steel, copper and aluminium;
(b)stone and rock;
(c)concrete;
(d)sand and gravel;
(e)plastic and synthetic;
(f)material extracted from within the offshore Order limits during construction drilling and seabed preparation for foundation works cable installation preparation works and excavation of horizontal directional drilling pits; and
(g)marine coatings, other chemicals and timber.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 4 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
5. The grid coordinates for that part of the authorised development comprising Work Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 9a and 9b are specified below and more particularly on the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plan—
| Point ID | Latitude (DMS) | Longitude (DMS) | Point ID | Latitude (DMS) | Longitude (DMS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 54° 2′ 7.166″ N | 0° 12′ 58.381″ W | 68 | 53° 59′ 17.868″ N | 1° 17′ 11.556″ E |
| 2 | 54° 2′ 7.022″ N | 0° 12′ 48.680″ W | 69 | 53° 58′ 55.615″ N | 1° 16′ 14.402″ E |
| 3 | 54° 2′ 28.905″ N | 0° 12′ 23.610″ W | 70 | 53° 58′ 54.680″ N | 1° 16′ 10.907″ E |
| 4 | 54° 3′ 4.330″ N | 0° 9′ 20.564″ W | 71 | 53° 58′ 54.305″ N | 1° 16′ 7.041″ E |
| 5 | 54° 3′ 2.961″ N | 0° 8′ 57.136″ W | 72 | 53° 58′ 48.150″ N | 1° 9′ 3.489″ E |
| 6 | 54° 3′ 46.646″ N | 0° 6’ 22.355″W | 73 | 53° 58′ 49.099″ N | 1° 8′ 56.253 E |
| 7 | 54° 3′ 55.011″ N | 0° 6′ 0.668″ W | 74 | 53° 59′ 33.340″ N | 1° 5′ 22.618″ E |
| 8 | 54° 4′ 5.592″ N | 0° 5′ 7.239″ W | 75 | 53° 59′ 16.728″ N | 1° 0′ 29.597″ E |
| 9 | 54° 4′ 7.120″ N | 0° 4′ 56.079″ W | 76 | 53° 59′ 10.802″ N | 0° 59′ 53.488″ E |
| 10 | 54° 4′ 7.947″ N | 0° 4′ 12.149″ W | 77 | 53° 59′ 0.241″ N | 0° 59′ 7.651″ E |
| 11 | 54° 4′ 7.646″ N | 0° 4′ 2.450″ W | 78 | 53° 58′ 58.446″ N | 0° 58′ 57.385″ E |
| 12 | 54° 3′ 39.131″ N | 0° 1′ 17.603″ E | 79 | 53° 58′ 53.673″ N | 0° 57′ 53.130″ E |
| 13 | 54° 3′ 36.602″ N | 0° 1′ 19.983″ E | 80 | 53° 58′ 53.613″ N | 0° 57′ 45.865″ E |
| 14 | 54° 3′ 36.653″ N | 0° 1′ 27.388″ E | 81 | 53° 58′ 54.420″ N | 0° 57′ 26.213″ E |
| 15 | 54° 3′ 37.742″ N | 0° 1′ 33.117″ E | 82 | 53° 58′ 58.248″ N | 0° 56′ 45.174″ E |
| 16 | 54° 3′ 31.432″ N | 0° 2′ 43.501″ E | 83 | 53° 59′ 56.956″ N | 0° 50′ 1.171″ E |
| 17 | 54° 3′ 21.791″ N | 0° 4′ 54.431″ E | 84 | 54° 0′ 12.504″ N | 0° 48′ 1.381″ E |
| 18 | 54° 3′ 20.107″ N | 0° 5′ 29.470″ E | 85 | 54° 0′ 12.515″ N | 0° 47′ 27.367″ E |
| 19 | 54° 3′ 20.504″ N | 0° 5′ 36.188″ E | 86 | 54° 0′ 13.296″ N | 0° 46′ 40.673″ E |
| 20 | 54° 3′ 29.852″ N | 0° 6′ 6.995″ E | 87 | 54° 0′ 12.634″ N | 0° 46′ 30.459″ E |
| 21 | 54° 4′ 17.513″ N | 0° 8′ 11.780″ E | 88 | 54° 0′ 11.415″ N | 0° 46′ 24.233″ E |
| 22 | 54° 4′ 19.804″ N | 0° 8′ 20.650″ E | 89 | 53° 59′ 39.945″ N | 0° 44′ 55.026″ E |
| 23 | 54° 4′ 29.084″ N | 0° 9′ 5.618″ E | 90 | 53° 59′ 33.773″ N | 0° 44′ 35.130″ E |
| 24 | 54° 4′ 30.902″ N | 0° 9′ 18.035″ E | 91 | 53° 59′ 28.402″ N | 0° 44′ 15.020″ E |
