The East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART 2

   1. 3. Development consent etc. granted by the Order

   2. 4. Power to construct and maintain authorised project

   3. 5. Benefit of the Order

   4. 6. Application and modification of legislative provisions

   5. 7. Defence to proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance

4. PART 3

   1. 8. Street works

   2. 9. Temporary stopping up of public rights of way

   3. 10. Temporary stopping up of streets

   4. 11. Access to works

   5. 12. Agreements with street authorities

5. PART 4

   1. 13. Discharge of water

   2. 14. Authority to survey and investigate the land

6. PART 5

   1. 15. Compulsory acquisition of land

   2. 16. Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily

   3. 17. Compulsory acquisition of rights

   4. 18. Private rights

   5. 19. Application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981

   6. 20. Acquisition of subsoil only

   7. 21. Acquisition of part of certain properties

   8. 22. Rights under or over streets

   9. 23. Temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised project

   10. 24. Temporary use of land for maintaining authorised project

   11. 25. Protective provisions for specified undertakers

   12. 26. Statutory undertakers

   13. 27. Recovery of costs of new connections

7. PART 6

   1. 28. Operation of generating station

   2. 29. Deemed marine licences under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

8. PART 7

   1. 30. Application of landlord and tenant law

   2. 31. Operational land for purposes of the 1990 Act

   3. 32. Felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows

   4. 33. Certification of plans etc.

   5. 34. Arbitration

   6. 35. Requirements, appeals, etc.

   7. 36. Abatement of works abandoned or decayed

   8. 37. Saving provisions for Trinity House

   9. 38. Crown rights

   10. 39. Protective provisions

9. Signature

10. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Authorised project

       1. PART 1 Authorised development

          1. 1. A nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14...

          2. 2. The grid coordinates for that part of the authorised project...

          3. 3. The grid coordinates for that part of the authorised project...

       2. PART 2 Ancillary works

          1. 1. Works within the Order limits which have been subject to...

       3. PART 3 Requirements

          1. 1. Interpretation

          2. 2. Time limits

          3. 3. Detailed offshore design parameters

          4. 4. No meteorological mast, wind turbine generator or offshore substation forming...

          5. 5. (1) The total number of offshore substations forming part of...

          6. 6. (1) The total length of the cables comprising Work No....

          7. 7. (1) In relation to a WTG, each gravity base foundation...

          8. 8. Aviation safety

          9. 9. Offshore decommissioning

          10. 10. Detailed design approval onshore

          11. 11. Landfall method statement

          12. 12. Provision of landscaping

          13. 13. Implementation and maintenance of landscaping

          14. 14. Highway accesses and improvements

          15. 15. Fencing and other means of enclosure

          16. 16. Surface and foul water drainage

          17. 17. Contaminated land and ground water

          18. 18. Archaeology

          19. 19. Ecological management plan

          20. 20. Code of construction practice

          21. 21. External lighting and control of artificial light emissions

          22. 22. Control of noise during construction

          23. 23. Construction hours

          24. 24. Control of noise during operational phase

          25. 25. Traffic

          26. 26. Port travel plan

          27. 27. European protected species

          28. 28. Restoration of land used temporarily for construction

          29. 29. Installation of cable ducts

          30. 30. Skills strategy

          31. 31. Onshore decommissioning

          32. 32. Decommissioning of Work No. 3B and Work No. 4

          33. 33. Requirement for written approval

          34. 34. Amendments to approved details

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Streets subject to street works

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Public rights of way to be temporarily stopped up

       1. PART 1 Rights of way for which a replacement will be provided during stopping up

       2. PART 2 Rights of way for which no replacement will be provided during the temporary stopping up

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Streets to be temporarily stopped up

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Access to works

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Land in which only new rights etc. may be acquired

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       Modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights

       1. 1. Compensation enactments

       2. 2. (1) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 1, the...

       3. 3. Application of the 1965 Act

       4. 4. For section 7 of the 1965 Act (measure of compensation)...

       5. 5. For section 8 of the 1965 Act (provisions as to...

       6. 6. The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state the...

       7. 7. Section 11 of the 1965 Act (powers of entry) shall...

       8. 8. Section 20 of the 1965 Act (protection for interests of...

       9. 9. Section 22 of the 1965 Act (protection of acquiring authority’s...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

       Land of which temporary possession may be taken

    9. SCHEDULE 9

       Protective provisions

       1. PART 1 Protection for electricity, gas, water and sewerage undertakers

          1. 1. For the protection of the undertakers referred to in this...

          2. 2. In this part of this Schedule— “affected undertakers” means— any...

          3. 3. This part of this Schedule does not apply to apparatus...

          4. 4. Regardless of any provision in this Order or anything shown...

          5. 5. (1) If, in the exercise of the powers conferred by...

          6. 6. (1) Where, in accordance with the provisions of this part...

          7. 7. (1) Not less than 28 days before starting the execution...

          8. 8. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the...

          9. 9. (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), if by reason...

          10. 10. Nothing in this part of this Schedule shall affect the...

       2. PART 2 Protection for operators of electronic communications code networks

          1. 1. (1) For the protection of any operator, the following provisions...

          2. 2. The exercise of the powers of article 25 (statutory undertakers)...

          3. 3. (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), if as the...

          4. 4. This part of this Schedule does not apply to—

          5. 5. Nothing in this part of this Schedule shall affect the...

       3. PART 3 Protection of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

          1. 1. The following provisions of this Schedule have effect unless otherwise...

          2. 2. In this part of this Schedule— “construction” includes execution, placing,...

          3. 3. (1) Where under this part of this Schedule Network Rail...

          4. 4. (1) The undertakers must not exercise the powers conferred by...

