The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm Order 2023

PART 10 E+W+S FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE KUMATAGE FIELD

Application E+W+S

1.  For the protection of the licensee from time to time of the licence in respect of the area comprising the Kumatage Field, previously under United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P.2426 and any licence granted to replace it in the 33^rd Offshore Licensing Round, unless otherwise provided for in this Schedule or otherwise agreed in writing between the licensee and the undertaker the provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall have effect for so long as the licence shall remain in full force and effect.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 1 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1

2.  In the event that—

(a) the no licence is granted under the North Sea Transition Authority 33^rd Offshore Licensing Round;

(b) any licence granted under the North Sea Transition Authority 33^rd Offshore Licensing Round is terminated and no longer has effect;

(c) before 1 January 2026, the licensee has not obtained the necessary consents;

(d) the licensee fails to serve notice on the undertaker as required by paragraph 5,

the obligations on the undertaker in this Part of this Schedule shall no longer have effect.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 2 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1

Interpretation E+W+S

3.  In this Part of this Schedule—

“Bridge protected area plan” means the plan entitled Bridge Petroleum: Kumatage Protective Provisions and certified as the Bridge protected area plan for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule;

“emergency works” means works whose execution at the time when they are executed is required in order to put an end to, or to prevent the occurrence of, circumstances then existing or imminent (or which the person responsible for the works believes on reasonable grounds to be existing or imminent) which are likely to cause danger to persons, property or the environment;

“exclusion zones” means an area on, under or above the seabed within a distance of 500m of the outer edge of an installed platform or centre point of installed subsea infrastructure (excluding an installed pipeline) and an area of 200m either side of an installed pipeline, in each case forming part of the licensee’s works;

“licence” means any licence granted under the 33^rd licensing round by the North Sea Transition Authority for the area comprising the Kumatage Field, previously under United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P.2426;

“licensee” means the licensee from time to time of the licence;

“licensee’s works” means exploration, appraisal, development, production, maintenance, interventions and/or decommissioning activity in accordance with and pursuant to the licence;

“necessary consents” means regulatory approval from the North Sea Transition Agency (or any successor in function) and the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (or any successor in function) for one or more appraisal well(s) and approval from the North Sea Transition Agency (or any successor in function) of a field development plan;

“pipeline route A” means the route coloured pale yellow on the Bridge protected area plan;

“pipeline route B” means the route coloured red on the Bridge protected area plan;

“primary lines of orientation” means the lines identified as the primary lines of orientation for wind turbine generators comprised in the authorised development running south east to north west on bearing 326.5 degrees as shown on the Bridge protected area plan;

“protected area” means the area of seabed with the coordinates below and shown shaded grey/blue on the Bridge protected area plan, excluding any relinquished area

