The Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2025-04-04
State In force
Department King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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No part of the authorised scheme may commence until the MMO, following consultation with the MCA, has confirmed in writing that the undertaker has taken into account and, so far as is applicable to that part of the authorised scheme, adequately addressed all MCA recommendations as appropriate to the authorised scheme contained within MGN654 “Offshore Renewable Energy Installations (OREIs) – Guidance on UK Navigational Practice, Safety and Emergency Response Issues” and its annexes.

Reporting of engaged agents, contractors and vessels

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  • (1) The undertaker must provide the following information to the MMO—
  • (a) the name and function of any agent or contractor appointed to engage in the authorised scheme no less than 24 hours before the agent, contractor or subcontractor carries out any part of the authorised scheme; and
  • (b) each week during the construction of the authorised scheme a completed Hydrographic Note H102 listing the vessels currently and to be used in relation to the authorised scheme.
  • (2) Any changes to the name and function of the specified agent, contractor or subcontractor that will carry out the specified licenced activities or vessel to be used must be notified to the MMO in writing prior to the agent, contractor, subcontractor or vessel carrying out the relevant part of the authorised scheme.
  • (3) The undertaker must ensure that a copy of this licence and any subsequent revisions or amendments has been provided to any agents, contractors or subcontractors that will carry out the part of the authorised scheme on behalf of the undertaker prior to them carrying out any licensed activity.

Pre-construction monitoring and surveys

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  • (1) The undertaker must, in discharging condition 11(1)(j) in respect of surveys and monitoring, provide details of proposed surveys, including methodologies and timings, and a proposed format and content for a pre-construction baseline report and—
  • (a) the survey proposals must be in accordance with the principles set out in the offshore 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; and
  • (b) the baseline report proposals must ensure that the outcome of the agreed surveys together with existing data and reports are drawn together to present a valid statement of the pre-construction position, with any limitations, and must make clear what post-construction comparison is intended and the justification for this being required.
  • (2) Subject to receipt from the undertaker of specific proposals pursuant to this condition, the pre-construction survey proposals must have due regard to the need to undertake—
  • (a) a full sea floor coverage swath–bathymetry survey undertaken to IHO Order 1a standard that meets the requirements of MGN654 and its annexes, and side scan sonar of those parts of the offshore Order limits in which it is proposed to carry out the authorised scheme including proposed cable locations and an appropriate buffer. This should fulfil the requirements of MGN654 and its supporting ‘Hydrographic Guidelines for Offshore Renewable Energy Developers’, which includes the requirement for the full density data and reports to be delivered to the MCA and the UKHO for the update of nautical charts and publications;
  • (b) a survey to determine the location, extent and composition of chalk habitats, stony reef and potential Sabellaria spinulosa reef features, potential nesting sites for black seabream, and peat and clay exposures as set out within the outline in-principle monitoring plan;
  • (c) inform future navigation risk assessments as part of the cable specification and installation plan; and
  • (d) inform the identification of any archaeological exclusion zone and post consent monitoring of any such archaeological exclusion zone.
  • (3) The undertaker must carry out the surveys agreed under sub-paragraph (1) and provide the baseline report to the MMO in the agreed format and in accordance with the agreed timetable, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO and submitted to the MCA and submitted to the MCA in a form approved pursuant to MGN 654.
  • (4) The undertaker must, in discharging condition 11(1)(p), submit a monitoring scheme that provides details of proposed pre-construction surveys, including methodologies and timings, and a proposed format, content, and timings for providing pre-construction monitoring reports. The monitoring scheme must be in accordance with the great-black backed gull monitoring plan approved under condition 11(1)(p) and must—
  • (a) specify each survey’s objectives and explain how it will assist in informing a useful and valid comparison with the post-construction position, and how it will enable the validation or otherwise of key predictions in the environmental statement;
  • (b) have due regard to the need to undertake monitoring to determine the distribution and behaviour of great black-backed gulls within the Rampion array area, and the effectiveness of deterrents in reducing roosting behaviour and level of activity within the Rampion array area; and
  • (c) ensure that the outcome of the agreed surveys together with existing data and reports are drawn together to present a valid statement of the pre-construction position, with any limitations, and must make clear what post-construction comparison is intended and the justification for this.
  • (5) The undertaker must carry out the surveys as agreed under sub-paragraph (4) and provide the pre-construction monitoring reports to the MMO and Natural England in the agreed format and in accordance with the agreed timetable, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO, in consultation with Natural England.

Construction monitoring

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The undertaker must in discharging condition 11(1)(j) for the monitoring plan for the construction phase provide details of any proposed construction monitoring, including methodologies and timings, and a proposed format, content and timings for providing reports on the results. The survey proposals must be in accordance with the principles set out in the offshore 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 pre-construction position and/or will enable the validation or otherwise of key predictions in the environmental statement.

Post-construction monitoring

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  • (1) The undertaker must, in discharging condition 11(1)(j), submit a monitoring plan for the post-construction monitoring providing details of proposed post-construction surveys, including methodologies (including appropriate buffers, where relevant) and timings, and a proposed format, content and timings for providing reports on the results. The survey proposals must be in accordance with 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 pre–construction position and/or will enable the validation or otherwise of key predictions in the environmental statement and is to include a survey to determine the location, extent and composition of and Sabellaria spinulosa reef and potential nesting sites for black seabream.
  • (2) The surveys to be undertaken pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) must include a swath bathymetric survey to IHO Order 1a of those parts of the offshore Order limits where the authorised scheme has been constructed and provide the data and survey report(s) to the MCA and UKHO. This should fulfil the requirements of MGN654 and its supporting ‘Hydrographic Guidelines for Offshore Renewable Energy Developers’, which includes the requirement for the full density data and reports to be delivered to the MCA and the UKHO for the update of nautical charts and publications.
  • (3) The undertaker must carry out the surveys agreed under sub-paragraph (1) and provide the agreed reports in the agreed format in accordance with the agreed timetable, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MMO.
  • (4) Within 12 weeks of completion of any array cable repair or replacement works, the undertaker must undertake a post installation survey along the section of array cable that has undergone repair or replacement undertaken to IHO Order 1a standard, to demonstrate the successful burial of the array cable and submit a report to the MMO, the MCA and Trinity House on its findings.
  • (5) In the event that the reports provided to the MMO under sub-paragraph (3) identify impacts which are unanticipated and/or in the view of the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body are significantly beyond those predicted within the Environmental Statement, the Habitats Regulations Assessment, and the Marine Conservation Zone Assessment an adaptive management plan to reduce effects to within what was predicted within the Environmental Statement, the Habitats Regulations Assessment, and the Marine Conservation Zone Assessment, unless otherwise agreed by the MMO in writing in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body, must be submitted alongside the monitoring reports submitted under sub-paragraph (3). This plan must be agreed by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies to reduce effects to an agreed suitable level for this project. Any such agreed and approved adaptive management or mitigation should be implemented and monitored in full to a timetable first agreed in writing with the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body. In the event that this adaptive management or mitigation requires a separate consent, the undertaker must apply for such consent. Where a separate consent is required to undertake the agreed adaptive management or mitigation, the undertaker shall only be required to undertake the adaptive management or mitigation once the consent is granted.
  • (6) The undertaker must, in discharging condition 11(1)(p), submit a monitoring scheme providing details of proposed post-construction and operational surveys, including methodologies and timings, and a proposed format, content and timings for providing post-construction and operational monitoring reports. The scheme must be in accordance with the great black-backed gull monitoring plan approved under condition 11(1)(p) and must—
  • (a) specify each survey’s objectives and explain how it will assist in informing a useful and valid comparison with the pre-construction position and how it will enable the validation or otherwise of key predictions in the environmental statement;
  • (b) have due regard to the need to undertake monitoring to determine the distribution and behaviour of great black-backed gulls within the Rampion array area and array area, and the rates of collision and avoidance of great black-backed gulls with wind turbine generators within the array area; and
  • (c) ensure that the outcome of the agreed surveys together with existing data and reports are drawn together to present a valid statement of the post-construction and operational position, with any limitations, and must make clear what pre-construction comparison is intended and the justification for this.
  • (7) The undertaker must carry out the surveys as agreed under sub-paragraph (6) and provide the post-construction and operational monitoring reports to the MMO and Natural England in the agreed format and in accordance with the agreed timetable, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO, in consultation with Natural England.
  • (8) Any monitoring report compiled in accordance with the monitoring schemes required under sub-paragraph (6) must be provided to the MMO and Natural England no later than four months following completion of the monitoring to which it relates, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO, in consultation with Natural England.
  • (9) All monitoring reports must be made publicly available and submitted to relevant evidence databases no later than six months following completion of the monitoring required by the great black-backed gull monitoring plan as approved under condition 11(1)(p) unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO, in consultation with Natural England.
  • (10) In the event that the reports provided to the MMO and Natural England under sub-paragraph (6) identify impacts which are unanticipated and/or in the view of the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body are significantly beyond those predicted within the Environmental Statement, an adaptive management plan to reduce effects to within what was predicted within the Environment Statement, unless otherwise agreed by the MMO in writing in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body, must be submitted alongside the monitoring reports submitted under sub-paragraph (6). This plan must be agreed by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies. Any such agreed and approved adaptive management or mitigation should be implemented and monitored in full to a timetable agreed in writing with the MMO, in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body. In the event that this adaptive management or mitigation requires a separate consent, the undertaker must apply for such consent. Where a separate consent is required to undertake the agreed adaptive management or mitigation, the undertaker shall only be required to undertake the adaptive management or mitigation once the consent is granted.

