The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm Order 2022

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 37,736,390m³ 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 HU215 and HU216 within the extent of the Order limits seaward of MHWS, comprising—

(i) 36,000,000 m³ for cable and fibre optic cable installation;

(ii) 1,648,824 m³ for the wind turbine generators;

(iii) 75,000 m³ for the accommodation platform; and

(iv) 12,566 m³ for the meteorological masts;

(e) the removal of static fishing equipment; and

(f) the disposal of drill arisings in connection with any foundation drilling up to 400,624 m³

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 1 in force at 5.3.2022, see art. 1

2.—(1) Such activities are authorised in relation to the construction, maintenance and operation of Work No. 1 (phase 1)— E+W+S

(a) an offshore wind turbine generating station with an electrical export capacity of up to 1,800 MW at the point of connection to the offshore electrical platform(s) referred to at Work No. 2 comprising up to 158 wind turbine generators each fixed to the seabed by one of the following foundation types: monopile (piled or suction caisson), jacket (piled or suction caisson), or gravity base fitted with rotating blades and situated within the area shown on the works plan and further comprising (b) to (e) below;

(b) up to two accommodation 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;

(c) up to two meteorological masts fixed to the seabed within the area shown on the works plan by one of the following foundation types: monopile (piled or suction caisson), jacket (piled or suction caisson) or gravity base;

(d) up to two LIDAR measurement buoys fixed to the seabed within the area shown on the works plan by one of the following foundation types: monopile (piled) or floating and up to two wave measurement buoys fixed to the seabed within the area shown on the works plan by one foundation type (floating); and

(e) a network of subsea array cables and fibre optic cables within the area shown on the works plan between the wind turbine generators, and between the wind turbine generators and Work No.2 including one or more offshore cable crossings.

(2) In connection with Work No. 1 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 including:

(a) scour protection around the foundations of the offshore structures;

(b) cable protection measures such as the placement of rock and/or concrete mattresses, with or without frond devices;

(c) the removal of material from the seabed required for the construction of Work No. 1 and the disposal of up to 37,736,390 cubic metres of inert material of natural origin within the Order limits produced during construction drilling, seabed preparation for foundation works, cable installation preparation such as sandwave clearance, boulder clearance and pre–trenching and excavation of horizontal directional drilling exit pits; and

(d) removal of static fishing equipment;

(3) In connection with such Work No. 1, 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. 9 Pt. 3 para. 2 in force at 5.3.2022, see art. 1