The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020

PART 3 E+W+S Details of Licensed Marine Activities

1.  Subject to the licence conditions at Part 4, 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— E+W+S

(a) the deposit at sea of the substances and articles specified in paragraph 5 of Part 2 of this licence;

(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;

(d) the disposal of up to 11,475,000 m³ of inert material of natural origin within the offshore Order limits produced during construction drilling or seabed preparation for foundation works and cable (including fibre optic cable) sandwave preparation works at disposal site references HU213, HU214, HU215 and HU216 within the extent of the Order limits seaward of MHWS, comprising—

(i) 9,000,000 m³ for cable (including fibre optic cable) installation;

(ii) 75,000 m³ for the offshore electrical platforms;

(iii) 1,900,000 m³ for the export cables (including fibre optic cables) within the Order limits excluding the Haisborough, Hammond and Winterton Special Area of Conservation;

(iv) 500,000 m³ for the export cables (including fibre optic cables) within the part of the Haisborough, Hammond and Winterton Special Area of Conservation that falls within the Order limits;

(e) the removal of static fishing equipment; and

(f) the disposal of drill arisings in connection with any foundation drilling up to 14,137 m³.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 11 Pt. 3 para. 1 in force at 22.7.2020, see art. 1

2.—(1) Such activities are authorised in relation to the construction, maintenance and operation of— E+W+S

(2) Work No. 2 (phase 1) – up to two offshore electrical platforms fixed to the seabed within the area shown on the works plan by one of the following foundation types: jacket (piled or suction caisson) or gravity base.

(3) Work No. 3 (phase 1) – a network of subsea cables and fibre optic cables within the area shown on the works plan comprising Work No. 2 and for the transmission of electricity and electronic communications between the offshore electrical platforms including one or more cable crossings.

(4) Work No. 4A (phase 1) – up to four subsea export cables and fibre optic cables between Work No. 2 and Work No. 4B consisting of subsea cables and fibre optic cables along routes within the Order limits seaward of MHWS including one or more offshore cable crossings.

(5) Work No. 4B (phase 1) – up to four subsea export cables and fibre optic cables between Work No. 4A and Work No. 4C consisting of subsea cables and fibre optic cables along routes within the Order limits between MLWS and MHWS at Happisburgh South, North Norfolk.

(6) In connection with such Works No. 2, 3, 4A and 4B and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such work, further associated development 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 licence.

(7) In connection with such Works No. 2, 3, 4A and 4B, 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; and

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

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 11 Pt. 3 para. 2 in force at 22.7.2020, see art. 1