Monitoring of underwater noise from piling

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  • (1) The undertaker must, in discharging condition 11(1)(j), submit details (which accord with the offshore in-principle monitoring plan) for approval by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies, of any proposed monitoring, including methodologies and timings, to be carried out during the construction of the authorised scheme. The survey proposals must specify each survey’s objectives. In the event that driven or part-driven pile foundations are proposed, such monitoring must include measurements of noise generated by the installation of at least eight of the first twelve piled foundations of each piled foundation type to be installed unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO, in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies.
  • (2) The undertaker must carry out the surveys approved under sub-paragraph (1), including any further noise monitoring required in writing by the MMO, and provide the agreed reports in the agreed format in accordance with the agreed timetable, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies.
  • (3) The results of the initial noise measurements monitored in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) must be provided to the MMO within six weeks of the first eight of each piled foundation. The assessment of this report by the MMO will determine whether any further noise monitoring is required. If, in the 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.
  • (4) In the event that piled foundations are proposed to be used, the details submitted in accordance with the offshore in-principle monitoring plan must include proposals for monitoring marine mammals and noise abatement mitigation used, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO, in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies.

Timing of monitoring report

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Any monitoring report compiled in accordance with the monitoring plans provided under condition 11 must be provided to the MMO no later than four months following completion of the monitoring to which it relates, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MMO.

Updating of cable monitoring plan

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Following installation of array cables, the cable monitoring plan required under condition 11(1)(n)(v) must be updated with the results of the post-installation surveys. The plan must be implemented during the operational lifetime of the project and reviewed as specified within the plan, following cable burial surveys, or as instructed in writing by the MMO.

Piling

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In the event that driven or part-driven pile foundations are proposed to be used any such piling must be undertaken in accordance with—

  • (a) the piling marine mammals mitigation protocol approved under condition 11(1)(l)(ii); and
  • (b) the sensitive features mitigation plan approved under condition 11(1)(k).

Reporting of cable protection

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  • (1) Not more than four months following completion of the construction phase of the authorised scheme, the undertaker must provide the MMO and the statutory nature conservation body with a report setting out details of the cable protection used for the authorised scheme.
  • (2) The report is to include the following information—
  • (a) location of the cable protection;
  • (b) volume of cable protection; and
  • (c) any other information relating to the cable protection as agreed between the MMO and the undertaker.

Decommissioning

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  • (1) Prior to any decommissioning activities being undertaken the undertaker must submit and secure the written approval of the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conversation body for a decommissioning mammal protection protocol (Decommissioning MPP).
  • (2) The Decommissioning MPP must be implemented as approved.

Completion of construction

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  • (1) The undertaker must submit a close out report to the MMO, MCA, UKHO and the statutory nature conservation body within three 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) a plan of the layout of installed wind turbine generators;
  • (c) latitude and longitude coordinates of the centre point of the location of each wind turbine generator provided as Geographical Information System data referenced to WGS84 datum;
  • (d) latitude and longitude coordinates of the inter array cable routes provided as Geographical Information System data referenced to WGS84 datum; and
  • (e) the installed wind turbine generator parameters relevant for seascape, landscape and visual impact.
  • (2) Following completion of construction, no further construction activities can be undertaken under this licence.

Herring piling restriction

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  • (1) No piling activity can commence within the eastern array area during the herring spawning season until a spawning herring piling restriction plan (in accordance with the outline spawning herring piling restriction plan) containing updated underwater noise modelling has been submitted to and approved by the MMO. The updated underwater noise model must be based on final project parameters to be used to install piles in the eastern array area and must include details of any verified mitigation measures to be employed.
  • (2) If the herring spawning plan demonstrates that noise levels associated with piling activity in the eastern array area during the herring spawning season will exceed the levels shown on the spawning herring piling restriction plan then no piling activity may be undertaken within the eastern array area during the herring spawning season without the written approval of the MMO.
  • (3) All piling activity within the eastern array area during the herring spawning season must be undertaken in accordance with the details approved under sub-paragraph (1) or as required as a condition of approval under sub-paragraph (2).
  • (4) In this condition—
  • “eastern array area” means the area identified as the eastern array area within the spawning herring piling restriction plan;
  • “outline spawning herring piling restriction plan” means the plan certified as the outline spawning herring piling restriction plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc); and
  • “herring spawning season” means 1 November to 31 January inclusive.

Reporting of impact pile driving

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  • (1) Only when 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) prior to the commencement of each part of construction of the authorised scheme, information on the expected location and expected start and end dates of impact pile driving to satisfy the Marine Noise Registry’s Forward Look requirements; and
  • (b) within 12 weeks of completion of impact pile driving for the relevant part of the authorised scheme, information on the locations and dates of impact pile driving to satisfy the Marine Noise Registry’s Close Out requirements.
  • (2) The undertaker must notify the MMO in writing of the successful submission of Forward Look or Close Out data pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) within seven days of the submission.
  • (3) For the purpose of this condition, “Forward Look” and “Close Out” mean the requirements as set out in the UK Marine Noise Registry Information Document Version 1 (July 2015) as amended, updated or superseded from time to time.

