SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 15DEEMED MARINE LICENCE
PART 1INTRODUCTORY
Interpretation
schedule 15 paragraph 1 1.—(1) In this licence—
term the 2009 act “the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009(1);
term authorised development “authorised development” has the meaning given in paragraph 5;
term buried pipeline “buried pipeline” means the pipeline to be built from the northern tunnel entrance compound with an approximate length below the mean high water springs of 400m and a maximum diameter of 1m;
term coalhouse point “Coalhouse Point” means the land at plots 19-09 and 19-37 in the book of reference;
term commencement term commence “commence” means beginning to carry out any part of a licensable marine activity, and “commenced” and “commencement” is to be construed accordingly;
term condition “condition” means those conditions in Part 4 of this Schedule;
term intertidal zone “intertidal zone” means the area between the area between the normal tidal limit and 1 nautical mile;
term licensed activities “licensed activities” means any activity described in Part 2 of this licence;
term licensable marine activity “licensable marine activity” means any activity licensable under section 66 of the 2009 Act including those set out in paragraph 5;
term the marine area “the marine area” has the meaning given to ‘UK marine area’ in section 42 of the 2009 Act;
term mean high water springs “mean high water springs” means the average of high water heights occurring at the time of spring tides;
term mmo “MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation;
term the mmo local office “the MMO local office” means the MMO office whose contact details are given at paragraph 2(1)(b) or such other MMO office identified by replacement contact details provided by the MMO under paragraph 2(1)(b);
term mmo marine licencing team “MMO Marine Licencing Team” means the MMO team whose contact details are given at paragraph 2(1)(a) or such other team of persons identified by replacement contact details provided by the MMO at paragraph 2(1)(a);
term marine noise registry “Marine Noise Registry” means the register maintained by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee that records the spatial and temporal distribution of impulsive noise generating activities in the marine area;
term mmo pollution response team “MMO Pollution Response Team” means the MMO team whose contact details are given at paragraph 2(1)(c) or such other team of persons identified by replacement contact details provided by the MMO at paragraph 2(1)(c);
term the northern tunnel entrance compound “the northern tunnel entrance compound” means the area as set out in figure 2.5 of the environmental statement;
term the order “the Order” means the A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order 2025;
term ramsar site “Ramsar Site” has the meaning given in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(2) (as amended);
term spa “SPA” means special protection area as defined in the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017(3) (as amended);
term sssi “SSSI” means site of special scientific interest as defined in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(4);
term undertaker “undertaker” means National Highways Limited (Company No. 09346363) whose registered office is at Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ or any transferee under article 8 (consent to transfer benefit of Order) of the Order and includes and any agent, contractor or sub-contractor acting on its behalf; and
term water inlet “water inlet” means the water inlet with self-regulating valve to be built at Coalhouse Point for habitat creation and to secure the water supply to the ecology mitigation area (Work No. 5X).
(2) Unless otherwise specified, all geographical co-ordinates given in this licence are in latitude and longitude degrees and minutes to two decimal places.