The Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Generation Assets Order 2025

• (3) The undertaker must provide reports to Trinity House on the availability of aids to navigation in accordance with the frequencies set out in the aids to navigation management plan agreed pursuant to condition 9(1)(h) using the reporting system provided by Trinity House.

• (4) The undertaker must during the period from commencement of the licensed activities to completion of decommissioning of the authorised project notify Trinity House and the MMO of any failure of the aids to navigation and the timescales and plans for remedying such failures, as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours following the undertaker becoming aware of any such failure.

• (5) In the event that the provisions of condition 4(11) are invoked, the undertaker must lay down such buoys, exhibit such lights and take such other steps for preventing danger to navigation as directed by Trinity House.

• (6) Any jack up barges or vessels utilised during the licensed activities, when jacked up, must exhibit signals in accordance with the UK Standard Marking Schedule for Offshore Installations.

Colouring of Structures

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• (1) Except as otherwise required by Trinity House, the undertaker must paint all structures forming part of the authorised project yellow (colour code RAL 1023) from at least HAT to a height as directed by Trinity House.

• (2) Unless the MMO otherwise directs, the undertaker must paint the remainder of the structures grey (colour code RAL 7035).

Chemicals, drilling and debris

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• (1) The carriage and use of chemicals in the construction of the authorised project must comply with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships.

• (2) The undertaker must ensure that any coatings and treatments are suitable for use in the marine environment and are used in accordance with guidelines approved by the Health and Safety Executive and the Offshore Chemical Notification Scheme.

• (3) The storage, handling, transport and use of fuels, lubricants, chemicals and other substances must be undertaken so as to prevent releases into the marine environment, including bunding of 110 percent of the total volume of all reservoirs and containers.

• (4) The undertaker must inform the MMO of the location and quantities of material disposed of each month under this licence by submission of a disposal return by 15 February each year for the months August to January inclusive, and by 15 August each year for the months February to July inclusive.

• (5) The undertaker must ensure that only inert material of natural origin, produced during the drilling installation of or seabed preparation for foundations, and drilling mud is disposed of within this Order limits.

• (6) The undertaker must ensure that any rock material used in the construction of the authorised project is from a recognised source, free from contaminants and containing minimal fines.

• (7) In the event that any rock material used in the construction of the authorised project is misplaced or lost within this Order limits, the undertaker must report the loss in writing to the local enforcement office within 48 hours and if the MMO reasonably considers such material to constitute a navigation or environmental hazard (dependent on the size and nature of the material) the undertaker must, in that event, demonstrate to the MMO that reasonable attempts have been made to locate, remove or move any such material.

• (8) The undertaker must ensure that no waste concrete slurry or wash water from concrete or cement works are discharged into the marine environment. Concrete and cement mixing and washing areas must be contained to prevent run off entering the water through the freeing ports.

• (9) The undertaker must ensure that any oil, fuel or chemical spill within the marine environment is reported to the MMO Marine Pollution Response Team in accordance with the marine pollution contingency plan agreed under condition 9(1)(e)(i).

• (10) Debris or dropped objects which are considered a danger or hazard to navigation must be reported as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than six hours of the undertaker becoming aware of an incident, to the relevant HM Coastguard Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre by telephone, and United Kingdom Hydrographic Office by email.

• (11) All dropped objects which are considered a danger or hazard to navigation or which, having regard to guidance issued by the MMO from time to time, would be considered reportable, must be reported to the MMO using the Dropped Object Procedure Form (or any updated or replacement form provided by the MMO) as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 24 hours of the undertaker becoming aware of an incident, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MMO.

• (12) On receipt of notification or the Dropped Object Procedure Form, the MMO may require relevant surveys to be carried out by the undertaker (such as side scan sonar) if reasonable to do so and the MMO may require obstructions to be removed from the marine environment at the undertaker’s expense if reasonable to do so.

Force majeure

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• (1) If, due to stress of weather or any other unforeseeable cause, the master of a vessel determines that it is necessary to deposit the authorised deposits outside of this Order limits because the safety of human life or of the vessel is threatened, within 48 hours the undertaker must notify full details of the circumstances of the deposit to the MMO.

• (2) The unauthorised deposits must be removed at the expense of the undertaker unless written approval is obtained from the MMO.

Pre-construction plans and documentation

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• (1) No part of the licensed activities may commence until the following (insofar as relevant to that activity or phase of activity) have been submitted to and approved by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body, Trinity House or the MCA, as appropriate—

• (a) a design plan (which accords with the design statement) at a scale of between 1:25,000 and 1:50,000, including detailed representation on the most suitably scaled admiralty chart, which is to be submitted at least six months before the intended commencement of licensed activities, to be approved by the MMO setting out proposed details of the authorised project, including—

• (i) the number, dimensions, specification, and foundation type(s) for each wind turbine generator and offshore substation platform;

• (ii) the proposed layout of all wind turbine generators and offshore substation platforms (which shall be in accordance with the recommendations for layout contained in MGN654 and its annexes), including grid coordinates of the centre point of the proposed location for each wind turbine generator and offshore substation platform and providing that such centre point is subject to a maximum up to 55m micro-siting in any direction unless otherwise agreed with the MMO in consultation with the MCA and Trinity House;

• (iii) the proposed specification and layout of all cables;

• (iv) the proposed location and specification of all other aspects of the authorised project; and

• (v) any archaeological exclusion zones or micro-siting requirements relating to any benthic habitats of conservational, ecological or economic importance constituting reef habitats of principal importance as listed under section 41 (biodiversity lists and action (England)) of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006[^f00034],

to ensure conformity with the description of Work No. 1 and Work No. 2 and compliance with conditions 1 and 2 and any wake effects plan approved by the Secretary of State in accordance with requirement 13(1)(a);

• (b) a construction programme to include details of—

• (i) the proposed construction start date;

• (ii) proposed timings for mobilisation of plant delivery of materials and installation works;

• (iii) an indicative written construction programme for all wind turbine generators and offshore substation platforms forming part of the authorised project and licensed activities;

• (c) a monitoring plan (which accords with the in principle monitoring plan) to include details of proposed pre-construction surveys, baseline report format and content, construction monitoring, post-construction monitoring and related reporting in accordance with conditions 14, 15 and 16 to be submitted to the MMO in accordance with the following—

