The Swansea Bay Tidal Generating Station Order 2015

PART 1B Ancillary and necessary works

Works within the Order limits to the extent necessary and ancillary to the construction, operation and maintenance of a nationally significant infrastructure project and forming part of that project being an offshore generating station as defined in sections 14(1)(a) and 15(3) of the 2008 Act comprising—

• Work No. 2b — A temporary offshore work consisting of a sediment berm cofferdam for the purposes of constructing Work No. 2a as shown on works plan 2.2.8B and having wall heights not exceeding 16.5m above Chart Datum.

• Work No. 2c — An offshore work comprising up to 15 dolphin piles with lights, cable booms or floating buoys in between located up to 500m seaward from the outer edge of Work No. 2a (266113E; 189484N) for the purposes of demarcating a safety zone as shown on works plan 2.2.8B and works section 2.2.16A.

• Work No. 2d — An offshore work comprising buoys (with or without lights) with or without floating booms located up to 500m landward from the outer edge of Work No. 2a (266123E; 189494N) for the purposes of demarcating a safety zone as shown on works plan 2.2.8B and works section 2.2.16A.

• Work No. 3 — An offshore work consisting of a buried pipeline the uppermost surface of which shall be below the level of the surrounding sea bed for the extension of the existing long sea sewage outfall from 268408E; 189407N to 268030E; 187224N and replacement of diffuser apparatus.

• Work No. 4 — An offshore work consisting of a new eastern channel training wall in the River Neath providing for the relocation of Monkstone lights from 270138E; 190336N to 271033E; 191419N which work must not exceed the heights shown on works section 2.2.15A.

• Work No. 9 — Reclamation of land to establish a saltmarsh habitat area of up to 5ha and coastal grassland habitat area of up to 3ha including pedestrian and cycle routes and structures as shown on works plans 2.2.2B and 2.2.3B.

• Work No. 10 — Reclamation of land to establish a new coastal grassland and dune area of up to 11 ha. close to the landfall of Work No. 1b as shown on works plan 2.2.3B incorporating—

  (a)

  a beach area;

  (b)

  a visitor/information point to serve Crymlyn Burrows SSSI as shown on planning drawing 2.4.58; and

  (c)

  extension of the existing surface drainage outfalls serving Fabian Way,

  and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any numbered work, further ancillary works comprising—

  (d)

  oyster spatting ponds;

  (e)

  installation of services along eastern and western seawalls, including electricity and telecommunications;

  (f)

  buoys, beacons, fenders and other navigational aids, warning or ship impact protection works;

  (g)

  temporary land places, moorings and other means of accommodating vessels in the construction of the works set out in Part 1A and this Part; and

  (h)

  works to alter the position of apparatus on, over or under tidal waters or tidal lands within the Order limits.