X_UTM31N	Y_UTM31N	Latitude	Longitude	Lat_DMS	Long_DMS
369758.7442	6001005.102	54.14062859	1.006235389	54° 8′ 26.263″ N	1° 0′ 22.447″ E
370895.6849	6000130.985	54.13306382	1.024002362	54° 7′ 59.030″ N	1° 1′ 26.409″ E
371000.6638	6000185.22	54.13357734	1.025584881	54° 8′ 0.878″ N	1° 1′ 32.106″ E
371114.236	6000217.83	54.13389873	1.027308113	54° 8′ 2.035″ N	1° 1′ 38.309″ E
371232.0093	6000227.549	54.13401555	1.029105395	54° 8′ 2.456″ N	1° 1′ 44.779″ E
371349.3879	6000214.002	54.13392326	1.030906567	54° 8′ 2.124″ N	1° 1′ 51.264″ E
371461.8379	6000177.714	54.13362543	1.032642027	54° 8′ 1.052″ N	1° 1′ 57.511″ E
371564.9957	6000120.091	54.13313363	1.03424441	54° 7′ 59.281″ N	1° 2′ 3.280″ E
371654.8603	6000043.37	54.13246692	1.035651552	54° 7′ 56.881″ N	1° 2′ 8.346″ E
371727.9464	5999950.524	54.13165119	1.03680887	54° 7′ 53.944″ N	1° 2′ 12.512″ E
371780.158	5999848.371	54.13074663	1.037650827	54° 7′ 50.688″ N	1° 2′ 15.543″ E
371811.9723	5999738.148	54.12976449	1.03818421	54° 7′ 47.152″ N	1° 2′ 17.463″ E
371822.2261	5999623.885	54.12874068	1.038389537	54° 7′ 43.466″ N	1° 2′ 18.202″ E
371810.5448	5999509.758	54.12771263	1.03825933	54° 7′ 39.765″ N	1° 2′ 17.734″ E
371777.3552	5999399.942	54.12671793	1.037798369	54° 7′ 36.185″ N	1° 2′ 16.074″ E
371723.8708	5999298.449	54.12579294	1.03702353	54° 7′ 32.855″ N	1° 2′ 13.285″ E
371652.0469	5999208.992	54.12497147	1.035963155	54° 7′ 29.897″ N	1° 2′ 9.467″ E
371564.5095	5999134.84	54.12428355	1.03465602	54° 7′ 27.421″ N	1° 2′ 4.762″ E
371707.0735	5999034.998	54.12342232	1.036878551	54° 7′ 24.320″ N	1° 2′ 12.763″ E
371814.9826	5998898.439	54.12222259	1.03858664	54° 7′ 20.001″ N	1° 2′ 18.912″ E
371879.1565	5998736.653	54.12078534	1.039636569	54° 7′ 14.827″ N	1° 2′ 22.692″ E
371894.1948	5998563.256	54.11923155	1.03994004	54° 7′ 9.234″ N	1° 2′ 23.784″ E
371869.3359	5998424.266	54.11797689	1.039618876	54° 7′ 4.717″ N	1° 2′ 22.628″ E
371812.684	5998294.935	54.11680105	1.038807534	54° 7′ 0.484″ N	1° 2′ 19.707″ E
371727.3768	5998182.423	54.11576916	1.037550984	54° 6′ 56.769″ N	1° 2′ 15.184″ E
371618.1385	5998092.963	54.11493834	1.035918829	54° 6′ 53.778″ N	1° 2′ 9.308″ E
371517.1978	5998041.233	54.11444847	1.034397558	54° 6′ 52.014″ N	1° 2′ 3.831″ E
371408.3254	5998009.424	54.11413554	1.032746584	54° 6′ 50.888″ N	1° 1′ 57.888″ E
371295.412	5997998.673	54.11401073	1.031024889	54° 6′ 50.439″ N	1° 1′ 51.690″ E
371182.4928	5998009.363	54.1140785	1.029293977	54° 6′ 50.683″ N	1° 1′ 45.458″ E
371073.6033	5998041.114	54.11433642	1.027615684	54° 6′ 51.611″ N	1° 1′ 39.416″ E
370972.635	5998092.79	54.11477528	1.026049969	54° 6′ 53.191″ N	1° 1′ 33.780″ E
370883.1961	5998162.545	54.1153794	1.024652768	54° 6′ 55.366″ N	1° 1′ 28.750″ E
370808.4831	5998247.885	54.11612721	1.023474009	54° 6′ 58.058″ N	1° 1′ 24.506″ E
370748.8624	5998350.778	54.11703645	1.022518453	54° 7′ 1.331″ N	1° 1′ 21.066″ E
370710.7056	5998463.407	54.11803854	1.021886867	54° 7′ 4.939″ N	1° 1′ 18.793″ E
370695.5115	5998581.35	54.11909413	1.02160408	54° 7′ 8.739″ N	1° 1′ 17.775″ E
370703.8771	5998699.973	54.12016175	1.021681229	54° 7′ 12.582″ N	1° 1′ 18.052″ E
370735.4737	5998814.617	54.12119946	1.02211531	54° 7′ 16.318″ N	1° 1′ 19.615″ E
370789.0601	5998920.777	54.1221665	1.022889294	54° 7′ 19.799″ N	1° 1′ 22.401″ E
370862.5312	5999014.283	54.12302486	1.023972795	54° 7′ 22.889″ N	1° 1′ 26.302″ E
370953.001	5999091.462	54.12374082	1.02532326	54° 7′ 25.467″ N	1° 1′ 31.164″ E
370856.0517	5999152.369	54.12426358	1.023814676	54° 7′ 27.349″ N	1° 1′ 25.733″ E
370772.4368	5999230.583	54.12494512	1.022502564	54° 7′ 29.802″ N	1° 1′ 21.009″ E
370705.2009	5999323.255	54.12576063	1.021434697	54° 7′ 32.738″ N	1° 1′ 17.165″ E
370656.7919	5999427.012	54.12668043	1.02064996	54° 7′ 36.050″ N	1° 1′ 14.340″ E
369290.5479	5999425.493	54.12632131	0.999756873	54° 7′ 34.757″ N	0° 59′ 59.125″ E
369409.1471	5999825.625	54.12994553	1.00139754	54° 7′ 47.804″ N	1° 0′ 5.031″ E
370629.9711	5999826.982	54.13026636	1.02006844	54° 7′ 48.959″ N	1° 1′ 12.246″ E
369634.1373	6000584.701	54.13682085	1.004510756	54° 8′ 12.555″ N	1° 0′ 16.239″ E
369758.7442	6001005.102	54.14062859	1.006235389	54° 8′ 26.263″ N	1° 0′ 22.447″ E

