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The Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Development consent etc. granted by the Order

  5. 4.Maintenance of authorised project

  6. 5.Benefit of the Order

  7. 6.Operation of generating station

  8. 7.Application of the Hedgerows Regulations 1997

  9. 8.Defence to proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance

  10. 9.Requirements, appeals etc.

  11. 10.Street works

  12. 11.Temporary stopping up of streets

  13. 12.Temporary stopping up of public rights of way

  14. 13.Access to works

  15. 14.Agreements with street authorities

  16. 15.Discharge of water

  17. 16.Protective work to buildings

  18. 17.Authority to survey and investigate the land

  19. 18.Removal of human remains

  20. 19.Compulsory acquisition of land

  21. 20.Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily

  22. 21.Compulsory acquisition of rights

  23. 22.Private rights

  24. 23.Application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981

  25. 24.Acquisition of subsoil only

  26. 25.Acquisition of part of certain properties

  27. 26.Rights under or over streets

  28. 27.Temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised project

  29. 28.Temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised project

  30. 29.Statutory undertakers

  31. 30.Recovery of costs of new connections

  32. 31.Application of landlord and tenant law

  33. 32.Operational land for the purposes of the 1990 Act

  34. 33.Felling or lopping of trees and the removal of hedgerows

  35. 34.Trees subject to tree preservation orders

  36. 35.Public rights of navigation

  37. 36.Abatement of works abandoned or decayed

  38. 37.Deemed licences under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

  39. 38.Saving for Trinity House

  40. 39.Crown rights

  41. 40.Certification of plans etc.

  42. 41.Protective provisions

  43. 42.Arbitration

  44. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      AUTHORISED PROJECT

      1. PART 1 Authorised Development

        1. 1.A nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14...

        2. 2.(1) With the exception of the area described in sub-paragraph...

      2. PART 2 Ancillary Works

      3. PART 3 Requirements

        1. 1.Time limits

        2. 2.Detailed offshore design parameters

        3. 3.(1) The total number of offshore substations forming part of...

        4. 4.(1) The number of cable systems forming part of the...

        5. 5.(1) The total number of monopile foundations forming part of...

        6. 6.The total volume of scour protection for use with WTGs...

        7. 7.The total volume of scour protection for use with the...

        8. 8.The total volume of cable protection (excluding cable crossings) included...

        9. 9.The total volume of cable protection associated with cable crossings...

        10. 10.The total volume of cable protection (excluding cable crossings) for...

        11. 11.The total volume of cable protection associated with cable crossings...

        12. 12.Air traffic services at Warton Aerodrome

        13. 13.Primary surveillance radars at St Annes and Lowther Hill

        14. 14.Offshore decommissioning

        15. 15.Stages of authorised development onshore

        16. 16.Detailed design approval onshore

        17. 17.The connection works must be carried out in accordance with...

        18. 18.Provision of landscaping

        19. 19.Implementation and maintenance of landscaping

        20. 20.Highway accesses

        21. 21.Public Access Strategy

        22. 22.Public rights of way

        23. 23.Fencing and other means of enclosure

        24. 24.Surface and foul water drainage

        25. 25.Contaminated land and contaminated groundwater

        26. 26.Archaeology onshore

        27. 27.Code of Construction Practice (CoCP)

        28. 28.Construction and environmental management plan

        29. 29.Emergency response plan

        30. 30.European protected species

        31. 31.Construction Traffic Management Plan

        32. 32.Port Construction Traffic Management Plan (Port CTMP)

        33. 33.Construction hours

        34. 34.Control of noise during construction

        35. 35.Control of noise during operational phase

        36. 36.Control of air quality

        37. 37.Control of artificial light emissions

        38. 38.Flood risk

        39. 39.Restoration of land used temporarily for construction

        40. 40.Onshore decommissioning

        41. 41.Requirement for written approval

        42. 42.Amendments to approved details

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      STREETS SUBJECT TO STREET WORKS

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      STREETS TO BE TEMPORARILY STOPPED UP

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO BE TEMPORARILY STOPPED UP

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      ACCESS TO WORKS

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      LAND IN WHICH ONLY NEW RIGHTS ETC., MAY BE ACQUIRED

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ENACTMENTS FOR CREATION OF NEW RIGHTS

      1. 1.Compensation enactments

      2. 2.(1) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 1, the...

      3. 3.Application of the 1965 Act

      4. 4.For section 7 of the 1965 Act (measure of compensation)...

      5. 5.For section 8 of the 1965 Act (provisions as to...

      6. 6.The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state the...

      7. 7.Section 11 of the 1965 Act (powers of entry) shall...