• (i) at least six months prior to the first survey, details of the pre-construction surveys and an outline of all proposed pre-construction monitoring;

• (ii) at least six months prior to construction, details of construction monitoring;

• (iii) at least six months prior to completion of construction, details of operational monitoring, if required;

• (d) an offshore construction method statement which is to be submitted at least six months before the intended commencement of licensed activities and is in accordance with the outline construction method statement and the construction methods assessed in the environmental statement, including details of—

• (i) cable specification, installation and monitoring, to include—

• (aa) the technical specification of the inter-array cables and platform link cables;

• (bb) a detailed cable specification and installation plan for the authorised project, incorporating a cable burial risk assessment encompassing the identification of any cable protection that exceeds 5 percent of navigable depth referenced to Chart Datum and, in the event that any area of cable protection exceeding 5 percent of navigable depth is identified, details of any steps (to be determined following consultation with the MCA and Trinity House) to be taken to ensure existing and future safe navigation is not compromised or similar such assessment to ascertain suitable burial depths and cable laying techniques, including cable protection; and

• (cc) details of cable monitoring including details of cable protection until the authorised project is decommissioned which includes a risk based approach to the management of unburied or shallow buried cables;

• (ii) scour protection management and cable protection management (which accords with the outline scour protection and cable protection plan) which is to be submitted at least six months before the installation of any scour protection or cable protection including details of the need, type, sources, quantity and installation methods for scour protection and cable protection, with details updated and resubmitted for approval if changes to it are proposed following cable laying operations;

• (iii) foundation installation methodology, including drilling methods and disposal of drill arisings and material extracted during seabed preparation for foundation and cable installation works;

• (iv) wind turbine generator installation methodology;

• (v) offshore substation platform installation methodology;

• (vi) contractors;

• (vii) associated ancillary works; and

• (viii) guard vessels to be employed;

• (e) an offshore project environmental management plan which is to be submitted at least six months before the intended commencement of licensed activities and which accords with the outline project environmental management plan covering the period of construction and operation to include details of—

• (i) a marine pollution contingency plan to address the risks, methods and procedures to deal with any spills and collision incidents during construction and operation of the authorised project in relation to all activities carried out;

• (ii) a site specific chemical risk assessment for all chemicals that have a pathway to the marine environment and are used for the licensed activities (with the exception of any chemicals used in the course of normal navigation), which is to be submitted to the MMO for approval at least ten weeks prior to the use of such chemicals, including—

• (aa) the function of the chemical;

• (bb) the quantities being used and the frequency of use; and

• (cc) the physical, chemical and ecotoxicological properties of the chemical (save for any chemicals present on the OSPAR List of Substances Used and Discharged Offshore which Are Considered to Pose Little or No Risk to the Environment (PLONOR));

• (iii) waste management and disposal arrangements;

• (iv) the contact details and responsibilities of a fisheries liaison officer;

• (v) measures to minimise disturbance to marine mammals and rafting birds from vessels;

• (vi) measures to minimise the potential spread of invasive non-native species;

• (f) an offshore archaeological written scheme of investigation in relation to the area within this Order limits, which must accord with the outline offshore written scheme of investigation and industry good practice, in consultation with the statutory historic body to include—

• (i) details of responsibilities of the undertaker, archaeological consultant and contractor;

• (ii) a methodology for further site investigation including any specifications for geophysical, geotechnical and diver or remotely operated vehicle investigations;

• (iii) archaeological analysis of survey data, and timetable for reporting, which is to be submitted to the MMO within four months of any survey being completed;

• (iv) delivery of any mitigation including, where necessary, identification and modification of archaeological exclusion zones;

• (v) monitoring of archaeological exclusion zones during and post construction;

• (vi) a requirement for the undertaker to ensure that a copy of any agreed archaeological report is deposited with the Archaeological Data Service, by submitting an OASIS (Online Access to the Index of Archaeological Investigations) form with a digital copy of the report within six months of completion of construction of the authorised project, and to notify Historic England and the MMO that the OASIS form has been submitted to the Archaeological Data Service within two weeks of submission;

• (vii) a reporting and recording protocol, including reporting of any wreck or wreck material during construction, operation and maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised project; and

• (viii) a timetable for all further site investigations, which must allow sufficient opportunity to establish a full understanding of the historic environment within the offshore Order limits and the approval of any necessary mitigation required as a result of the further site investigations prior to commencement of licensed activities;

• (g) an offshore operation and maintenance plan which is to be submitted at least six months before the intended commencement of licensed activities and is in accordance with the outline offshore operation and maintenance plan, to be submitted to the MMO at least four months prior to commencement of operation of the licensed activities and to provide for review and resubmission every three years during the operational phase;

• (h) an aids to navigation management plan to be agreed by the MMO following consultation with Trinity House specifying how the undertaker will ensure compliance with condition 5 from the commencement of construction of the authorised project to the completion of decommissioning;

• (i) in the event that driven or part-driven pile foundations are proposed to be used, a marine mammal mitigation protocol (in accordance with the draft marine mammal mitigation protocol) which is to be submitted at least six months before the commencement of installation of any such driven or part-driven pile foundations, the intention of which is to prevent injury to marine mammals, following current best practice as advised by the relevant statutory nature conservation body;

• (j) a vessel traffic management plan which is to be submitted at least six months before the intended commencement of licensed activities and is in accordance with the outline vessel traffic management plan; and

• (k) a fisheries liaison and co-existence plan (in accordance with the outline fisheries liaison and co-existence plan) which is to be submitted at least six months before the intended commencement of licensed activities to ensure relevant fishing fleets are notified of commencement of licensed activities pursuant to condition 4 and to include—

• (i) the appointment and responsibilities of a fisheries liaison officer; and

• (ii) measures to address the interaction of the licensed activities with fishing activities.

• (2) Pre-commencement surveys and archaeological investigations and pre-commencement material operations which involve intrusive seabed works must only take place in accordance with a specific written scheme of investigation (which must accord with the details set out in the outline offshore written scheme of investigation) which has been submitted to and approved by the MMO.

• (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(e)(ii)—

• “chemical” means a chemical element and will include both substances and preparations;

• “pathway to the marine environment” means open systems or closed systems that require top up;

• “preparation” means a mixture or solution composed of two or more substances; and

• “substance” means a chemical element and its compounds in the natural state or obtained by any manufacturing process, including any additive necessary to preserve its stability and any impurity deriving from the process used, but excluding any solvent which may be separated without affecting the stability of the substance or changing its composition.

