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SCHEDULE 11DEEMED MARINE LICENCE UNDER THE 2009 ACT—GENERATION ASSETS

PART 1LICENSED MARINE ACTIVITIES

Details of licensed marine activities

3.—(1) Such activities are authorised in relation to the construction, maintenance and operation of the following in the locations shown on the offshore works plans—

(a)Work No. 1— an offshore wind turbine generating station which is to have a gross electrical output of over 100 megawatts and is to comprise no more than 90 wind turbine generators, with each wind turbine fixed to the seabed by either monopile foundation or multileg foundation and including a connection to the subsea cable circuits comprising Work no. 2(a) or 2(b).

(b)Work No. 2—

(i)a network of subsea cable circuits between the wind turbine generators comprising work No. 1;

(ii)a network of subsea cable circuits between the wind turbine generators comprising Work No. 1 and the offshore substations which may be constructed under licence 2 (transmission) as Work No. 3(a), including one or more cable crossings; and

(iii)connections into the offshore substations comprising Work No. 3(a) which may be constructed under licence 2 (transmission).

(2) In connection with such Work No. 1 and Work No. 2 and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such work, further associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) (development for which development consent may be granted) of the 2008 Act 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 and the provisions of this licence including—

(a)scour protection around the foundations of the offshore structures;

(b)cable protection;

(c)dredging;

(d)the removal of material from the seabed and the disposal of inert material of natural origin within the Order limits produced during construction drilling, seabed preparation for foundation works, array cable installation preparation such as sandwave clearance, boulder clearance, and pre-trenching;

(e)removal of static fishing equipment; and

(f)such other works as may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of or in connection with the construction or use of the authorised project and which are within the scope of the environmental impact assessment recorded in the environmental statement.

(3) In connection with such Work Nos. 1 and 2 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.