Piling restriction

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No piling associated with the authorised development may be undertaken between 1 March to 31 July inclusive, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body.

SCHEDULE 12 — DEEMED MARINE LICENCE UNDER THE 2009 ACT— TRANSMISSION ASSETS

PART 1 — LICENSED MARINE ACTIVITIES

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  • (1) In this licence—
  • “the 2004 Act” means the Energy Act 200457;
  • “the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 200858;
  • “the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 200959;
  • “array area” means that part of the offshore Order limits in which Work Nos. 1, 2 and 3 may be undertaken as shown on the offshore works plans;
  • “array periphery” means the outermost edge of the infrastructure to be constructed as Work No. 1 as described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development) of the Order and identified in the design plan to be approved pursuant to the deemed marine licence (generation assets);
  • “authorised deposits” means the substances and articles specified in paragraph 4 of Part 1 of this licence;
  • “authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Order and any other development authorised by this Order that is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;
  • “authorised scheme” means Work Nos. 3 to 6 described in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of this licence or any part of those works;
  • “buoy” means any floating device used for navigational purposes or measurement purposes including LiDAR buoys, wave buoys and guard buoys;
  • “cable protection” means physical measures for the protection of export cables from physical damage and exposure including but not limited to concrete mattresses and/or rock placement, bagged solutions filled with stone, rock or gravel, grout, concrete and other materials and protective shells or sheaths;
  • “commence” means the first carrying out of any licensed marine activities authorised by this marine licence, save for operations consisting of offshore preparation works or pre-construction surveys and monitoring approved under this licence and “commenced” and “commencement” must be construed accordingly;
  • “condition” means a condition in Part 2 of this licence;
  • “Defence Infrastructure Organisation Safeguarding” means Ministry of Defence Safeguarding, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Kingston Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B75 7RL and any successor body to its functions;
  • “draft piling marine mammal mitigation protocol” means the document certified as the draft piling marine mammal mitigation protocol by the Secretary of State under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) of the Order;
  • “draft UXO marine mammal mitigation protocol” means the document certified as the draft UXO marine mammal mitigation protocol by the Secretary of State under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) of the Order;
  • “enforcement officer” means a person authorised to carry out enforcement duties under Chapter 3 of Part 4 (marine licensing) of the 2009 Act;
  • “environmental statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) (certification of plans and documents etc);
  • “export cable” means the cable circuits connecting the offshore substation(s) comprising Work No. 3(a) to those parts of the authorised scheme to be undertaken landward of mean high water springs comprising Work Nos. 4, 5 and 6;
  • “export cable corridor” means that part of the offshore Order limits seawards of MLWS excluding the array area;
  • “flow energy dissipation devices” means solutions that dissipate flow energy and entrap sediment, and including options such as frond mats, mats of large, linked hoops, and structures covered with long spikes;
  • “HDD” refers to a trenchless technique for installing cables and cable ducts involving drilling in an arc between two points;
  • “in principle sensitive features mitigation plan” means the document certified as the in-principle sensitive features mitigation plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) ;
  • “intrusive activities” means activities including anchoring of vessels, jacking up of vessels, depositing soil and seabed clearance;
  • “interconnector cable” means the cable circuits comprising Work No. 3(b) connecting the offshore substations comprising Work No. 3(a);
  • “Kingfisher Fortnightly Bulletin” means the bulletin published by the Humber Seafood Institute or such other alternative publication approved in writing by the MMO for the purposes of this licence;
  • “LAT” means lowest astronomical tide;
  • “licence 1 (generation)” means the licence set out in Schedule 11 (deemed licence under the 2009 Act – generation assets) of the Order;
  • “licensed activities” means the activities specified in Part 1 of this licence;
  • “LiDAR” means the remote sensing method which uses light detection and ranging;
  • “maintain” includes inspect and survey, upkeep, repair, adjust, and alter and further includes remove, reconstruct and replace, to the extent assessed in the environmental statement; and derivatives of “maintain” must be construed accordingly;
  • “Marine Management Organisation” or “MMO” means the body created under the 2009 Act which is responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of this licence;
  • “MCA” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;
  • “mean high water springs” or “MHWS” means the highest level which spring tides reach on average over a period of time;
  • “mean low water springs” or “MLWS” means the lowest level which spring tides reach on average over a period of time;
  • “monopile foundation” means a steel pile, typically cylindrical, driven and/or drilled into the seabed and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment;
  • “multileg foundation” means a lattice type structure constructed of steel, which may include scour protection and additional equipment such as, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms;
  • “Rampion array area” means that part of the offshore Order limits in which Work Nos. 1 and 2, as defined in The Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Order 201460, have been undertaken as approved by that Order;
  • “the offshore in-principle monitoring plan” means the document certified as the offshore in-principle monitoring plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) ;
  • “the offshore Order limits” means the offshore Order limits defined by the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plan and set out in table 1 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Order;
  • “the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plan” means the plan certified as the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) ;
  • “offshore substation” means a structure above LAT and attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, with one or more decks containing— electrical equipment required to switch, transform, convert electricity generated at the wind turbine generators to a higher voltage and provide reactive power compensation; and housing accommodation, storage, workshop auxiliary equipment, and facilities for operating, maintaining and controlling the substation or wind turbine generators;
  • “offshore works plan” means the plan certified as the offshore works plan by the Secretary of State pursuant to article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) of the Order;
  • “Order” means the Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025;
  • “outline cable burial risk assessment” means the document certified as the outline cable burial risk assessment by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc) ;
  • “outline cable specification and installation plan” means the document certified as the outline cable specification and installation plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 50 (certification of plans and documents etc);
  • “outline diver communications plan” means the document certified as the outline diver communications plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc);
  • “outline fisheries liaison and co-existence plan” means the document certified as the outline fisheries liaison and co-existence plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc);
  • “outline marine written scheme of investigation” means the document certified as the outline offshore written scheme of investigation by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc);
  • “outline project environmental management plan” means the document certified as the outline project environmental management plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc);
  • “outline scour protection and cable protection plan” means the plan or plans certified as the outline scour protection and cable protection plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc);
  • “pin piles” means steel cylindrical piles driven and/or drilled into the seabed to secure multileg foundations;
  • “scour protection” means measures to prevent loss of seabed sediment around any structure placed in or on the seabed using methods including rock or gravel placement, concrete mattresses, flow energy dissipation devices or bagged solutions;
  • “statutory historic body” means the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England or its successor in function;
  • “statutory nature conservation body” means the appropriate nature conservation body as defined in regulation 5 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017;
  • “suction bucket” means a steel cylindrical structure attached to the legs of a multileg foundation which partially or fully penetrates the seabed and remains in place using its own weight and hydrostatic pressure differential;
  • “Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;
  • “UK Hydrographic Office” or “UKHO” means the UK Hydrographic Office of Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2DN;
  • “UXO” means unexploded ordnance;
  • “undertaker” means Rampion Extension Development Limited or such other person to whom the benefit of this licence is transferred pursuant to the terms of article 5 (benefit of the Order) of the Rampion 2 Offshore Windfarm Order 2025;
  • “vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes a non-displacement craft, a personal watercraft, a seaplane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted for movement through, in, on or over water and which is at the time in, on or over water;
  • “VHF” means very high frequency;
  • “wind farm separation zones” means those parts of the array area within which Work No. 1. as permitted pursuant to licence 1 (generation) and Work No. 3(a) may not be constructed as shown on the offshore works plan;
  • “wind turbine generator” means a structure comprising a tower, rotor with three blades connected at the hub, nacelle, transition pieces and ancillary electrical and other equipment which may include J-tube(s), access and rest platforms, access ladders, boat access systems, corrosion protection systems, fenders and maintenance equipment, helicopter landing facilities and other associated equipment, fixed to a foundation or transition piece comprising Work No 1 as described in licence 1 (generation); and
  • “Working in Proximity to Wildlife in the Marine Environment Protocol” means the document certified as Appendix 10 – Further information for action point 42 – proximity to marine wildlife by the Secretary of State for the purpose of this Order under article 49 (certification of plans and documents etc).
  • (2) A reference to any statute, order, regulation or similar instrument is construed as a reference to a statute, order, regulation or instrument as amended by any subsequent statute, order, regulation or instrument or as contained in any subsequent re-enactment.
  • (3) Unless otherwise indicated—
  • (a) all times are taken to be Greenwich Mean Time (GMT); and
  • (b) all co-ordinates are taken to be latitude and longitude degrees and minutes to two decimal places.
  • (4) Except where otherwise notified in writing by the relevant organisation, the primary point of contact with the organisations listed below and the address for returns and correspondence are—
  • (a) Marine Management Organisation

