The East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

Details of licensed marine activities

2.—(1) This licence authorises the undertakers (and any agent or contractor acting on their behalf) to carry out the following licensable marine activities under section 66(1) of the 2009 Act, subject to the conditions—

(a) the deposit at sea of the substances and articles specified in sub-paragraph (3);

(b) the construction of works in or over the sea and/or on or under the sea bed;

(c) the removal of sediment samples for the purposes of informing environmental monitoring under this licence during pre-construction, construction and operation.

(2) Such activities are authorised in relation to the construction, maintenance and operation of—

• Work No. 2 – up to two HVDC offshore converter stations fixed to the seabed within the area shown on the works plan by one of two foundation types (namely jacket foundation or gravity base foundation);

• Work No. 3A – up to four HVDC export cables between Work No. 2 and MHWS consisting of subsea cables along routes within the Order limits seaward of MHWS including one or more cable crossings.

(3) And in connection with such Works No. 2 and 3A, ancillary works within the Order limits which have been subject to an environmental impact assessment recorded in the environmental statement comprising—

(a) temporary landing places, moorings or other means of accommodating vessels in the construction and/or maintenance of the authorised scheme;

(b) buoys, beacons, fenders and other navigational warning or ship impact protection works;

(c) temporary works for the benefit or protection of land or structures affected by the authorised scheme; and

(d) the disposal of up to 245,000 metres³ of inert material of natural origin within the offshore Order limits produced during construction drilling and seabed preparation for foundation works and cable sandwave preparation works at disposal site reference TH23 East Anglia ONE.

(4) The substances or articles authorised for deposit at sea are—

(a) iron/steel;

(b) stone and rock;

(c) concrete;

(d) sand and gravel;

(e) plastic/synthetic;

(f) material extracted from within the offshore Order limits during construction drilling and seabed preparation for foundation works and cable sandwave preparation works; and

(g) marine coatings, other chemicals and timber.