      8. 8.Section 20 of the 1965 Act (protection for interests of...

      9. 9.Section 22 of the 1965 Act (protection of acquiring authority’s...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      LAND OF WHICH TEMPORARY POSSESSION MAY BE TAKEN

    9. SCHEDULE 9

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

      1. PART 1 Licensed Marine Activities

        1. 1.Interpretation

        2. 2.Details of licensed marine activities

        3. 3.Maintenance of authorised project

        4. 4.Duration

      2. PART 2 Licence Conditions

        1. 1.Design parameters for wind turbines

        2. 2.Design Parameters for WTG foundations

        3. 3.Design parameters for inter-array cables

        4. 4.Design parameters for other deposits

        5. 5.Notifications and inspections

        6. 6.Reporting of engaged agents, contractors and vessels

        7. 7.Equipment and operation of vessels engaged in licensed activities

        8. 8.Chemicals, drilling and debris

        9. 9.Force majeure

        10. 10.Seasonal restrictions in respect of fish spawning

        11. 11.Pre-construction plans and documentation

        12. 12.Pre-construction surveying and monitoring

        13. 13.Construction monitoring

        14. 14.Post construction monitoring

        15. 15.Offshore Decommissioning

        16. 16.Offshore Safety Management

        17. 17.Aids to navigation

        18. 18.Provision against danger to navigation

        19. 19.Requirement for written approval

        20. 20.Amendments to approved details

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      DEEMED TRANSMISSION ASSETS MARINE LICENCE UNDER THE MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009

      1. PART 1 Licensed Marine Activities

        1. 1.Interpretation

        2. 2.Details of licensed marine activities

        3. 3.Maintenance of authorised project

        4. 4.Duration

      2. PART 2 Licence Conditions

        1. 1.Design parameters for offshore substation platforms and export cable systems

        2. 2.Design parameters for other deposits

        3. 3.Notifications and inspections

        4. 4.Reporting of engaged agents, contractors and vessels

        5. 5.Equipment and operation of vessels engaged in licensed activities

        6. 6.Chemicals, drilling and debris

        7. 7.Force majeure

        8. 8.Restrictions on works in the Inter-tidal Area

        9. 9.Seasonal restrictions in respect of fish spawning

        10. 10.Pre-construction plans and documentation

        11. 11.Pre-construction surveying and monitoring

        12. 12.Construction monitoring

        13. 13.Post construction monitoring

        14. 14.Offshore Decommissioning

        15. 15.Offshore Safety Management

        16. 16.Aids to navigation

        17. 17.Provision against danger to navigation

        18. 18.Requirement for written approval

        19. 19.Amendments to approved details

    11. SCHEDULE 11

      REMOVAL OF IMPORTANT HEDGEROWS

    12. SCHEDULE 12

      PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS

      1. PART 1 Protection for Environment Agency

        1. 1.(1) The following provisions shall apply for the protection of...

        2. 2.(1) Before beginning to construct any specified work, the undertaker...

        3. 3.Without limiting the scope of paragraph 2, the requirements which...

        4. 4.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any specified work, and all...

        5. 5.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (5) the undertaker shall from the...

        6. 6.If by reason of the construction of any specified work...

        7. 7.(1) The undertaker shall take all such measures as may...

        8. 8.The undertaker shall indemnify the drainage authority in respect of...

        9. 9.(1) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Part...

        10. 10.The fact that any work or thing has been executed...

        11. 11.Nothing in this Part of this Schedule shall affect the...

      2. PART 2 PROTECTION FOR OPERATORS OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS CODE NETWORKS

        1. 1.(1) For the protection of any operator, the following provisions...

        2. 2.Part 10 of Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003...

        3. 3.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), if as the...

        4. 4.This Part of this Schedule shall not apply to any...

        5. 5.Nothing in this Part of this Schedule shall affect the...

      3. PART 3 FOR THE PROTECTION OF UTILITY UNDERTAKERS

        1. 1.For the protection of the utility undertakers referred to in...

        2. 2.In this Part of this Schedule— “alternative apparatus” means alternative...

        3. 3.This Part of this Schedule does not apply to apparatus...

        4. 4.Regardless of any provision in this Order or anything shown...

        5. 5.(1) If, in the exercise of the powers conferred by...

        6. 6.(1) Where, in accordance with the provisions of this Part...

        7. 7.(1) Not less than 28 days before starting the execution...

        8. 8.(1) If in consequence of the exercise of the powers...

        9. 9.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), if by reason...

        10. 10.Nothing in this Part of this Schedule shall affect the...

  46. Explanatory Note

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