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• (1) Each programme, statement, plan, protocol or scheme required to be approved under condition 9 must be submitted for approval at least four months before the intended commencement of licensed activities, except where otherwise stated or unless otherwise agreed by the MMO.

• (2) The MMO must determine an application for approval made under condition 9 within a period of four months commencing on the date the application is received by the MMO, except where an application is required to be made no less than six months prior to the intended commencement of the authorised scheme or relevant activity in which case the MMO must determine the application for approval within the period of six months commencing on the date the application is received by the MMO, unless otherwise agreed with the undertaker such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

• (3) The licensed activities must be carried out in accordance with the plans, protocols, statements, schemes and details approved under condition 9.

Safety zones

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The licensed activities or relevant part thereof must not commence until (insofar as relevant to the licensed activity) an application has been made to the Secretary of State for a safety zone for the relevant activities pursuant to the 2004 Act.

Offshore safety management

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No part of the authorised project may commence until the MMO, in consultation with the MCA, has confirmed that the undertaker has taken into account and, so far as is applicable to that part of the authorised project, adequately addressed all MCA recommendations as appropriate to the authorised project contained within MGN654.

Reporting of engaged agents, contractors and vessels

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• (1) The undertaker must provide the name, address and function of any agent, contractor or subcontractor that will carry out any of the licensed activities on behalf of the undertaker to the MMO no less than 24 hours (or such other timescale as agreed with the MMO) before that agent, contractor or subcontractor carries out any such licensed activities.

• (2) The undertaker must notify the MMO of any vessel being used to carry on any licensed activity listed in this licence on behalf of the undertaker. Such notification must be received by the MMO no less than 24 hours (or such other timescale as agreed with the MMO) before the commencement of the licensed activity. Notification must include the master’s name, vessel type, vessel IMO number and vessel owner or operating company.

• (3) Any changes to the details provided under sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) must be notified to the MMO at least 24 hours (or such other timescale as agreed with the MMO) before the agent, contractor or vessel engages in the licensed activities.

• (4) The undertaker must ensure that a copy of this licence and any subsequent revisions or amendments has been provided to any agents, contractors, subcontractors or vessels that will carry on any licensed activities on behalf of the undertaker prior to them engaging in the licensed activities.

Pre-construction monitoring and surveys

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• (1) The undertaker must, in discharging condition 9(1)(c) submit a monitoring plan or plans in accordance with the in principle monitoring plan for written approval by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body, which must contain details of proposed pre-construction monitoring and surveys, including methodologies and timings.

• (2) The pre-construction survey proposals submitted under sub-paragraph (1) must be in general accordance with the principles set out in the in principle monitoring plan and must specify each survey’s objectives and explain how it will assist in either informing a useful and valid comparison with the post-construction position or will enable the validation or otherwise of key predictions in the environmental statement.

• (3) The pre-construction survey proposals referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must have due regard to, but not be limited to, the need to undertake a swath-bathymetry survey to IHO Order 1a standard that meets the requirements of MGN654 and its annexes, and side scan sonar, of the area(s) within this Order limits in which it is proposed to carry out construction works.

• (4) The undertaker must carry out the surveys specified within the monitoring plan or plans in accordance with that plan or plans.

Construction monitoring

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• (1) The undertaker must, in discharging condition 9(1)(c), submit details (which accord with the in principle monitoring plan) for approval by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body of any proposed construction monitoring, including methodologies and timings, to be carried out during the construction of the authorised project. The monitoring proposals must specify each monitoring proposal’s objectives.

• (2) In the event that driven or part-driven pile foundations are proposed, such monitoring must include measurements of underwater sound generated by the installation of the first four piled foundations of each piled foundation type to be installed unless the MMO otherwise agrees.

• (3) The undertaker must carry out the monitoring approved under sub-paragraph (1), including any further underwater sound monitoring required by the MMO, and provide the agreed reports in the agreed format in accordance with the agreed timetable.

• (4) The results of the initial underwater sound measurements monitored in accordance with sub- paragraph (2) must be provided to the MMO within six weeks of the end of piling of the first four piled foundations. The assessment of this report by the MMO will determine whether any further underwater sound monitoring is required. If, in the reasonable opinion of the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body, the assessment shows significantly different impacts to those assessed in the environmental statement or failures in mitigation, all piling activity must cease until an update to the marine mammal mitigation protocol and further monitoring requirements have been agreed.

• (5) The undertaker must carry out the surveys specified in the monitoring plan approved under condition 9(1)(c) in accordance with that plan, including any further underwater sound monitoring required by the MMO under sub-paragraph (4).

• (6) Construction monitoring must include vessel traffic monitoring in accordance with the in principle monitoring plan, including the provision of reports on the results of that monitoring at the end of each year of the construction period to the MMO, MCA and Trinity House.

• (7) In the event that piled foundations are proposed to be used, the details submitted in accordance with the marine mammal mitigation protocol must include proposals for monitoring marine mammals to ensure the ongoing efficacy of the marine mammal mitigation protocol.

Post-construction monitoring

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• (1) The undertaker must, in discharging condition 9(1)(c) submit details (which accord with the in principle monitoring plan) for approval by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body of proposed post-construction monitoring, including methodologies and timings, and a proposed format, content and timings for providing reports on the results.

• (2) The monitoring proposals must specify each monitoring proposal’s objectives and explain how it will assist in either informing a useful and valid comparison with the pre-construction position or will enable the validation or otherwise of key predictions in the environmental statement (or both).

• (3) The post-construction monitoring referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must have due regard to, but not be limited to, the need to—

• (a) undertake a full sea floor coverage swath-bathymetry survey that meets the requirements of MGN654 and its annexes, and side scan sonar, of the area(s) within this Order limits in which construction works were carried out to assess any changes in bedform topography and such further monitoring or assessment as may be agreed to ensure that cables have been buried or protected; and

• (b) undertake post-construction vessel traffic monitoring in accordance with the in principle monitoring plan, including the provision of reports on the results of that monitoring to the MMO, MCA and Trinity House.