          5. 5. (1) The undertakers must before commencing construction of any specified...

          6. 6. (1) Any specified work and any protective works to be...

          7. 7. The undertakers must— (a) at all times afford reasonable facilities...

          8. 8. Network Rail must at all times afford reasonable facilities to...

          9. 9. (1) If any permanent or temporary alterations or additions to...

          10. 10. The undertakers must repay to Network Rail all reasonable fees,...

          11. 11. (1) In this paragraph— “EMI” means, subject to sub-paragraph (2),...

          12. 12. If at any time after the completion of a specified...

          13. 13. The undertakers must not provide any illumination or illuminated sign...

          14. 14. Any additional expenses which Network Rail may reasonably incur in...

          15. 15. (1) The undertakers must pay to Network Rail all reasonable...

          16. 16. Network Rail must, on receipt of a request from the...

          17. 17. In the assessment of any sums payable to Network Rail...

          18. 18. The undertakers and Network Rail may, subject in the case...

          19. 19. Nothing in this Order, or in any enactment incorporated with...

          20. 20. The undertakers must give written notice to Network Rail where...

          21. 21. The undertakers must no later than 28 days from the...

       4. PART 4 For the protection of Anglian Water Services Limited

          1. 1. For the protection of Anglian Water, the following provisions of...

          2. 2. In this part of this Schedule— “alternative apparatus” means alternative...

          3. 3. The undertakers shall not interfere with, build over or near...

          4. 4. The alteration, extension, removal or re-location of any Apparatus shall...

          5. 5. In the situation, where in exercise of the powers conferred...

          6. 6. Regardless of any provision in this Order or anything shown...

          7. 7. If in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred...

          8. 8. If in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred...

          9. 9. If for any reason or in consequence of the construction...

          10. 10. Nothing in paragraph 9 shall impose any liability on the...

          11. 11. Any difference or dispute arising between the undertakers and Anglian...

       5. PART 5 For the protection of National Grid Gas plc and National Grid Electricity Transmission plc

          1. 1. Application

          2. 2. Interpretation

          3. 3. Apparatus of undertakers in stopped up streets

          4. 4. Acquisition of land

          5. 5. Removal of apparatus

          6. 6. Facilities and rights for alternative apparatus

          7. 7. Retained apparatus: protection: gas undertakers

          8. 8. Retained apparatus: protection: electricity undertakers

          9. 9. Expenses

          10. 10. Compensation

          11. 11. Ground subsidence monitoring scheme in respect of statutory undertakers’s apparatus

          12. 12. Enactments and agreements

          13. 13. Co-operation

          14. 14. Access

          15. 15. Arbitration

    10. SCHEDULE 10

        Deemed licence under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 – generation assets

        1. PART 1 Licensed marine activities

           1. 1. (1) In this licence— “the 2008 Act” means the Planning...

           2. 2. Details of licensed marine activities

           3. 3. The grid coordinates for the authorised scheme are specified below...

           4. 4. This licence shall remain in force until the authorised scheme...

           5. 5. The provisions of section 72 of the 2009 Act shall...

           6. 6. Where the words ‘unless otherwise agreed’ or ‘unless otherwise stated’...

        2. PART 2 Conditions

           1. 1. Design parameters for wind turbines

           2. 2. No meteorological mast, wind turbine generator or HVAC offshore collector...

           3. 3. (1) The total number of HVAC offshore collector stations forming...

           4. 4. (1) The total length of the cables comprising Work No....

           5. 5. (1) In relation to a WTG, each gravity base foundation...

           6. 6. Notifications and inspections

           7. 7. Offshore safety management

           8. 8. Aids to navigation

           9. 9. Chemicals, drilling and debris

           10. 10. Force majeure

           11. 11. Pre-construction plans and documentation

           12. 12. (1) Any archaeological reports produced in accordance with condition 11(h)(iii)...

           13. 13. (1) Each programme, statement, plan, protocol or scheme required to...

           14. 14. Foundation restrictions

           15. 15. Reporting of engaged agents, contractors and vessels

           16. 16. Equipment and operation of vessels engaged in licensed activities

           17. 17. Pre-construction monitoring and surveys

           18. 18. Construction monitoring

           19. 19. Post construction

    11. SCHEDULE 11

        Deemed licence under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 – transmission assets

        1. PART 1 Licensed marine activities

           1. 1. (1) In this licence— “the 2008 Act” means the Planning...

           2. 2. Details of licensed marine activities

           3. 3. The grid coordinates for the authorised scheme are specified below...

           4. 4. This licence shall remain in force until the authorised scheme...

           5. 5. The provisions of section 72 of the 2009 Act shall...

           6. 6. Where the words ‘unless otherwise agreed’ or ‘unless otherwise stated’...

        2. PART 2 Conditions

           1. 1. Design parameters

           2. 2. (1) The total number of HVDC offshore converter stations forming...

           3. 3. (1) The total length of the cables comprising Work No....

           4. 4. The total amount of scour protection for the HVAC offshore...

           5. 5. Notifications and inspections

           6. 6. Offshore safety management

           7. 7. Aids to navigation

           8. 8. Chemicals, drilling and debris

           9. 9. Force majeure

           10. 10. Pre-construction plans and documentation

           11. 11. (1) Any archaeological reports produced in accordance with condition 11(h)(iii)...

           12. 12. (1) Each programme, statement, plan, protocol or scheme required to...

           13. 13. Foundation restrictions

           14. 14. Reporting of engaged agents, contractors and vessels

           15. 15. Equipment and operation of vessels engaged in licensed activities

           16. 16. Pre-construction monitoring and surveys

           17. 17. Construction monitoring

           18. 18. Post construction

    12. SCHEDULE 12

        Removal of important hedgerows

11. Explanatory Note