SCHEDULE 9DEEMED GENERATOR ASSETS MARINE LICENCE UNDER THE MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009

PART 2Licence Conditions

Pre-construction surveying and monitoringI112

1

The undertaker must, in discharging condition 11(1)(a) submit details for approval by the MMO in consultation with Natural England of proposed pre-construction surveys, including methodologies and timings, and a proposed format and content for a pre-construction baseline report at least 4 months prior to surveys commencing.

2

The pre-construction surveys referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must unless otherwise agreed with the MMO have due regard to the need to undertake—

a

surveys to determine the location, extent and composition of any benthic habitats of conservation, ecological and/or economic importance (including Annex I Habitat) inside the area(s) within the Order limits seaward of MHWS in which it is proposed to carry out construction works;

b

a high resolution swath-bathymetry survey and side-scan sonar survey of the areas within the Order limits seaward of MHWS in which it is proposed to carry out construction works, including a 500 metre buffer area around the site of each work inclusive of seabed anomalies or sites of historic or archaeological interest that lie within that 500 metre buffer; and

c

debris surveys, including a side scan sonar survey, across the area(s) within the Order limits seaward of MHWS in which it is proposed to carry out construction works.

3

The undertaker must carry out the surveys agreed under sub-paragraph (1) and provide the baseline report to the MMO in the agreed format in accordance with the agreed timetable, unless otherwise agreed by the MMO.

4

The undertaker must not commence construction until the baseline report has been agreed by the MMO.