• (4) The undertaker must carry out the monitoring agreed under sub-paragraph (1) and provide the agreed reports to the MMO in the agreed format in accordance with the agreed timetable.

• (5) Following the installation of cables, details of cable monitoring required under 9(1)(d) must be updated with the results of the post installation surveys. The statement must be implemented until the authorised project is decommissioned and reviewed as specified within the statement, following cable burial surveys, or as instructed by the MMO.

Reporting of scour and cable protection

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• (1) Not more than four months following completion of the construction of the authorised project, the undertaker must provide the MMO and the relevant statutory nature conservation body with a report setting out details of the cable protection and scour protection used for the authorised project.

• (2) The report must include the following information—

• (a) the location of cable protection and scour protection;

• (b) the volume of cable protection and scour protection; and

• (c) any other information relating to the cable protection and scour protection as agreed between the MMO and the undertaker.

Completion of construction

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• (1) The undertaker must submit a close-out report to the MMO, MCA, Trinity House, the UKHO and the relevant statutory nature conservation body within four months of the date of completion of construction. The close out report must confirm the date of completion of construction and must include the following details—

• (a) the final number of installed wind turbine generators;

• (b) the installed wind turbine generator parameters relevant for ornithological collision risk modelling;

• (c) as built plans;

• (d) latitude and longitude coordinates of the centre point of the location for each wind turbine generator and offshore substation platform provided as Geographical Information System data referenced to WGS84 datum; and

• (e) latitude and longitude coordinates of the inter array cables and platform link cable routes provided as Geographical Information System data referenced to WGS84 datum.

• (2) Following completion of construction, no further construction activities can be undertaken under this licence.

Marine Noise Registry

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• (1) In the event that driven or part-driven pile foundations are proposed to be used as part of the foundation installation, the undertaker must provide the following information to the Marine Noise Registry—

• (a) no less than six months prior to the commencement of each stage of construction of the licensed activities, information on the expected location, start and end dates of impact pile driving to satisfy the Marine Noise Registry’s forward look requirements;

• (b) within two weeks after commencement of each stage of construction of the licensed activities, information on the location, start and end dates of impact pile driving to satisfy the Marine Noise Registry’s forward look requirements; and

• (c) at six month intervals following the commencement of pile driving, information on the locations and dates of impact pile driving to satisfy the Marine Noise Registry’s close out requirements by 7 April for the winter season (October to March inclusive) and 7 October for the summer season (April to September inclusive) or within 12 weeks of completion of impact pile driving, whichever is earlier.

• (2) For the purpose of this condition—

• “Marine Noise Registry” means the database of impulsive noise generating activities in UK seas maintained by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee or any successor database; and

• “forward look” and “close out” requirements are as set out in the “UK Marine Noise Registry: Information Document, Version 1 (May 2016)” or any updated information document.

Underwater sound management strategy

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• (1) No piling activities shall commence until an underwater sound management strategy for those activities, which accords with the outline underwater sound management strategy, has been submitted to and approved by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body.

• (2) Where driven or part-driven pile foundations are proposed to be installed, the underwater sound management strategy submitted under sub-paragraph (1) must include details of the noise reduction measures or noise abatement system (or both) that will be utilised to reduce sound from those piling activities.

• (3) The underwater sound management strategy must be submitted to the MMO no later than six months prior to the commencement of the relevant activities (or such other timescale as agreed with the MMO).

• (4) No piling activities associated with the authorised development shall be undertaken between 15 February and 31 March (inclusive), unless—

• (a) such activities are deemed necessary by the undertaker during this period;

• (b) any additional mitigation requirements for such activities are included in the underwater sound management strategy approved by the MMO under paragraph (1); and

• (c) such activities are thereafter undertaken with the additional mitigation requirements identified and approved by the MMO under sub-paragraph (4)(b).

• (5) The piling activities must be carried out in accordance with the approved underwater sound management strategy for the duration of such activities.

Deployment of new cable protection and scour protection

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Any cable protection and scour protection (other than the replenishment or replacement of existing cable protection or scour protection) authorised under this licence must be deployed within ten years from the date on which operation of the authorised project commences unless otherwise agreed by the MMO.

SCHEDULE 7 — Compensation Measures

PART 1 — Compensation measures: Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary Special Protection Area and Ribble and Alt Estuaries Special Protection Area

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In this part—

• “construction of a mammalian predator-proof exclusion fence and mammalian predator removal measure” means the measure to construct a mammalian predator-proof exclusion fence and removal of mammalian predators within a fenced enclosure at key lesser black-backed gull nesting site(s);

• “Defra” means the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;

• “habitat management measure” means the measure to manage and improve the vegetation and scrub habitat for nesting lesser black-backed gulls at key lesser black-backed gull nesting site(s);

• “LBBGCSG” means the Lesser Black-Backed Gull Compensation Steering Group;

• “final lesser black-backed gull CIMP” means a lesser black-backed gull compensation implementation and monitoring plan for the delivery of a lesser black-backed gull compensation measure to compensate for the predicted loss of lesser black-backed gull from the MBDE and RAE as a result of the authorised development;

• “lesser black-backed gull compensation measure” means the construction of a mammalian predator-proof exclusion fence and mammalian predator removal measure or the habitat management measure;

• “the Marine Recovery Fund” means the fund to be established and operated by Defra pursuant to section 292 of the Energy Act 2023 for the implementation of strategic compensation or any equivalent fund established by a Government body for that purpose;

• “Marine Recovery Fund Payment” means a contribution to the Marine Recovery Fund to compensate for the predicted loss of lesser black-backed gull from the MBDE and RAE SPA as a result of the authorised development the sum of which shall be agreed with Defra or other organisation responsible for the operation of the Marine Recovery Fund;

• “MBDE” means the site designated as the Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary Special Protection Area;

• “outline compensation implementation and monitoring plan” means the document certified as the outline compensation implementation and monitoring plan for the purposes of this Order under article 12 (certification of documents and plans, etc.);

• “RAE” means the site designated as the Ribble and Alt Estuaries Special Protection Area;

• “relevant planning authority” means the planning authority in whose area the lesser black-backed gull compensation measure is located;

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No later than six months prior to the commencement of the authorised development, the undertaker must confirm in writing to the Secretary of State that—

• (a) it intends to make a Marine Recovery Fund Payment wholly in substitution for the lesser black-backed gull compensation measure and that it has received confirmation from Defra or the Marine Recovery Fund operator that suitable measures are available; or

• (b) it intends to submit a final lesser black-backed gull CIMP to the Secretary of State for approval.

