The Galloper Wind Farm Order 2013

Construction monitoring

17.—(1) The undertaker shall, in discharging condition 10(2)(a), submit details for approval by the MMO of any proposed surveys or monitoring, including methodologies and timings, to be carried out during the construction of the authorised scheme. The survey proposals shall specify each survey’s objectives.

(2) The construction surveys and monitoring shall comprise, in outline, the noise monitoring referred to in paragraph (3) and an ornithological survey covering the areas within the offshore Order limits in which it is proposed to carry out construction works, and any wider areas, where appropriate, which is required to test predictions in the environmental statement concerning key ornithological interests of relevance to the authorised scheme.

(3) Such monitoring shall include measurements of noise generated by the installation of the first four largest diameter monopile foundations (or other piles if monopile foundations are not used), following which the MMO will determine whether further noise monitoring is required.

(4) The undertaker shall carry out the construction surveys and reports approved under paragraph (1), including any further noise monitoring required in writing by the MMO, in the agreed format, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MMO, in consultation with Natural England and JNCC.

(5) The results of the initial noise measurements provided in accordance with paragraph (4) shall be provided to the MMO within six weeks of the installation of the first relevant monopile foundation piece, or other pile if monopile foundations are not used. The assessment of this report by the MMO shall determine whether any further noise monitoring is required. In the event that the reported noise levels are significantly in excess of those predicted in the environmental statement and this conclusion is notified to the undertaker by the MMO in writing with a clear written instruction to stop pile installation as a consequence, then further pile installation shall only be carried out with the prior written approval of the MMO.