Marine Licensing Team

Lancaster House

Hampshire Court

Newcastle Business Park

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE4 7YH

Tel: 0300 123 1032;

  • (b) Marine Management Organisation (local office)

Shoreham office

Pilots’ Watch House

Basin Road South

Portslade

West Sussex

BN41 1WD;

  • (c) Trinity House

Tower Hill

London EC3N 4DH

Tel: 020 7481 6900;

  • (d) The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

Admiralty Way

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 2DN

Tel: 01823 337 900;

  • (e) Maritime and Coastguard Agency

UK Technical Services Navigation

Spring Place

105 Commercial Road

Southampton

SO15 1EG

Tel: 020 3817 2554;

  • (f) Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

Suffolk

NR33 0HT

Tel: 01502 562 244;

  • (g) Natural England

4th Floor

Foss House

1-2 Peasholme Green

York

YO1 7PX

Tel: 0300 060 4911;

  • (h) Historic England

4th Floor, Cannon Bridge House

25 Downgate Hill

London

EC4R 2YA.

Details of licensed marine activities

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Subject to the licence conditions, this licence authorises the undertaker (and any agent or contractor acting on their behalf) to carry out the following licensable marine activities under section 66(1) (licensable marine activities) of the 2009 Act—

  • (a) the deposit at sea within the offshore Order limits of the substances and articles specified in paragraph 4;
  • (b) the disposal at sea of up to 2,568,500 cubic metres of inert material of natural origin and/or dredged material produced during construction drilling or seabed preparation for foundation works and sandwave and other seabed preparation and cable circuit installation works comprising Work Nos. 3 and 4 and the maintenance of such works within that part of the offshore Order limits comprising the array area provided that such quantity of material permitted to be disposed of in the array area must take account of and include material disposed of in the array area during the carrying out and maintenance of Work Nos. 1 and 2 as permitted pursuant to licence 1 (generation);
  • (c) the disposal at sea of up to 340,720 cubic metres of inert material of natural origin and/or dredged material within the offshore Order limits produced during construction drilling or seabed preparation for cable circuit installation works comprising Work Nos. 4 and 5 or by construction of exit pits in connection with horizontal directional drilling comprising Work No. 5 in the export cable corridor provided that such material may subsequently be used to the extent required for reinstatement of the exit pits comprising Work No. 5;
  • (d) the construction of works in or over the sea and/or on or under the sea bed;
  • (e) dredging for the purposes of seabed preparation for foundation works and/or electrical circuit works and/or cable circuit installation works;
  • (f) the removal of sediment samples for the purposes of informing environmental monitoring under this licence during pre-construction, construction and operation; and
  • (g) site clearance and preparation works including debris removal, levelling, boulder clearance works either by displacement ploughing or subsea grab technique or any other equivalent method and removal of static fishing equipment.

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. 3—
  • (i) up to three offshore substations each fixed to the seabed by monopile foundation, or multileg foundation and including connection to the cable circuits comprising Work No. 2(b) approved pursuant to licence 1 (generation), cable circuits comprising Work No. 3(b) and cable circuits comprising Work No. 4; and
  • (ii) up to two offshore interconnector cables in total each connecting one offshore substation to another.
  • (b) Work No. 4— up to four cable circuits in total between and connecting one or more of the offshore substations comprising Work No. 3(a) and the cable circuits comprising Work No. 5 laid on or beneath the seabed.
  • (c) Work No. 5—
  • (i) up to four temporary horizontal directional drilling exit pits located seaward of MLWS; and
  • (ii) up to four cable circuits and associated ducts between and connecting the cable circuits comprising Work No. 4 and the cable circuits comprising Work No. 6 laid on or beneath the seabed or in ducts laid on or beneath the seabed.
  • (d) Work No. 6— landfall connection works comprising up to four cable circuits and associated ducts laid underground by horizontal directional drilling within the Order limits seaward of MHWS and landward of MLWS connecting Work No. 5 and those parts of the authorised development to be undertaken landward of MHWS.
  • (2) In connection with such Work Nos. 3 to 6 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, and 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 scheme and which are within the scope of the environmental impact assessment recorded in the environmental statement.
  • (3) In connection with such Work Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 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.

4

The substances or articles authorised for deposit at sea are—

  • (a) iron and steel, copper and aluminium;
  • (b) stone and rock;
  • (c) concrete;
  • (d) sand and gravel;
  • (e) plastic and synthetic material;
  • (f) material extracted from within the offshore Order limits during construction drilling and seabed preparation works for foundation works and seabed preparation works and export cable installation and from the construction of exit pits in connection with horizontal directional drilling comprising Work No. 5 and Work No. 6; and
  • (g) marine coatings, other chemicals and timber.