3

If the undertaker confirms that it intends to make a Marine Recovery Fund Payment under paragraph 2(a) then no offshore works are to commence until the Secretary of State has provided consent in writing to the Marine Recovery Fund Payment being made in substitution for the lesser black-backed gull compensation measure.

4

Where the undertaker elects to submit a final lesser black-backed gull CIMP under paragraph 2(b) the authorised development may not be commenced until a plan for the work of the LBBGCSG has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State. Such a plan must include—

• (a) the identity of, or the arrangements for establishment of, the LBBGCSG;

• (b) its terms of reference;

• (c) details of its membership which shall (as a minimum) include the relevant planning authority, the relevant statutory nature conservation body and, where appropriate, the MMO as core members and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds as an advisory member;

• (d) details of the proposed schedule of meetings, reporting and review periods;

• (e) the dispute resolution mechanism and confidentiality provisions; and

• (f) a schedule of preparation and delivery for the work of the LBBGCSG.

5

Following consultation with the LBBGCSG the final lesser black-backed gull CIMP, if required, must be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval, in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body and, where appropriate, the MMO or the relevant local planning authority.

6

The final lesser black-backed gull CIMP, if required, must be based on the strategy for lesser black-backed gull compensation set out in the outline compensation implementation and monitoring plan and must include—

• (a) details of the location(s) where the lesser black-backed gull compensation measure will be delivered;

• (b) details of how any necessary land access rights, licences and approvals have been or will be obtained;

• (c) an implementation timetable for delivery of the lesser black-backed gull compensation measure;

• (d) a record of LBBGCSG consultations;

• (e) details of the proposed ongoing monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness of the lesser black-backed gull compensation measure, including—

• (i) survey methods;

• (ii) success criteria;

• (iii) adaptive management measures;

• (iv) timescales for the monitoring and monitoring reports to be delivered; and

• (v) details of the mechanism to determine the need for any alternative compensation measures or implementation of adaptive management measures (or both).

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Where the undertaker elects to submit a final lesser black-backed gull CIMP it must implement the measures set out therein as approved by the Secretary of State, unless otherwise agreed by the Secretary of State in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body and, where appropriate, the MMO or the relevant local planning authority.

8

No WTG forming part of Work No. 1 may commence operation until the lesser black-backed gull compensation measure has been implemented for four breeding seasons, unless commencement of operation at an earlier date is approved by the Secretary of State. For the purposes of this paragraph each breeding season is 1 March to 30 September of each year inclusive.

9

Results from the monitoring and reporting scheme referred to in paragraph 6(e) must be submitted at least annually to the Secretary of State and members of the LBBGCSG. This must include details of the effectiveness of the compensation measures delivered. If the undertaker, or, on receipt of a monitoring report, the Secretary of State, determines that the compensation measures delivered have been ineffective the undertaker must provide proposals for any alternative and/or adaptive management measures to address this. Any proposals to address the ineffectiveness of the compensation measures must thereafter be implemented by the undertaker as approved in writing by the Secretary of State in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body.

10

The undertaker must notify the Secretary of State of the implementation of the lesser black-backed gull compensation measure.

11

The lesser black-backed gull compensation measure as approved in the final lesser black-backed gull CIMP must be maintained by the undertaker (or at the undertaker’s expense) for the operational lifetime of the WTGs erected under Work No.1 and must not be decommissioned without the written approval of the Secretary of State in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body.

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The final lesser black-backed gull CIMP approved under this Schedule includes any amendments that may subsequently be approved by the Secretary of State. Any amendments to or variations of the approved final lesser black-backed gull CIMP must be in accordance with the principles set out in the outline compensation implementation and monitoring plan.

13

Where the undertaker has confirmed that it intends to make a Marine Recovery Fund Payment there shall be no operation of any WTG unless and until the undertaker has received confirmation from Defra or other organisation responsible for the operation of the Marine Recovery Fund that suitable measures are available, the Marine Recovery Fund Payment has been quantified, such payment has been made by the undertaker and the Secretary of State has confirmed in writing that such payment fulfils the requirement for compensation measures. Following such payment the undertaker shall not be required to implement any further compensation measures for lesser black-backed gull pursuant to this Part 1 of Schedule 7.

14

If before the coming into force of this Order the undertaker or any other person has taken any steps that were intended to be steps towards compliance with any provision of this Schedule 7, those steps may be taken into account for the purpose of determining compliance with that provision if they would have been valid steps for that purpose had they been taken after this Order came into force.

15

In carrying out any activity pursuant to this Part 1 of Schedule 7, the undertaker must consider the applicability of that activity to great black-backed gull and seek to, as far as possible, maximise the benefit of such activity to great black-backed gull.

PART 2 — Compensation measures: Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl Special Protection

1

In this Part—

• “Defra” means the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;

• “final red-throated diver CIMP” means a red-throated diver compensation implementation and monitoring plan for the delivery of habitat management measure to compensate for the predicted loss of red-throated diver from the LBBL as a result of the authorised development;

• “habitat management measure” means the measure to manage and improve habitat, including but not limited to the provision of nesting rafts, for nesting red-throated diver at key red-throated diver nesting site(s);

• “LBBL” means the site designated as the Liverpool Bay / Bar Lerpwl Special Protection Area;

• “outline compensation implementation and monitoring plan – red-throated diver” means the document certificated as the outline compensation implementation and monitoring plan – red-throated diver for the purposes of this Order under article 12 (certification of documents and plans, etc.);

• “the Marine Recovery Fund” means the fund to be established and operated by Defra pursuant to section 292 of the Energy Act 2023 for the implementation of strategic compensation or any equivalent fund established by a Government body for that purpose;

• “Marine Recovery Fund Payment” means a contribution to the Marine Recovery Fund to compensate for the predicted loss of red-throated diver from the LBBL as a result of the authorised development the sum of which shall be agreed with Defra or other organisation responsible for the operation of the Marine Recovery Fund;

• “relevant planning authority” means the planning authority in whose area the red-throated driver compensation measure is located;

• “RTDCSG” means the Red-Throated Diver Compensation Sterring Group.

