SCHEDULE 7Deemed marine licence
PART 3Conditions
Piling conditions20
1
No operations consisting of piling shall commence until a piling method statement has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the MMO, following consultation with the Environment Agency and Natural England, such statement to include the following—
a
the use of pile pads and pile shrouds at all times;
b
a maximum pile diameter of 1 metre unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO, following consultation with Natural England and the Environment Agency;
c
a maximum number of 4 piles;
d
provision for soft start procedures to be followed, to include a requirement for a soft start of at least 180 seconds for percussive piling of any piles that will be in a free water condition during construction (marine piles); and
e
details of the anticipated spread of piling activity throughout a working day.
2
Operations consisting of piling shall only be carried out in accordance with the relevant piling method statement.
3
Where the words ‘unless otherwise agreed’ appear in sub-paragraph (1)(b), any such agreement or statement may only be given in relation to immaterial changes where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of MMO that the subject matter of the approval or agreement sought is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.