5

  • (1) The grid coordinates for that part of the offshore Order limits where those parts of the authorised project comprising Work No. 3(a) may be carried out as shown on the offshore works plans are specified below—
Point Latitude Longitude Point Latitude Longitude
1 50° 39’ 1.7938″ -000° 36’ 8.7262″ 71 50° 39’ 27.3702″ -000° 30’ 22.4457″
2 50° 39’ 24.3939″ -000° 33’ 40.8674″ 72 50° 39’ 27.5636″ -000° 30’ 20.9233″
3 50° 39’ 38.5128″ -000° 32’ 8.3008″ 73 50° 39’ 27.7675″ -000° 30’ 19.3961″
4 50° 39’ 38.0150″ -000° 32’ 7.9507″ 74 50° 39’ 27.9818″ -000° 30’ 17.8647″
5 50° 39’ 37.5445″ -000° 32’ 7.5894″ 75 50° 39’ 28.2064″ -000° 30’ 16.3295″
6 50° 39’ 37.0814″ -000° 32’ 7.2019″ 76 50° 39’ 28.4413″ -000° 30’ 14.7911″
7 50° 39’ 36.6259″ -000° 32’ 6.7883″ 77 50° 39’ 28.6863″ -000° 30’ 13.2497″
8 50° 39’ 36.1781″ -000° 32’ 6.3487″ 78 50° 39’ 28.9415″ -000° 30’ 11.7061″
9 50° 39’ 35.7382″ -000° 32’ 5.8833″ 79 50° 39’ 29.2067″ -000° 30’ 10.1605″
10 50° 39’ 35.3062″ -000° 32’ 5.3922″ 80 50° 39’ 29.4819″ -000° 30’ 8.6135″
11 50° 39’ 34.8823″ -000° 32’ 4.8755″ 81 50° 39’ 29.7669″ -000° 30’ 7.0655″
12 50° 39’ 34.4667″ -000° 32’ 4.3334″ 82 50° 39’ 30.0618″ -000° 30’ 5.5171″
13 50° 39’ 34.0594″ -000° 32’ 3.7661″ 83 50° 39’ 30.3663″ -000° 30’ 3.9686″
14 50° 39’ 33.6606″ -000° 32’ 3.1737″ 84 50° 39’ 30.6804″ -000° 30’ 2.4206″
15 50° 39’ 33.2705″ -000° 32’ 2.5565″ 85 50° 39’ 31.0041″ -000° 30’ 0.8735″
16 50° 39’ 32.8890″ -000° 32’ 1.9146″ 86 50° 39’ 31.3371″ -000° 29’ 59.3278″
17 50° 39’ 32.5164″ -000° 32’ 1.2482″ 87 50° 39’ 31.6795″ -000° 29’ 57.7840″
18 50° 39’ 32.1528″ -000° 32’ 0.5575″ 88 50° 39’ 32.0310″ -000° 29’ 56.2425″
19 50° 39’ 31.7982″ -000° 31’ 59.8427″ 89 50° 39’ 32.3917″ -000° 29’ 54.7039″
20 50° 39’ 31.4528″ -000° 31’ 59.1040″ 90 50° 39’ 32.7613″ -000° 29’ 53.1685″
21 50° 39’ 31.1167″ -000° 31’ 58.3418″ 91 50° 39’ 33.1398″ -000° 29’ 51.6369″
22 50° 39’ 30.7900″ -000° 31’ 57.5561″ 92 50° 39’ 33.5271″ -000° 29’ 50.1095″
23 50° 39’ 30.4727″ -000° 31’ 56.7473″ 93 50° 39’ 33.9230″ -000° 29’ 48.5867″
24 50° 39’ 30.1651″ -000° 31’ 55.9155″ 94 50° 39’ 34.3275″ -000° 29’ 47.0691″
25 50° 39’ 29.8671″ -000° 31’ 55.0611″ 95 50° 39’ 34.7403″ -000° 29’ 45.5571″
26 50° 39’ 29.5788″ -000° 31’ 54.1843″ 96 50° 39’ 35.1614″ -000° 29’ 44.0512″
27 50° 39’ 29.3005″ -000° 31’ 53.2853″ 97 50° 39’ 35.5907″ -000° 29’ 42.5518″
28 50° 39’ 29.0320″ -000° 31’ 52.3645″ 98 50° 39’ 36.0279″ -000° 29’ 41.0593″
29 50° 39’ 28.7736″ -000° 31’ 51.4221″ 99 50° 39’ 36.4731″ -000° 29’ 39.5743″
30 50° 39’ 28.5253″ -000° 31’ 50.4584″ 100 50° 39’ 36.9260″ -000° 29’ 38.0972″
31 50° 39’ 28.2871″ -000° 31’ 49.4737″ 101 50° 39’ 37.3865″ -000° 29’ 36.6284″
32 50° 39’ 28.0592″ -000° 31’ 48.4683″ 102 50° 39’ 37.8544″ -000° 29’ 35.1684″
33 50° 39’ 27.8416″ -000° 31’ 47.4425″ 103 50° 39’ 38.3297″ -000° 29’ 33.7176″
34 50° 39’ 27.6344″ -000° 31’ 46.3966″ 104 50° 40’ 22.3750″ -000° 27’ 19.7685″
35 50° 39’ 27.4376″ -000° 31’ 45.3309″ 105 50° 40’ 53.6018″ -000° 23’ 53.4563″
36 50° 39’ 27.2513″ -000° 31’ 44.2459″ 106 50° 37’ 23.6536″ -000° 27’ 24.4299″
37 50° 39’ 27.0756″ -000° 31’ 43.1417″ 107 50° 36’ 37.8171″ -000° 27’ 24.4229″
38 50° 39’ 26.9105″ -000° 31’ 42.0187″ 108 50° 36’ 16.5551″ -000° 29’ 46.1531″
39 50° 39’ 26.7561″ -000° 31’ 40.8773″ 109 50° 36’ 12.3786″ -000° 30’ 12.7043″
40 50° 39’ 26.6123″ -000° 31’ 39.7178″ 110 50° 35’ 33.2206″ -000° 34’ 21.0588″
41 50° 39’ 26.4793″ -000° 31’ 38.5406″ 111 50° 35’ 29.7384″ -000° 34’ 43.2949″
42 50° 39’ 26.3572″ -000° 31’ 37.3460″ 112 50° 35’ 11.5476″ -000° 36’ 40.5405″
43 50° 39’ 26.2458″ -000° 31’ 36.1344″ 113 50° 35’ 8.6938″ -000° 36’ 58.9128″
44 50° 39’ 26.1453″ -000° 31’ 34.9062″ 114 50° 35’ 8.5860″ -000° 37’ 35.2466″
45 50° 39’ 26.0557″ -000° 31′ 33.6617″ 115 50° 35’ 15.1952″ -000° 37’ 36.0920″
46 50° 39’ 25.9770″ -000° 31’ 32.4013″ 116 50° 35’ 17.9985″ -000° 37’ 36.4578″
47 50° 39’ 25.9093″ -000° 31’ 31.1254″ 117 50° 35’ 18.0869″ -000° 37’ 36.4693″
48 50° 39’ 25.8526″ -000° 31’ 29.8344″ 118 50° 35’ 25.0537″ -000° 37’ 37.3783″
49 50° 39’ 25.8068″ -000° 31’ 28.5286″ 119 50° 35’ 31.1113″ -000° 37’ 38.1688″
50 50° 39’ 25.7720″ -000° 31’ 27.2086″ 120 50° 35’ 52.0407″ -000° 37’ 40.9002″
