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3.—(1) Such activities are authorised in relation to the construction, maintenance and operation of—
(2) Work No. 1—
(a)an offshore wind turbine generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of over 100 MW comprising up to 75 wind turbine generators each fixed to the seabed by one of five foundation types (namely monopile, jacket on suction caissons, jacket on piles, suction caisson or gravity base), fitted with rotating blades and situated within the area shown on the works plans and further comprising (b) to (c) below;
(b)up to one meteorological mast fixed to the seabed within the area shown on the works plans by one of five foundation types (namely monopile, jacket on suction caissons, jacket on piles, suction caisson or gravity base); and
(c)a network of subsea inter-array cables within the area shown on the works plans between the wind turbine generators and between the wind turbine generators and Work No. 3 for the transmission of electricity and electronic communications including one or more cable crossings.
(3) Work No. 2— up to one construction, operation and maintenance platform fixed to the seabed within the area shown on the works plans by one of four foundation types (namely monopile, jacket on suction caissons, jacket on piles or gravity base) (which may alternatively be constructed under licence 2 (transmission));
(4) Work No. 3— up to four offshore electrical platforms fixed to the seabed within the area shown on the works plans by one of four foundation types (namely monopile, jacket on suction caissons, jacket on piles or gravity base) (which may alternatively be constructed under licence 2 (transmission));
(5) Work No. 4— a network of subsea platform link cables within the area shown on the works plans between the offshore electrical platforms comprising Work No. 3 and between the construction, operation and maintenance platform comprising Work No. 2 and the offshore electrical platforms comprising Work No. 3 for the transmission of electricity and electronic communications including one or more cable crossings (which may alternatively be constructed under licence 2 (transmission));
(6) In connection with such Work Nos. 1 to 4 and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such work, further associated development comprising such other works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the relevant part of the authorised scheme and which fall within the scope of the work assessed by the environmental statement, including—
(a)scour protection around the foundations of the offshore structures;
(b)cable protection measures such as rock placement and the placement of concrete mattresses and frond mattresses;
(c)dredging;
(d)the removal of material from the seabed required for the construction of Work Nos. 1 to 4 and the disposal of seabed sediments produced during construction drilling and seabed preparation for the installation of the foundations of the offshore structures or during seabed preparation for cable laying.
(7) In connection with such Work Nos. 1 to 4, ancillary works within the Order limits which have been subject to an environmental impact assessment recorded in the environmental statement comprising—
(a)temporary landing places, moorings or other means of accommodating vessels in the construction and/ or maintenance of the authorised scheme; and
(b)marking buoys, beacons, fenders and other navigational warning or ship impact protection works.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 Pt. 1 para. 3 in force at 22.4.2022, see art. 1(2)
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