| 25 | 54° 4′ 31.360″ N | 0° 9′ 29.006″ E | 92 | 53° 59′ 26.858″ N | 0° 44′ 5.508″ E |
| 26 | 54° 4′ 30.770″ N | 0° 11′ 14.823″ E | 93 | 53° 59′ 23.738″ N | 0° 43′ 35.842″ E |
| 27 | 54° 4′ 41.436″ N | 0° 13′ 46.313″ E | 94 | 53° 59′ 23.191″ N | 0° 42′ 42.267″ E |
| 28 | 54° 4′ 51.664″ N | 0° 18′ 10.115″ E | 95 | 53° 59′ 23.584″ N | 0° 42′ 32.090″ E |
| 29 | 54° 4′ 49.674″ N | 0° 22′ 20.794″ E | 96 | 53° 59′ 29.653″ N | 0° 41′ 39.599″ E |
| 30 | 54° 4′ 34.602″ N | 0° 25′ 8.241″ E | 97 | 53° 59′ 31.433″ N | 0° 41′ 30.497″ E |
| 31 | 54° 3′ 47.343″ N | 0° 28′ 41.594″ E | 98 | 53° 59′ 34.340″ N | 0° 41′ 20.783″ E |
| 32 | 54° 3′ 29.522″ N | 0° 29′ 45.309″ E | 99 | 54° 1′ 11.539″ N | 0° 37′ 38.060″ E |
| 33 | 54° 3′ 12.983″ N | 0° 30′ 41.496″ E | 100 | 54° 1′ 53.954″ N | 0° 30′ 4.210″ E |
| 34 | 54° 3′ 11.866″ N | 0° 30′ 46.755″ E | 101 | 54° 1′ 55.082″ N | 0° 29′ 58.960″ E |
| 35 | 54° 2′ 29.831″ N | 0° 38′ 16.384″ E | 102 | 54° 2′ 16.836″ N | 0° 28′ 45.068″ E |
| 36 | 54° 2′ 28.252″ N | 0° 38′ 27.328″ E | 103 | 54° 2′ 34.272″ N | 0° 27′ 42.729″ E |
| 37 | 54° 2′ 25.710″ N | 0° 38′ 37.464″ E | 104 | 54° 3′ 14.191″ N | 0° 24′ 52.548″ E |
| 38 | 54° 2′ 22.467″ N | 0° 38′ 46.275″ E | 105 | 54° 3′ 28.906″ N | 0° 22′ 9.330″ E |
| 39 | 54° 0′ 46.742″ N | 0° 42′ 25.062″ E | 106 | 54° 3′ 30.827″ N | 0° 18′ 25.085″ E |
| 40 | 54° 0′ 44.114″ N | 0° 42′ 47.823″ E | 107 | 54° 3′ 25.965″ N | 0° 15′ 11.395″ E |
| 41 | 54° 0′ 44.168″ N | 0° 42′ 53.983″ E | 108 | 54° 3′ 10.152″ N | 0° 11′ 26.334″ E |
| 42 | 54° 0′ 37.964″ N | 0° 43′ 8.166″ E | 109 | 54° 3′ 9.658″ N | 0° 11′ 1.640″ E |
| 43 | 54° 0′ 33.962″ N | 0° 43′ 31.109″ E | 110 | 54° 3′ 10.393″ N | 0° 9′ 39.559″ E |
| 44 | 54° 0′ 51.704″ N | 0° 44′ 6.496″ E | 111 | 54° 3′ 7.676″ N | 0° 9′ 26.386″ E |
| 45 | 54° 0′ 57.175″ N | 0° 44′ 19.901″ E | 112 | 54° 3′ 13.846″ N | 0° 8′ 47.985″ E |
| 46 | 54° 1′ 20.169″ N | 0° 45′ 45.285″ E | 113 | 54° 1′ 59.146″ N | 0° 5′ 34.054″ E |
| 47 | 54° 1′ 22.890″ N | 0° 46′ 0.288″ E | 114 | 54° 1′ 59.193″ N | 0° 5′ 24.927″ E |
| 48 | 54° 1′ 33.372″ N | 0° 47′ 34.265″ E | 115 | 54° 2′ 1.399″ N | 0° 4′ 39.525″ E |
| 49 | 54° 1′ 33.357″ N | 0° 48′ 6.711″ E | 116 | 54° 2′ 14.627″ N | 0° 1′ 34.678″ E |
| 50 | 54° 1′ 32.702″ N | 0° 48′ 19.691″ E | 117 | 54° 2′ 13.616″ N | 0° 1′ 29.370″ E |
| 51 | 54° 1′ 26.938″ N | 0° 49′ 8.341″ E | 118 | 54° 2′ 9.931″ N | 0° 1′ 16.745″ W |
| 52 | 54° 1′ 15.588″ N | 0° 50′ 33.236″ E | 119 | 54° 1′ 43.569″ N | 0° 0′ 7.896″ W |
| 53 | 54° 0′ 17.357″ N | 0° 57′ 13.969″ E | 120 | 54° 1′ 31.663″ N | 0° 0′ 25.766″ W |
| 54 | 54° 0′ 15.266″ N | 0° 57′ 36.824″ E | 121 | 54° 1′ 7.679″ N | 0° 1′ 51.463″ W |
| 55 | 54° 0′ 14.766″ N | 0° 57′ 48.644″ E | 122 | 54° 1′ 0.011″ N | 0° 2′ 21.082″ W |
| 56 | 54° 0′ 17.493″ N | 0° 58′ 26.081″ E | 123 | 54° 1′ 0.055″ N | 0° 4′ 18.699″ W |
| 57 | 54° 0′ 27.621″ N | 0° 59′ 10.323″ E | 124 | 54° 1′ 25.632″ N | 0° 12′ 25.517″ W |