“offshore wind infrastructure” means all infrastructure permitted by this Order excluding offshore wind activities and the overhanging of a wind turbine generator blade;

“offshore wind activities” means investigation survey or other activity relating to the evaluation of development construction operation and maintenance and/or decommissioning of the authorised development and shall include the use of a jack-up or other vessel;

“relinquished area” means any part of the protected area that is relinquished by the licensee pursuant to the licence or otherwise removed from the scope of the licence, but which shall not include the exclusion zones; and

“remaining overlap area” means the area of seabed with the coordinates below and shown cross-hatched on the Bridge protected area plan

ETRS89_X	ETRS89_Y	Latitude	Longitude	DDLat	DDLong
369290.5479	5999425.493	54° 7′ 34.757″ N	0° 59′ 59.125″ E	54.12632131	0.999756873
370656.7919	5999427.012	54° 7′ 36.050″ N	1° 1′ 14.340″ E	54.12668043	1.02064996
370705.2009	5999323.255	54° 7′ 32.738″ N	1° 1′ 17.165″ E	54.12576063	1.021434697
370772.4368	5999230.583	54° 7′ 29.802″ N	1° 1′ 21.009″ E	54.12494512	1.022502564
370856.0517	5999152.369	54° 7′ 27.349″ N	1° 1′ 25.733″ E	54.12426358	1.023814676
370953.001	5999091.462	54° 7′ 25.467″ N	1° 1′ 31.164″ E	54.12374082	1.02532326
370862.5312	5999014.283	54° 7′ 22.889″ N	1° 1′ 26.302″ E	54.12302486	1.023972795
370789.0601	5998920.777	54° 7′ 19.799″ N	1° 1′ 22.401″ E	54.12216649	1.022889294
370735.4737	5998814.617	54° 7′ 16.318″ N	1° 1′ 19.615″ E	54.12119946	1.02211531
370703.8771	5998699.973	54° 7′ 12.582″ N	1° 1′ 18.052″ E	54.12016175	1.021681229
370695.5115	5998581.35	54° 7′ 8.739″ N	1° 1′ 17.775″ E	54.11909413	1.02160408
370710.7056	5998463.407	54° 7′ 4.939″ N	1° 1′ 18.793″ E	54.11803854	1.021886867
370748.8624	5998350.777	54° 7′ 1.331″ N	1° 1′ 21.066″ E	54.11703645	1.022518453
370808.4831	5998247.885	54° 6′ 58.058″ N	1° 1′ 24.506″ E	54.11612721	1.023474009
370883.1961	5998162.545	54° 6′ 55.366″ N	1° 1′ 28.750″ E	54.1153794	1.024652768
370972.635	5998092.79	54° 6′ 53.191″ N	1° 1′ 33.780″ E	54.11477528	1.026049969
371073.6033	5998041.114	54° 6′ 51.611″ N	1° 1′ 39.416″ E	54.11433642	1.027615684
371182.4928	5998009.363	54° 6′ 50.683″ N	1° 1′ 45.458″ E	54.1140785	1.029293977
371295.412	5997998.672	54° 6′ 50.439″ N	1° 1′ 51.690″ E	54.11401073	1.031024889
371408.3254	5998009.424	54° 6′ 50.888″ N	1° 1′ 57.888″ E	54.11413554	1.032746584
371517.1978	5998041.233	54° 6′ 52.014″ N	1° 2′ 3.831″ E	54.11444847	1.034397558
371618.1385	5998092.963	54° 6′ 53.778″ N	1° 2′ 9.308″ E	54.11493834	1.035918829
371727.3768	5998182.423	54° 6′ 56.769″ N	1° 2′ 15.184″ E	54.11576916	1.037550984
371812.684	5998294.934	54° 7′ 0.484″ N	1° 2′ 19.707″ E	54.11680105	1.038807534