2

No later than six months prior to the commencement of the authorised development, the undertaker must confirm in writing to the Secretary of State that—

• (a) it intends to make a Marine Recovery Fund Payment wholly in substitution for the habitat management measure and that it has received confirmation from Defra or the Marine Recovery Fund operator that suitable measures are available; or

• (b) it intends to submit a final red-throated diver CIMP to the Secretary of State for approval.

3

If the undertaker confirms that it intends to make a Marine Recovery Fund Payment under paragraph 2(a) then no offshore works are to commence until the Secretary of State has provided consent in writing to the Marine Recovery Fund Payment being made in substitution for the habitat management measure.

4

Where the undertaker elects to submit a final red-throated diver CIMP under paragraph 2(b) the authorised development may not be commenced until a plan for the work of the RTDCSG has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State. Such a plan must include—

• (a) the identity of, or the arrangements for establishment of, the RTDCSG;

• (b) its terms of reference;

• (c) details of its membership which shall include (as a minimum) the relevant statutory nature conservation body and, where appropriate, the MMO or the relevant planning authority as core members and NatureScot and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds as advisory members;

• (d) details of the proposed schedule of meetings, and reporting and review periods;

• (e) the dispute resolution mechanism and confidentiality provisions; and

• (f) a schedule of preparation and delivery for the work of the RTDCSG.

5

Following consultation with the RTDCSG the final red-throated diver CIMP, if required, must be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval, in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body and, where appropriate, the MMO or the relevant local planning authority.

6

The final red-throated diver CIMP, if required, must be based on the outline compensation implementation and monitoring plan – red-throated diver and must include—

• (a) details of the location(s) where the habitat management measure will be delivered;

• (b) details of how any necessary land access rights, licences and approvals have been or will be obtained;

• (c) an implementation timetable for delivery of the habitat management measure;

• (d) a record of RTDCSG consultations;

• (e) details of the proposed ongoing monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness of the habitat management measure, including—

• (i) survey methods;

• (ii) success criteria;

• (iii) adaptive management measures;

• (iv) timescales for the monitoring and monitoring reports to be delivered; and

• (v) details of the mechanism to determine the need for any alternative compensation measures or implementation of adaptive management measures (or both).

7

Where the undertaker elects to submit a final red-throated diver CIMP it must implement the measures set out therein as approved by the Secretary of State, unless otherwise agreed by the Secretary of State in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body and, where appropriate, the MMO or the relevant local planning authority.

8

No WTG forming part of Work No. 1 shall be erected until the habitat management measure has been implemented, unless commencement of construction at an earlier date is approved by the Secretary of State.

9

Results from the monitoring and reporting scheme referred to in paragraph 6(e) must be submitted at least annually to the Secretary of State and members of the RTDCSG. This must include details of the effectiveness of the compensation measures delivered. If the undertaker, or, on receipt of a monitoring report, the Secretary of State, determines that the compensation measures delivered have been ineffective the undertaker must provide proposals for any alternative and/or adaptive management measures to address this. Any proposals to address the ineffectiveness of the compensation measures must thereafter be implemented by the undertaker as approved in writing by the Secretary of State in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body.

10

The undertaker must notify the Secretary of State of the implementation of the habitat management measure.

11

The habitat management measure as approved in the final red-throated diver CIMP must be maintained by the undertaker (or at the undertaker’s expense) for the operational lifetime of the WTGs erected under Work No. 1 and must not be decommissioned without the written approval of the Secretary of State in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body.

12

The final red-throated diver CIMP approved under this Schedule includes any amendments that may subsequently be approved by the Secretary of State. Any amendments to or variations of the final red-throated diver CIMP must be in accordance with the principles set out in the outline compensation implementation and monitoring plan.

13

Where the undertaker has confirmed that it intends to make a Marine Recovery Fund Payment there shall be no operation of any WTG unless and until the undertaker has received confirmation from Defra or other organisation responsible for the operation of the Marine Recovery Fund that suitable measures are available, the Marine Recovery Fund Payment has been quantified, such payment has been made by the undertaker and the Secretary of State has confirmed in writing that such payment fulfils the requirement for compensation measures. Following such payment the undertaker shall not be required to implement any further compensation measures for red-throated diver pursuant to this Part 2 of Schedule 7.

14

If before the coming into force of this Order the undertaker or any other person has taken any steps that were intended to be steps towards compliance with any provision of Schedule 7, those steps may be taken into account for the purpose of determining compliance with that provision if they would have been valid steps for that purpose had they been taken after this Order came into force.

SCHEDULE 8 — Documents to be certified

The documents listed in Table 5 are the listed documents referred to in article 12 (certification of documents and plans, etc.)—

