The East Anglia ONE North Offshore Wind Farm Order 2022

3.  Following consultation with the RTDCSG, the RTDIMP must be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval (in consultation with the MMO and the relevant statutory nature conservation body). The RTDCSG must be consulted further as required during the approval process. The RTDIMP must be based on the strategy for red-throated diver compensation set out in the red-throated diver compensation plan and include— E+W+S

(a) details of the location where compensation measures will be deployed, why the location is appropriate ecologically and likely to support successful compensation, and details of agreements demonstrating how the vessel route diversions and/or exclusions will or have been secured to deliver the ecology objectives of the RTDIMP;

(b) an implementation timetable for delivery of the vessel route diversion and/or exclusion compensation measures [F1 that] ensures that the measures are in place prior to the installation of any tower comprised within a wind turbine generator forming part of the authorised development;

(c) details in relation to the monitoring of red-throated diver abundance and distribution using aerial digital surveys in the Outer Thames Estuary SPA and a 10km buffer over two winters. Three surveys should take place each winter (between 1st November and 31st March) with one batch to take place before the installation of the turbines forming part of the authorised development and the other batch to take place after;

(d) details of the proposed ongoing monitoring of the measures including: survey methods; survey programmes; success criteria; recording of RTDCSG consultations and project reviews; details of the factors used to trigger alternative compensation measures and/or adaptive management measures;

(e) details in relation to the convening of a partnership with relevant authorities and user representation to—

(i) improve understanding of disturbance and displacement effects on red-throated diver within the Outer Thames Estuary SPA;

(ii) identify and implement opportunities to reduce these effects; and

(iii) ensure stakeholder engagement and liaison to raise awareness and communicate any proposed changes in usage; and

(f) details of the work in respect of ornithological by-catch measures as set out in Appendix 7 of the Offshore Ornithology Without Prejudice Compensation Measures, that could support practical management measures to reduce ornithological by-catch F2 ... .

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 18 Pt. 3 para. 3(b) substituted (22.12.2022) by The East Anglia ONE North Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1398), art. 1(2), Sch.

F2 Words in Sch. 18 Pt. 3 para. 3(f) omitted (22.12.2022) by virtue of The East Anglia ONE North Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1398), art. 1(2), Sch.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 18 Pt. 3 para. 3 in force at 22.4.2022, see art. 1(2)