371869.3359	5998424.266	54° 7′ 4.717″ N	1° 2′ 22.628″ E	54.11797689	1.039618876
371894.1948	5998563.256	54° 7′ 9.234″ N	1° 2′ 23.784″ E	54.11923155	1.03994004
371879.1565	5998736.653	54° 7′ 14.827″ N	1° 2′ 22.692″ E	54.12078534	1.039636569
371814.9826	5998898.439	54° 7′ 20.001″ N	1° 2′ 18.912″ E	54.12222259	1.03858664
371707.0735	5999034.998	54° 7′ 24.320″ N	1° 2′ 12.763″ E	54.12342232	1.036878551
371564.5095	5999134.84	54° 7′ 27.421″ N	1° 2′ 4.762″ E	54.12428355	1.03465602
371652.0469	5999208.992	54° 7′ 29.897″ N	1° 2′ 9.467″ E	54.12497147	1.035963155
371723.8708	5999298.449	54° 7′ 32.855″ N	1° 2′ 13.285″ E	54.12579294	1.03702353
371777.3552	5999399.942	54° 7′ 36.185″ N	1° 2′ 16.074″ E	54.12671793	1.037798369
371810.5448	5999509.758	54° 7′ 39.765″ N	1° 2′ 17.734″ E	54.12771263	1.03825933
371822.2261	5999623.885	54° 7′ 43.466″ N	1° 2′ 18.202″ E	54.12874068	1.038389537
371811.9723	5999738.148	54° 7′ 47.152″ N	1° 2′ 17.463″ E	54.12976449	1.03818421
371780.158	5999848.371	54° 7′ 50.688″ N	1° 2′ 15.543″ E	54.13074663	1.037650827
371727.9464	5999950.524	54° 7′ 53.944″ N	1° 2′ 12.512″ E	54.13165119	1.03680887
371654.8603	6000043.37	54° 7′ 56.881″ N	1° 2′ 8.346″ E	54.13246692	1.035651552
371564.9957	6000120.091	54° 7′ 59.281″ N	1° 2′ 3.280″ E	54.13313363	1.03424441
371461.8379	6000177.714	54° 8′ 1.052″ N	1° 1′ 57.511″ E	54.13362543	1.032642027
371349.3879	6000214.002	54° 8′ 2.124″ N	1° 1′ 51.264″ E	54.13392326	1.030906567
371232.0093	6000227.548	54° 8′ 2.456″ N	1° 1′ 44.779″ E	54.13401555	1.029105395
371114.236	6000217.83	54° 8′ 2.035″ N	1° 1′ 38.309″ E	54.13389873	1.027308113
371000.6638	6000185.22	54° 8′ 0.878″ N	1° 1′ 32.106″ E	54.13357734	1.025584881
370895.6849	6000130.985	54° 7′ 59.030″ N	1° 1′ 26.409″ E	54.13306382	1.024002362
369758.744	6001005.102	54° 8′ 26.263″ N	1° 0′ 22.447″ E	54.14062859	1.006235386
370188.1134	6002453.716	54° 9′ 13.497″ N	1° 0′ 43.850″ E	54.15374908	1.012180474
369052.38	6003839.014	54° 9′ 57.254″ N	0° 59′ 39.116″ E	54.1659038	0.994198772
374775.9162	6003680.049	54° 9′ 57.253″ N	1° 4′ 54.768″ E	54.1659037	1.081880049
374549.6554	5995336.516	54° 5′ 27.244″ N	1° 4′ 54.777″ E	54.09090122	1.081882594
373037.8605	5995377.85	54° 5′ 27.247″ N	1° 3′ 31.553″ E	54.09090193	1.058764698
372386.8054	5996013.946	54° 5′ 47.237″ N	1° 2′ 54.774″ E	54.09645475	1.048548266
372395.3332	5996323.166	54° 5′ 57.244″ N	1° 2′ 54.773″ E	54.09923444	1.048548168
372060.5767	5996332.517	54° 5′ 57.247″ N	1° 2′ 36.341″ E	54.09923534	1.043428091
369201.7237	5999125.817	54° 7′ 24.985″ N	0° 59′ 54.702″ E	54.12360695	0.998528288
369409.1471	5999825.625	54° 7′ 47.804″ N	1° 0′ 5.031″ E	54.12994553	1.00139754
369634.1371	6000584.702	54° 8′ 12.555″ N	1° 0′ 16.239″ E	54.13682085	1.004510753
370629.9711	5999826.982	54° 7′ 48.959″ N	1° 1′ 12.246″ E	54.13026636	1.02006844