Document Reference Number	Planning Inspectorate Reference	Document Name	Revision	Date
2.1	APP-005	Offshore Location Plan	01	May 2024
2.3	APP-007	Offshore Works Plan	01	May 2024
2.4	APP-008	Offshore Order Limits and Grid Coordinates Plan	01	May 2024
2.5	APP-009	Indicative Extent of Marine Licence	01	May 2024
2.6	AS-003	Offshore Statutory and Non-Statutory Nature Conservation Sites	02	July 2024
2.7	APP-011	Historic Environment Plan	01	May 2024
4.3	REP5a-007	Design Statement	04	April 2025
Habitats Regulations Assessment Report	Habitats Regulations Assessment Report	Habitats Regulations Assessment Report	Habitats Regulations Assessment Report	Habitats Regulations Assessment Report
4.9	REP5a-009	Report to Inform Appropriate Assessment	05	April 2025
4.11	REP5a-011	Habitats Regulations Assessment Without Prejudice Derogation Case	04	April 2025
4.11.1	REP5a-013	Outline Compensation Implementation and Monitoring Plan	02	April 2025
9.37	REP5a-046	Habitats Regulations Assessment Without Prejudice Derogation Case (RTD)	03	April 2025
9.38	REP5a-048	Outline Compensation Implementation and Monitoring Plan – Red-throated diver	02	April 2025
Environmental Statement	Environmental Statement	Environmental Statement	Environmental Statement	Environmental Statement
5.1.1	REP1-020	Chapter 1 Introduction	02	November 2024
5.1.2	APP-039	Chapter 2 Need for the Project	01	May 2024
5.1.3	APP-040	Chapter 3 Policy and Legislation	01	May 2024
5.1.4	APP-041	Chapter 4 Site Selection and Assessment of Alternatives	01	May 2024
5.1.5	REP1-022	Chapter 5 Project Description	02	November 2024
5.1.6	APP-043	Chapter 6 EIA Methodology	01	May 2024
5.1.7	REP5a-015	Chapter 7 Marine Geology Oceanography and Physical Processes	05	April 2025
5.1.8	REP2-010	Chapter 8 Marine Sediment and Water Quality	03	December 2024
5.1.9	REP5a-017	Chapter 9 Benthic Ecology	04	April 2025
5.1.10	REP3-016	Chapter 10 Fish and Shellfish Ecology	03	January 2025
5.1.11	REP5a-019	Chapter 11 Marine Mammals	05	April 2025
5.1.12	REP6-009	Chapter 12 Offshore Ornithology	04	April 2025
5.1.13	REP3-018	Chapter 13 Commercial Fisheries	02	January 2025
5.1.14	REP3-020	Chapter 14 Shipping and Navigation	02	January 2025
5.1.15	REP3-022	Chapter 15 Marine Archaeology and Cultural Heritage	03	January 2025
5.1.16	REP3-024	Chapter 16 Civil and Military Aviation and Radar	03	January 2025
5.1.17	REP1-038	Chapter 17 Infrastructure and Other Users	02	November 2024
5.1.18	REP3-026	Chapter 18 Seascape Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment.	02	January 2025
5.1.19	REP6-011	Chapter 19 Human Health	03	April 2025
5.1.20	APP-057	Chapter 20 Socio-economics Tourism and Recreation	01	May 2024
5.1.21	REP6-013	Chapter 21 Climate Change	03	April 2025
5.1.22	APP-059	Chapter 22 Traffic and Transport	01	May 2024
5.1.23	REP1-042	Chapter 23 Summary: Generation and Transmission Assets Assessment	02	November 2024
5.2.6.1	APP-061	Appendix 6.1 CEA Project Long List	01	May 2024
5.2.7.1	APP-062	Appendix 7.1 Offshore Geophysical Survey	01	May 2024
5.2.9.1	APP-063	Appendix 9.1 Benthic Characterisation Survey	01	May 2024
5.2.9.2	APP-064	Appendix 9.2 Marine Evidence-based Sensitivity Assessment	01	May 2024
5.2.11.1	REP4-013	Appendix 11.1 Underwater Noise Assessment	02	February 2025
5.2.11.2	REP4-015	Appendix 11.2 Marine Mammal Information and Survey Data	04	February 2025
5.2.11.3	REP4-017	Appendix 11.3 Marine Mammal Unexploded Ordnance Assessment	03	February 2025
5.2.11.4	REP4-019	Appendix 11.4 Marine Mammal CEA Project Screening	03	February 2025
5.2.11.5	APP-069	Appendix 11.5 Marine Mammal Consultation Responses	01	May 2024
5.2.12.1	APP-070	Appendix 12.1 Offshore Ornithology Technical Report	01	May 2024
5.2.12.2	APP-071	Appendix 12.2 Aerial Survey Two Year Report March 2021 to February 2023	01	May 2024
5.2.13.1	REP2-014	Appendix 13.1 Commercial Fisheries Technical Report	02	December 2024
5.2.14.1	REP3-028	Appendix 14.1 Navigation Risk Assessment	02	January 2025
5.2.14.2	APP-074	Appendix 14.2 Cumulative Regional Navigation Risk Assessment	01	May 2024
5.2.15.1	APP-075	Appendix 15.1 Archaeological Assessment of Geophysical and Hydrographic Data	01	May 2024
5.2.15.2	APP-076	Appendix 15.2 Seismic Data Review	01	May 2024
5.2.15.3	REP3-030	Appendix 15.3 Settings Assessment	02	May 2024
5.2.16.1	REP1-050	Appendix 16.1 Airspace Analysis and Radar Modelling	02	November 2024
5.2.16.2	REP3-032	Appendix 16.2 Blackpool Instrument Flight Procedure Safeguarding Report	02	January 2025
5.2.16.3	APP-080	Appendix 16.3 Other Instrument Flight Procedure Assessments	01	May 2024
5.2.17.1	APP-081	Appendix 17.1 Helicopter Access Study	01	May 2024
5.2.17.2	REP3-034	Appendix 17.2 Radar Early Warning System Technical Report	02	May 2024
5.2.18.1	APP-083	Appendix 18.1 SLVIA Methodology	01	May 2024
5.2.18.2	REP1-052	Appendix 18.2 SLVIA Preliminary Assessment	02	November 2024
5.2.18.3	APP-085	Appendix 18.3 SLVIA Viewpoint Assessment	01	May 2024
5.2.20.1	APP-086	Appendix 20.1 Offshore Windfarm Economic Impact Assessment Methodology	01	May 2024
5.2.21.1	REP5-018	Appendix 21.1 Greenhouse Gas Assessment Methodology	02	March 2025
5.3.1	APP-088	Chapter 1 Introduction Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.4	APP-089	Chapter 4 Site Selection and Assessment of Alternatives Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.5	APP-090	Chapter 5 Project Description Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.7	REP3-036	Chapter 7 Marine Geology Oceanography and Physical Processes Figures	03	January 2025
5.3.8	APP-092	Chapter 8 Marine Sediment and Water Quality Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.9	APP-093	Chapter 9 Benthic Ecology Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.10	PD1-008	Chapter 10 Fish and Shellfish Ecology Figures	02	October 2024
5.3.11	APP-095	Chapter 11 Marine Mammals Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.12	APP-096	Chapter 12 Offshore Ornithology Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.13	APP-097	Chapter 13 Commercial Fisheries Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.14	APP-098	Chapter 14 Shipping and Navigation Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.15	APP-099	Chapter 15 Marine Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.15.1	APP-100	Appendix 15.3 Generation Assets Setting Assessment Cultural Heritage Viewpoint 1	01	May 2024
5.3.15.2	APP-101	Appendix 15.3 Generation Assets Setting Assessment Cultural Heritage Viewpoint 2	01	May 2024
5.3.15.3	APP-102	Appendix 15.3 Generation Assets Setting Assessment Cultural Heritage Viewpoint 3	01	May 2024
5.3.15.4	APP-103	Appendix 15.3 Generation Assets Setting Assessment Cultural Heritage Viewpoint 4	01	May 2024
5.3.16	REP3-037	Chapter 16 Civil and Military Aviation and Radar Figures	02	January 2025
5.3.17	APP-105	Chapter 17 Infrastructure and Other Users Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.18.1	APP-106	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 1 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.2	REP3-038	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 2 of 34	02	January 2025
5.3.18.3	APP-108	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 3 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.4	APP-109	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 4 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.5	APP-110	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 5 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.6	APP-111	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 6 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.7	APP-112	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 7 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.8	APP-113	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 8 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.9	APP-114	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 9 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.10	APP-115	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 10 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.11	APP-116	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 11 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.12	APP-117	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 12 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.13	APP-118	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 13 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.14	APP-119	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 14 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.15	APP-120	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 15 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.16	APP-121	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 16 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.17	APP-122	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 17 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.18	APP-123	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 18 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.19	APP-124	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 19 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.20	APP-125	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 20 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.21	APP-126	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 21 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.22	APP-127	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 22 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.23	APP-128	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 23 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.24	APP-129	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 24 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.25	APP-130	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 25 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.26	APP-131	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 26 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.27	APP-132	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 27 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.28	APP-133	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 28 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.29	APP-134	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 29 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.30	APP-135	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 30 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.31	APP-136	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 31 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.32	APP-137	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 32 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.33	APP-138	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 33 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.18.34	APP-139	Chapter 18 SLVIA Figures Part 34 of 34	01	May 2024
5.3.19	APP-140	Chapter 19 Human Health Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.20	APP-141	Chapter 20 Socio-economics Tourism and Recreation Figures	01	May 2024
5.3.23	APP-142	Chapter 23 Summary Generation and Transmission Assets Assessment Figures	01	May 2024
5.4	APP-143	Scoping Report and Scoping Opinion	01	May 2024
5.5	AS-016	Schedule of Mitigation	07	April 2025
9.44	REP3-073	Impact Assessment of Proposed Morecambe Bay Windfarm Against Selected Instrument Flight Procedures	01	January 2025
9.66	REP6-037	VHF, UHF, and DF Technical Safeguarding Assessment	02	April 2025
Outline plans and documents	Outline plans and documents	Outline plans and documents	Outline plans and documents	Outline plans and documents
6.2	REP5a-023	Outline Project Environmental Management Plan	05	April 2025
6.3	REP5a-025	Outline Fisheries Liaison and Co-Existence Plan	05	April 2025
6.4	REP6-017	In Principle Monitoring Plan	06	April 2025
6.5	REP6‑019	Draft Marine Mammal Mitigation Protocol	06	April 2025
6.6	REP5-030	Outline Offshore Operation and Maintenance Plan	03	March 2025
6.7	REP5-032	Outline Port Access and Transport Plan	02	March 2025
6.8	REP5-034	Outline Scour Protection and Cable Protection Plan	03	March 2025
6.9	REP5a-031	Outline Vessel Traffic Management Plan	05	April 2025
6.10	REP5-038	Outline Offshore Written Scheme of Investigation	02	March 2025
6.11	REP5-040	Outline Skills and Employment Plan	02	March 2025
9.32	REP5a-042	Outline Underwater Sound Management Strategy	04	April 2025
9.49	REP6-034	Outline Construction Method Statement	03	April 2025
10.3.1	C1-011	Appendix C: The Applicant’s Response to Question 20 - Harbour Energy - Agreed Protective Provisions (Harbour Protective Provisions Plan only)	01	September 2025
10.4.1	C5-002a	Appendix A.2: Agreed Protective Provisions Plans	01	November 2025