51 50° 39’ 25.7482″ -000° 31’ 25.8746″ 121 50° 36’ 22.3039″ -000° 37’ 44.8508″
52 50° 39’ 25.7355″ -000° 31’ 24.5271″ 122 50° 36’ 24.7136″ -000° 37’ 45.1655″
53 50° 39’ 25.7337″ -000° 31’ 23.1665″ 123 50° 36’ 36.3272″ -000° 37’ 46.6819″
54 50° 39’ 25.7265″ -000° 30’ 47.1665″ 124 50° 37’ 8.9157″ -000° 37’ 51.3889″
55 50° 39’ 25.7358″ -000° 30’ 45.7932″ 125 50° 37’ 14.4423″ -000° 37’ 52.1326″
56 50° 39’ 25.7561″ -000° 30’ 44.4076″ 126 50° 37’ 26.2596″ -000° 37’ 53.7231″
57 50° 39’ 25.7874″ -000° 30’ 43.0102″ 127 50° 37’ 33.2783″ -000° 37’ 54.6678″
58 50° 39’ 25.8297″ -000° 30’ 41.6014″ 128 50° 37’ 47.0466″ -000° 37’ 56.5213″
59 50° 39’ 25.8830″ -000° 30’ 40.1815″ 129 50° 37’ 52.4650″ -000° 37’ 57.2507″
60 50° 39’ 25.9472″ -000° 30’ 38.7511″ 130 50° 37’ 55.7250″ -000° 37’ 57.5509″
61 50° 39’ 26.0225″ -000° 30’ 37.3106″ 131 50° 39’ 1.7938″ -000° 36’ 8.7262″
62 50° 39’ 26.1086″ -000° 30’ 35.8603″ 132 50° 35’ 26.4347″ -000° 14’ 9.0079″
63 50° 39’ 26.2056″ -000° 30’ 34.4008″ 133 50° 35’ 43.9510″ -000° 20’ 7.3806″
64 50° 39’ 26.3136″ -000° 30’ 32.9325″ 134 50° 36’ 55.0393″ -000° 20’ 30.4937″
65 50° 39’ 26.4323″ -000° 30’ 31.4559″ 135 50° 38’ 29.1370″ -000° 10’ 42.0738″
66 50° 39’ 26.5619″ -000° 30’ 29.9713″ 136 50° 36’ 40.5733″ -000° 10’ 7.2790″
67 50° 39’ 26.7022″ -000° 30’ 28.4793″ 137 50° 35’ 56.8348″ -000° 12’ 29.9698″
68 50° 39’ 26.8532″ -000° 30’ 26.9803″ 138 50° 35’ 46.1905″ -000° 13’ 4.6597″
69 50° 39’ 27.0149″ -000° 30’ 25.4747″ 139 50° 35’ 26.4347″ -000° 14’ 9.0079″
70 50° 39’ 27.1873″ -000° 30’ 23.9630″
  • (2) The grid coordinates for that part of the offshore Order limits where those parts of the authorised project comprising Work No. 3(b) may be carried out as shown on the offshore works plan are specified below—
Point Longitude Latitude Point Longitude Latitude
1 50° 39’ 52.3821″ -000° 30’ 37.2248″ 48 50° 39’ 22.9375″ -000° 11’ 0.1216″
2 50° 41’ 11.3500″ -000° 21’ 55.8599″ 49 50° 39’ 22.9921″ -000° 10’ 59.8545″
3 50° 39’ 53.9451″ -000° 21’ 30.9561″ 50 50° 39’ 23.0026″ -000° 10’ 59.8032″
4 50° 38’ 43.2945″ -000° 21’ 8.2445″ 51 50° 39’ 23.0301″ -000° 10’ 59.6688″
5 50° 38’ 11.9503″ -000° 20’ 58.1743″ 52 50° 39’ 23.0417″ -000° 10’ 59.6121″
6 50° 37’ 42.3197″ -000° 20’ 48.6579″ 53 50° 39’ 23.0889″ -000° 10’ 59.3814″
7 50° 37’ 32.8206″ -000° 20’ 45.6028″ 54 50° 36’ 40.5733″ -000° 10’ 7.2790″
8 50° 37’ 32.7858″ -000° 20’ 45.5916″ 55 50° 35’ 56.8348″ -000° 12’ 29.9698″
9 50° 37’ 32.7633″ -000° 20’ 45.5843″ 56 50° 35’ 46.1905″ -000° 13’ 4.6597″
10 50° 37’ 22.7987″ -000° 20’ 42.3409″ 57 50° 35’ 26.4347″ -000° 14’ 9.0079″
11 50° 38’ 31.7775″ -000° 16’ 26.970″ 58 50° 35’ 44.1096″ -000° 20’ 10.6548″
12 50° 38’ 13.3226″ -000° 16’ 17.0707″ 59 50° 36’ 25.6547″ -000° 21’ 2.8378″
13 50° 38’ 41.3993″ -000° 14’ 22.9538″ 60 50° 36’ 27.9442″ -000° 21’ 5.7145″
14 50° 39’ 19.2087″ -000° 11’ 18.3535″ 61 50° 36’ 33.7315″ -000° 21’ 12.9866″
15 50° 39’ 19.3373″ -000° 11’ 17.7245″ 62 50° 36’ 36.0255″ -000° 21’ 15.9940″
16 50° 39’ 19.5025″ -000° 11’ 16.9170″ 63 50° 36’ 42.3252″ -000° 21’ 24.2532″
17 50° 39’ 19.6186″ -000° 11’ 16.3492″ 64 50° 36’ 50.0795″ -000° 21’ 34.4205″
18 50° 39’ 19.6908″ -000° 11’ 15.9965″ 65 50° 37’ 0.5900″ -000° 21’ 48.2036″
19 50° 39’ 19.7648″ -000° 11’ 15.6344″ 66 50° 37’ 2.6269″ -000° 21’ 50.8749″
20 50° 39’ 20.4130″ -000° 11’ 12.4655″ 67 50° 37’ 26.1929″ -000° 22’ 21.7880″
21 50° 39’ 20.4164″ -000° 11’ 12.4490″ 68 50° 37’ 27.1480″ -000° 22’ 23.0411″
22 50° 39’ 20.6912″ -000° 11’ 11.1054″ 69 50° 36’ 38.8171″ -000° 27’ 24.4229″
23 50° 39’ 20.6985″ -000° 11’ 11.0695″ 70 50° 36’ 16.5551″ -000° 29’ 46.1531″
24 50° 39’ 20.7558″ -000° 11’ 10.7896″ 71 50° 36’ 12.3786″ -000° 30’ 12.7043″
25 50° 39’ 20.7809″ -000° 11’ 10.6668″ 72 50° 35’ 33.2206″ -000° 34’ 21.0588″
26 50° 39’ 20.8160″ -000° 11’ 10.4952″ 73 50° 35’ 29.7384″ -000° 34’ 43.2949″
27 50° 39’ 20.8413″ -000° 11’ 10.3711″ 74 50° 35’ 11.5476″ -000° 36’ 40.5405″
28 50° 39’ 20.8647″ -000° 11’ 10.2572″ 75 50° 35’ 8.6938″ -000° 36’ 58.9128″
29 50° 39’ 20.8985″ -000° 11’ 10.0916″ 76 50° 35’ 8.5860″ -000° 37’ 35.2466″
30 50° 39’ 20.9320″ -000° 11’ 9.9280″ 77 50° 35’ 15.1952″ -000° 37’ 36.0920″
31 50° 39’ 20.9471″ -000° 11’ 9.8539″ 78 50° 35’ 17.9985″ -000° 37’ 36.4578″
