The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm Order 2023

Details of licensed marine activities E+W+S

2.  Subject to the licence conditions at Part 2, this licence authorises the undertaker (and any agent or contractor acting on their behalf) to carry out the following licensable marine activities under section 66(1) (licensable marine activities) of the 2009 Act—

(a) the deposit at sea within the Order limits seaward of MHWS of the substances and articles specified in paragraph 4 below and within—

(i) the array area disposal site, when combined with the disposal authorised by the deemed marine licence granted under Schedule 11 of the Order, of up to 7,211,601 cubic metres (being a maximum, not an approximate upper figure) of inert material of natural origin produced during construction drilling or seabed preparation for foundation works and cable installation preparation and excavation of horizontal directional drilling pits works within the parts of Work No. 2 that lie within the array area; and

(ii) the cable corridor disposal site of up to 4,105,735 cubic metres (being a maximum, not an approximate upper figure) of inert material of natural origin produced during construction drilling or seabed preparation for foundation works and cable installation preparation and excavation of horizontal directional drilling pits works within Work Nos. 2 (which lie within the cable corridor), 3, 4 and 5;

(b) the construction of works in or over the sea or on or under the sea bed;

(c) dredging for the purposes of seabed preparation for foundation works and/or electrical circuit works;

(d) boulder clearance works by displacement ploughing or subsea grab technique or any other equivalent method;

(e) the removal of sediment samples for the purposes of informing environmental monitoring under this licence during pre-construction, construction and operation;

(f) removal of static fishing equipment; and

(g) site preparation works.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 2 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1