EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order authorises Harwich International Port Limited (the applicant for the Order) to undertake works at Bathside Bay, Harwich. The authorised works include a container port by extending Parkeston Quay between that quay and the train ferry berth at Harwich.

The works also include the construction of a quay wall including berths for vessels and quayside cranes, the infilling and reclamation of part of the foreshore and bed of Bathside Bay and the provision of a boat harbour.

The Order defines the area of the boat harbour and restricts the use of the boat harbour to pleasure craft and other small vessels.