32 50° 39’ 20.9846″ -000° 11’ 9.6706″ 79 50° 35’ 18.0869″ -000° 37’ 36.4693″
33 50° 39’ 21.0187″ -000° 11’ 9.5038″ 80 50° 35’ 25.0537″ -000° 37’ 37.3783″
34 50° 39’ 21.0425″ -000° 11’ 9.3875″ 81 50° 35’ 31.1113″ -000° 37’ 38.1688″
35 50° 39’ 21.0907″ -000° 11’ 9.1519″ 82 50° 35’ 52.0407″ -000° 37’ 40.9002″
36 50° 39’ 21.1078″ -000° 11’ 9.0682″ 83 50° 36’ 22.3039″ -000° 37’ 44.8508″
37 50° 39’ 21.1552″ -000° 11’ 8.8368″ 84 50° 36’ 24.7136″ -000° 37’ 45.1655″
38 50° 39’ 21.1689″ -000° 11’ 8.7697″ 85 50° 36’ 36.3272″ -000° 37’ 46.6819″
39 50° 39’ 21.1691″ -000° 11’ 8.7686″ 86 50° 37’ 8.9157″ -000° 37’ 51.3889″
40 50° 39’ 21.2393″ -000° 11’ 8.4254″ 87 50° 37’ 14.4423″ -000° 37’ 52.1326″
41 50° 39’ 21.2579″ -000° 11’ 8.3344″ 88 50° 37’ 26.2596″ -000° 37’ 53.7231″
42 50° 39’ 21.2943″ -000° 11’ 8.1562″ 89 50° 37’ 33.2783″ -000° 37’ 54.6678″
43 50° 39’ 21.3304″ -000° 11’ 7.9801″ 90 50° 37’ 47.0466″ -000° 37’ 56.5213″
44 50° 39’ 21.3412″ -000° 11’ 7.9272″ 91 50° 37’ 52.4650″ -000° 37’ 57.2507″
45 50° 39’ 22.1787″ -000° 11’ 3.8321″ 92 50° 37’ 55.7250″ -000° 37’ 57.5509″
46 50° 39’ 22.8501″ -000° 11’ 0.5488″ 93 50° 39’ 1.7938″ -000° 36’ 8.7262″
47 50° 39’ 22.8994″ -000° 11’ 0.3078″ 94 50° 39’ 24.3939″ -000° 33’ 40.8674″
  • (3) The grid coordinates for that part of the offshore Order limits where those parts of the authorised project comprising Work No. 4 may be carried out as shown on the offshore works plan are specified below—
Point Latitude Longitude Point Latitude Longitude
1 50° 46’ 49.8007″ -000° 32’ 42.0835″ 97 50° 37’ 8.9157″ -000° 37’ 51.3889″
2 50° 46’ 40.6972″ -000° 32’ 42.1966″ 98 50° 37’ 14.4423″ -000° 37’ 52.1326″
3 50° 45’ 42.5924″ -000° 32’42.9178″ 99 50° 37’ 26.2596″ -000° 37’ 53.7231″
4 50° 44’ 50.3060″ -000° 32’ 43.5658″ 100 50° 37’ 33.2783″ -000° 37’ 54.6678″
5 50° 43’ 27.9008″ -000°32’ 44.5850″ 101 50° 37’ 47.0466″ -000° 37’ 56.5213″
6 50° 43’ 4.3293″ -000° 32’ 44.8761″ 102 50° 37’ 52.4650″ -000° 37’ 57.2507″
7 50° 42’ 28.3486″ -000° 32’ 45.3201″ 103 50° 37’ 55.7250″ -000° 37’ 57.5509″
8 50° 42’ 25.1670″ -000° 32’ 45.4370″ 104 50° 39’ 1.7938″ -000° 36’ 8.7262″
9 50° 42’ 22.6856″ -000° 32’ 42.9705″ 105 50° 39’ 24.3939″ -000° 33’ 40.8674″
10 50° 41’ 28.6123″ -000° 31’ 57.7034″ 106 50° 40’ 16.3645″ -000° 34’ 24.3839″
11 50° 41’ 12.8834″ -000° 31’ 44.5421″ 107 50° 41’ 39.4711″ -000° 35’ 34.0336″
12 50° 39’ 52.3821″ -000° 30’ 37.2248″ 108 50° 42’ 42.0736″ -000° 36’ 26.5498″
13 50° 41’ 11.3500″ -000° 21’ 55.8599″ 109 50° 42’ 54.3446″ -000° 36’ 23.8715″
14 50° 39’ 53.9451″ -000° 21’ 30.9561″ 110 50° 43’ 29.5066″ -000° 36’ 16.1947″
15 50° 38’ 43.2945″ -000° 21’ 8.2445″ 111 50° 44’ 36.7196″ -000° 36’ 1.5105″
16 50° 38’ 11.9503″ -000° 20’ 58.1743″ 112 50° 45’ 10.4373″ -000° 35’ 54.1393″
17 50° 37’ 42.3197″ -000° 20’ 48.6580″ 113 50° 46’ 18.6039″ -000° 35’ 39.2272″
18 50° 37’ 32.8206″ -000° 20’ 45.6028″ 114 50° 46’ 31.3325″ -000° 35’ 36.4412″
19 50° 37’ 32.7858″ -000° 20’ 45.5916″ 115 50° 46’ 30.8906″ -000° 35’ 31.1402″
20 50° 37’ 32.7633″ -000° 20’ 45.5843″ 116 50° 46’ 30.6142″ -000° 35’ 24.4745″
21 50° 37’ 22.7988″ -000° 20’ 42.3409″ 117 50° 46’ 30.6147″ -000° 35’ 17.7946″
22 50° 38’ 31.7775″ -000° 16’ 26.9705″ 118 50° 46’ 30.8922″ -000° 35’ 11.1291″
23 50° 38’ 13.3227″ -000° 16’ 17.0707″ 119 50° 46’ 31.4453″ -000° 35’ 4.5064″
24 50° 38’ 41.3993″ -000° 14’ 22.9538″ 120 50° 46’ 32.2718″ -000° 34’ 57.9549″
25 50° 39’ 19.2087″ -000° 11’ 18.3535″ 121 50° 46’ 33.3681″ -000° 34’ 51.5025″
26 50° 39’ 19.3373″ -000° 11’ 17.7245″ 122 50° 46’ 34.7296″ -000° 34’ 45.1770″
27 50° 39’ 19.5025″ -000° 11’ 16.9170″ 123 50° 46’ 35.4901″ -000° 34’ 42.2812″
28 50° 39’ 19.6186″ -000° 11’ 16.3492″ 124 50° 46’ 35.5228″ -000° 34’ 42.0236″
29 50° 39’ 19.6908″ -000° 11’ 15.9965″ 125 50° 46’ 35.5994″ -000° 34’ 41.2888″
30 50° 39’ 19.7648″ -000° 11’ 15.6344″ 126 50° 46’ 35.6054″ -000° 34’ 41.2313″
31 50° 39’ 20.4130″ -000° 11’ 12.4655″ 127 50° 46’ 35.9055″ -000° 34’ 38.5822″
32 50° 39’ 20.4164″ -000° 11’ 12.4490″ 128 50° 46’ 36.0094″ -000° 34’ 37.7299″
33 50°39’ 20.6912″ -000° 11’ 11.1054″ 129 50° 46’ 36.5355″ -000° 34’ 33.8272″
34 50° 39’ 20.6985″ -000° 11’ 11.0695″ 130 50° 46’ 37.0004″ -000° 34’ 30.8806″