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

David Wagstaff — Deputy Director Energy Infrastructure Planning — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero — 1 December 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of this Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order grants development consent for, and authorises the construction, operation and maintenance of, an offshore wind farm generating station located approximately 30 kilometres from the Lancashire coast of England, together with associated development. This Order imposes requirements in connection with the development.

A copy of the plans referred to in this Order and certified in accordance with article 12 (certification of documents and plans, etc.) may be inspected free of charge at the offices of Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Ltd (company registration number: SC734062) at Hobart House, 80 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1EL.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c. 29. Section 37 was amended by section 128(2) of, and paragraphs 1 to 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 13 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).

[^f00002]: S.I. 2009/2264.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2010/103, amended by S.I. 2012/635.

[^f00004]: Section 74 was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).

[^f00005]: S.I. 2017/572.

[^f00006]: Section 104 was amended by paragraphs 49 and 54 of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).

[^f00007]: Sections 114, 115 and 120 were amended by sections 128(2) and 140 and Schedule 13, paragraphs 1, 55(1), (2) and 60(1) and (3) of the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20). Relevant amendments were made to section 115 by section 160(1) to (6) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

[^f00008]: Section 149A was inserted by paragraph 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).

[^f00009]: 1989 c. 29.

[^f00010]: 2004 c. 20. Section 105 was amended by section 69 of the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32).

[^f00011]: 2008 c. 29.

[^f00012]: 2009 c. 23.

[^f00013]: S.I. 2016/765.

[^f00014]: 1971 c. 80.

[^f00015]: 1982 c. 16.

[^f00016]: 2004 c. 20. Section 105 was amended by section 69 of the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32).

[^f00017]: S.I. 2017/1012.

[^f00018]: S.I. 2017/1013.

[^f00019]: Section 105(2) was substituted by section 69(3) of the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32).

[^f00020]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00021]: 2004 c. 20.

[^f00022]: 2000 c. 38.

[^f00023]: 2000 c. 38.

[^f00024]: 2000 c. 38.

[^f00025]: 2000 c. 38.

[^f00026]: 1996 c. 23.

[^f00027]: 2004 c. 20. Section 105 was amended by section 69 of the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32).

[^f00028]: 2008 c. 29.

[^f00029]: 2009 c. 23.

[^f00030]: 1971 c. 80.

[^f00031]: 2004 c. 20. Section 105 was amended by section 69 of the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32).

[^f00032]: S.I. 2017/1012.

[^f00033]: S.I. 2017/1013.

[^f00034]: 2006 c. 16. Section 41 was amended by section 102(8) of the Environment Act 2021 (c. 30).