SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15DEEMED MARINE LICENCE

PART 1INTRODUCTORY

Interpretation

1.—(1) In this licence—

“the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009(1);

“authorised development” has the meaning given in paragraph 5;

“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;

“Coalhouse Point” means the land at plots 19-09 and 19-37 in the book of reference;

“commence” means beginning to carry out any part of a licensable marine activity, and “commenced” and “commencement” is to be construed accordingly;

“condition” means those conditions in Part 4 of this Schedule;

“intertidal zone” means the area between the area between the normal tidal limit and 1 nautical mile;

“licensed activities” means any activity described in Part 2 of this licence;

“licensable marine activity” means any activity licensable under section 66 of the 2009 Act including those set out in paragraph 5;

“the marine area” has the meaning given to ‘UK marine area’ in section 42 of the 2009 Act;

“mean high water springs” means the average of high water heights occurring at the time of spring tides;

“MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation;

“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);

“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);

“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;

“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);

“the northern tunnel entrance compound” means the area as set out in figure 2.5 of the environmental statement;

“the Order” means the A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order 2025;

“Ramsar Site” has the meaning given in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(2) (as amended);

“SPA” means special protection area as defined in the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017(3) (as amended);

“SSSI” means site of special scientific interest as defined in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(4);

“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

“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.

Contact Details

2.—(1) The main points of contact with the MMO are as follows—

(a)Marine Management Organisation, Marine Licensing Team, Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7YH Tel: 0300 123 1032 Fax: 0191 376 2681 Email: marine.consents@marinemanagement.org.uk or such replacement contact details as are notified to the undertaker in writing by the MMO;

(b)the MMO Local Office – Marine Management Organisation, MMO Lowestoft Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT Tel: 01502 573 149 or 01502 572 769 Email: lowestoft@marinemanagement.org.uk or such replacement contact details as are notified to the undertaker in writing by the MMO; and

(c)MMO Marine Pollution Response Team — Tel (during office hours): 0300 200 2024 Tel (outside office hours): 07770 977 825 or 0345 051 8486 Email: dispersants@marinemanagement.org.uk or such replacement contact details as are notified to the undertaker in writing by the MMO.

(2) Unless otherwise notified to the undertaker in writing by the MMO, all notices required by this licence to be sent by the undertaker to the MMO must be sent using the MMO’s Marine Case Management System web portal.