| 58 | 54° 0′ 36.596″ N | 1° 0′ 6.568″ E | 125 | 54° 1′ 41.883″ N | 0° 12′ 50.086″ W |
| 59 | 54° 0′ 53.351″ N | 1° 4′ 59.324″ E | 126 | 54° 1′ 39.112″ N | 0° 12′ 50.078″ W |
| 60 | 54° 2′ 51.236″ N | 1° 8′ 18.052″ E | 127 | 54° 1′ 39.246″ N | 0° 12′ 59.069″ W |
| 61 | 54° 7′ 24.985″ N | 0° 59′ 54.702″ E | 128 | 54° 1′ 39.257″ N | 0° 12′ 59.850″ W |
| 62 | 54° 9′ 13.497″ N | 1° 0′ 43.850″ E | 129 | 54° 1′ 39.742″ N | 0° 12′ 59.821″ W |
| 63 | 54° 10′ 49.480″ N | 0° 58′ 21.782″ E | 130 | 54° 1′ 39.731″ N | 0° 12′ 59.103″ W |
| 64 | 54° 12′ 37.143″ N | 0° 58′ 31.095″ E | 131 | 54° 1′ 43.574″ N | 0° 12′ 59.118″ W |
| 65 | 54° 12′ 17.413″ N | 1° 12′ 18.263″ E | 132 | 54° 1′ 43.811″ N | 0° 12′ 59.860″ W |
| 66 | 54° 4′ 13.012″ N | 1° 30′ 5.270″ E | 133 | 54° 2′ 7.201″ N | 0° 13′ 0.387″ W |
| 67 | 53° 59′ 15.598″ N | 1° 17′ 20.651″ E |
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 5 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
6. This licence remains in force until the authorised scheme has been decommissioned in accordance with a programme approved by the Secretary of State under section 106 (approval of decommissioning programmes) of the 2004 Act, including any modification to the programme under section 108 (reviews and revisions of decommissioning programmes), and the completion of such programme has been confirmed by the Secretary of State in writing.
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 6 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
7. The provisions of section 72 (variation, suspension, revocation and transfer) of the 2009 Act apply to this licence except that the provisions of section 72(7) and (8) relating to the transfer of the licence only apply to a transfer not falling within article 5 (benefit of the Order).
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 7 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
8. With respect to any condition which requires the licensed activities be carried out in accordance with the plans, protocols or statements approved under this Schedule, the approved details, plan or scheme are taken to include any amendments that may subsequently be approved in writing by the MMO.
Commencement Information
I8Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 8 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
9. Any amendments to or variations from the approved details, plan or scheme must be in accordance with the principles and assessments set out in the environmental statement. Such agreement may only be given in relation to immaterial changes where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the MMO that it is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially greater environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.
Commencement Information
I9Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 9 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1