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 3 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1

Protected area E+W+S

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph 7, no offshore wind infrastructure shall be constructed within the protected area.

(2) The undertaker may perform offshore wind activities in the protected area provided that—

(a) the undertaker provides advance written notice of its activities in the protected area as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event no later than six months prior to the scheduled commencement of such activities and consent is obtained from the licensee, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld;

(b) the undertaker’s notice must describe the nature, extent, anticipated start date and duration of the activities;

(c) following commencement of the offshore wind activities in the protected area, the undertaker must provide regular updates (no less frequently than every fourteen days) to the licensee throughout the duration of the offshore wind activities in the protected area as to their progress; and

(d) within 24 hours of the completion of the offshore wind activities, the undertaker provides notice to the licensee that the activities have been completed and the protected area has been vacated.

(3) The requirement for advance notice in sub-paragraph (2)(a) above shall not apply to any offshore wind activities which are emergency works, in which case the undertaker must provide notice as soon as reasonably practicable after commencement of the activities.

(4) Following completion of the relevant offshore wind activities the undertaker shall use reasonable endeavours not to restrict, delay, hinder or prevent in any way the licensee’s or its agents’ ability to access safely the protected area and to carry out any drilling, development, production or decommissioning activities that the licensee, acting as a reasonable and prudent operator deems necessary from time to time.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 4 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1

5.  No later than 6 months after the coming into force of this Order, the licensee shall notify the undertaker of its proposed location of its pipeline, such location being either pipeline route A or pipeline route B. From the date the undertaker receives the licensee’s notification, the protected area shall include either pipeline route A or pipeline route B (as elected by the licensee).

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 5 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1

Line of orientation E+W+S

6.  The licensee shall not carry out, nor procure the carrying out of, the licensee’s works in any way that would prevent the undertaker from constructing and maintaining the wind turbine generators comprised in the authorised development in a layout consistent with the primary lines of orientation.

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 6 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1

Crossing and proximity E+W+S

7.  The undertaker and the licensee shall use reasonable endeavours to enter into a crossing and/or proximity agreement on standard UK oil and gas industry terms in relation to the licensee’s works and the authorised development in relation to the protected area and the remaining overlap area, such agreement to be entered as soon as reasonably practicable after the coming into force of this Order.

Commencement Information

I7 Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 7 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1