The Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm Order 2016

Details of licensed activities

2.—(1) This licence authorises the undertaker (and any agent or contractor acting on its behalf) to carry out the following licensable marine activities pursuant to section 66(1) of the 2009 Act, subject to the Conditions—

(a)the deposit at sea of the substances and articles specified in paragraph (3);

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

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

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

(e)the disposal at disposal site reference HU211 of up to 2,427,666 cubic metres comprising inert material of natural origin produced during construction drilling and seabed preparation for foundation works and/or dredged material produced during seabed preparation for foundation works comprised in Work No. 1B, provided that the combined total volume of inert material of natural origin produced during construction drilling and seabed preparation for foundation works and/or dredged material produced during seabed preparation for foundation works comprised in Work Nos. 1A and 1B disposed of at disposal site reference HU211 must not exceed 2,427,666 cubic metres;

(f)the disposal at disposal site reference HU211 of up to 400,852 cubic metres comprising inert material of natural origin and/or dredged material produced during cable laying preparation works comprised in Work No. 1B, provided that the combined total volume of inert material of natural origin and/or dredged material produced during cable laying preparation works comprised in Work Nos. 1A and 1B disposed of at disposal site reference HU211 must not exceed 400,852 cubic metres; and

(g)the removal of the substances and articles specified in paragraph (3).

(2) The activities are authorised in relation to the construction, maintenance and operation of—

Work No. 1B — An offshore wind generating station within the wind farm area comprising—

(a)up to 300 wind turbine generators fixed to the seabed, provided that the combined total of wind turbine generators constructed in whole or in part within Work Nos. 1A and 1B must not exceed 300;

(b)a network of subsea intra-array electrical circuits connecting the structures comprised in Work No. 1B—

(i)with other such structures;

(ii)with any other structure located within the wind farm area; and

(iii)with the network of electrical circuits comprised in Work Nos. 1A, 2A and 2B;

(c)up to 2 offshore accommodation platforms fixed to the seabed which may be connected to one of the offshore HVAC collector substations or offshore HVDC converter substations within Work No. 2B by an unsupported steel bridge and up to 2 electrical circuits each connecting an accommodation platform to either an offshore HVAC collector substation or to a wind turbine generator in order to power the accommodation platform, provided that the combined total of offshore accommodation platforms constructed in whole or in part within Work Nos. 1A and 1B must not exceed 2.

Co-ordinates for wind farm area (limits of deviation for Work Nos. 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B)—

And in connection with Work No. 1B, further associated development as may be necessary or expedient in connection with the authorised scheme within the Order limits and is within the scope of the environmental impact assessment recorded in the environmental statement.

And in connection with Work No. 1B, ancillary works consisting of works and operations within the Order limits comprising temporary anchorage of vessels and buoys, beacons, fenders and other navigational warning or ship impact protection works.

(3) The substances or articles authorised for deposit at sea and removal are—

(a)iron and steel;

(b)stone and rock;

(c)concrete;

(d)sand and gravel;

(e)plastic and synthetic; and

(f)material extracted from within the wind farm area during construction drilling and seabed preparation for foundation works.

(4) The grid co-ordinates for disposal site reference HU211 are—

(5) Section 72 of the 2009 Act applies to this licence, except that subsections (7) and (8) relating to the transfer of the licence apply only to a transfer not falling within article 35 of the Order.