35 50° 39’ 20.7558″ -000° 11’ 10.7896″ 131 50° 46’ 37.0010″ -000° 34’ 30.8770″
36 50° 39’ 20.7809″ -000° 11’ 10.6668″ 132 50° 46’ 37.1267″ -000° 34’ 30.0528″
37 50° 39’ 20.8160″ -000° 11’ 10.4952″ 133 50° 46’ 37.6810″ -000° 34’ 26.8347″
38 50° 39’ 20.8414″ -000° 11’ 10.3711″ 134 50° 46’ 37.7138″ -000° 34’ 26.5748″
39 50° 39’ 20.8985″ -000° 11’ 10.2572″ 135 50° 46’ 38.0846″ -000° 34’ 24.1951″
40 50° 39’ 20.8985″ -000° 11’ 10.0916″ 136 50° 46’ 38.3829″ -000° 34’ 22.3753″
41 50° 39’ 20.9320″ -000° 11’ 9.9280″ 137 50° 46’ 38.8484″ -000° 34’ 19.6871″
42 50° 39’ 20.9471″ -000° 11’ 9.8540″ 138 50° 46’ 38.9607″ -000° 34’ 19.0720″
43 50° 39’ 20.9846″ -000° 11’ 9.6706″ 139 50° 46’ 39.2202″ -000° 34’ 17.6871″
44 50° 39’ 21.0187″ -000° 11’ 9.5038″ 140 50° 46’ 40.5811″ -000° 34’ 11.3611″
45 50° 39’ 21.0425″ -000° 11’ 9.3875″ 141 50° 46’ 41.8814″ -000° 34’ 6.3216″
46 50° 39’ 21.0907″ -000° 11’ 9.1519″ 142 50° 46’ 42.2559″ -000° 34’ 4.9738″
47 50° 39’ 21.1078″ -000° 11’ 9.0682″ 143 50° 46’ 42.5759″ -000° 34’ 3.8412″
48 50° 39’ 21.1552″ -000° 11’ 8.8368″ 144 50° 46’ 42.9023″ -000° 34’ 2.7225″
49 50° 39’ 21.1689″ -000° 11’ 8.7697″ 145 50° 46’ 43.3239″ -000° 34’ 1.3002″
50 50° 39’ 21.1691″ -000° 11’ 8.7686″ 146 50° 46’ 44.3721″ -000° 33’ 57.9966″
51 50° 39’ 21.2393″ -000° 11’ 8.4254″ 147 50° 46’ 44.3810″ -000° 33’ 57.9636″
52 50° 39’ 21.2579″ -000° 11’ 8.3345″ 148 50° 46’ 45.2637″ -000° 33’ 55.0152″
53 50° 39’ 21.2944″ -000° 11’ 8.1562″ 149 50° 46’ 45.5808″ -000° 33’ 53.9984″
54 50° 39’ 21.3304″ -000° 11’ 7.9801″ 150 50° 46’ 46.0305″ -000° 33’ 52.5844″
55 50° 39’ 21.3412″ -000° 11’ 7.9272″ 151 50° 46’ 46.4507″ -000° 33’ 51.2883″
56 50° 39’ 22.1787″ -000° 11’ 3.8321″ 152 50° 46’ 46.9907″ -000° 33’ 49.6586″
57 50° 39’ 22.8501″ -000° 11’ 0.5488″ 153 50° 46’ 47.8546″ -000° 33’ 47.2974″
58 50° 39’ 22.8994″ -000° 11’ 0.3078″ 154 50° 46’ 48.2437″ -000° 33’ 46.1079″
59 50° 39’ 22.9375″ -000° 11’ 0.1216″ 155 50° 46’ 49.1345″ -000° 33’ 43.6730″
60 50° 39’ 22.9921″ -000° 10’ 59.8545″ 156 50° 46’ 49.4912″ -000° 33’ 39.3906″
61 50° 39’ 23.0026″ -000° 10’ 59.8033″ 157 50° 46’ 50.3164″ -000°33’ 32.8380″
62 50° 39’ 23.0301″ -000° 10’ 59.6688″ 158 50° 46’ 51.1191″ -000° 33’ 27.9509″
63 50° 39’ 23.0417″ -000° 10’ 59.6121″ 159 50° 46’ 51.3096″ -000° 33’ 26.8988″
64 50° 39’ 23.0889″ -000° 10’ 59.3814″ 160 50° 46’ 51.3391″ -000° 33’ 26.6492″
65 50° 36’ 40.5733″ -000° 10’ 7.2790″ 161 50° 46’ 51.5789″ -000° 33’ 24.7195″
66 50° 35’ 56.8348″ -000° 12’ 29.9698″ 162 50° 46’ 51.6477″ -000° 33’ 24.1929″
67 50° 35’ 46.1905″ -000° 13’ 4.6597″ 163 50° 46’ 51.7030″ -000°33’ 23.6624″
68 50° 35’ 26.4347″ -000° 14’ 9.0079″ 164 50° 46’ 51.7067″ -000° 33’ 23.6272″
69 50° 35’ 44.1096″ -000° 20’ 10.6548″ 165 50° 46’ 52.2817″ -000° 33’ 18.8380″
70 50° 36’ 25.6547″ -000° 21’ 2.8378″ 166 50° 46’ 52.2855″ -000° 33’ 18.8103″
71 50° 36’ 27.9442″ -000° 21’ 5.7145″ 167 50° 46’ 52.3480″ -000°33’ 16.5867″
72 50°36’ 33.7315″ -000° 21’ 12.9867″ 168 50° 46’ 52.3819″ -000° 33’ 15.6368″
73 50° 36’ 36.0255″ -000° 21’ 15.9940″ 169 50° 46’ 52.4500″ -000° 33’ 14.2166″
74 50° 36’ 42.3253″ -000° 21’ 24.2532″ 170 50° 46’ 52.3827″ -000° 33’ 13.4068″
75 50° 36’ 50.0795″ -000°21’ 34.4205″ 171 50° 46’ 52.2788″ -000° 33’ 12.3576″
76 50° 35’ 29.7384″ -000° 34’ 43.2949″ 172 50° 46’ 52.1807″ -000° 33’ 11.5423″
76 50° 37’ 0.5901″ -000° 21’ 48.2036″ 173 50° 46’ 52.1397″ -000° 33’ 11.1979″
77 50° 37’ 2.6269″ -000° 21’ 50.8749″ 174 50° 46’ 52.0974″ -000° 33’ 10.8392″
78 50° 37’ 26.1929″ -000° 22’ 21.7880″ 175 50° 46’ 51.8731″ -000° 33’ 8.8265″
79 50° 37’ 27.1480″ -000° 22’ 23.0411″ 176 50° 46’ 51.3468″ -000° 33’ 2.6428″
80 50° 36’ 38.8171″ -000° 27’ 24.4229″ 177 50° 46’ 51.3360″ -000° 33’ 2.4787″
81 50° 36’ 16.5551″ -000° 29’ 46.1531″ 178 50°46’ 51.3359″ -000° 33’ 2.4775″
82 50° 36’ 12.3786″ -000° 30’ 12.7043″ 179 50° 46’ 51.2831″ -000° 33’ 1.9360″
83 50° 35’ 33.2206″ -000° 34’ 21.0588″ 180 50°46’ 51.0907″ -000° 32’ 59.8173″
84 50° 35’ 29.7384″ -000° 34’ 43.2949″ 181 50° 46’ 50.8304″ -000° 32’ 56.7205″
85 50° 35’ 11.5476″ -000° 36’ 40.5405″ 182 50° 46’ 50.6907″ -000° 32’ 54.9373″
86 50° 35’ 8.6938″ -000° 36’ 58.9128″ 183 50° 46’ 50.5692″ -000° 32’ 53.2671″
87 50° 35’ 8.5860″ -000°37’ 35.2466″ 184 50° 46’ 50.5517″ -000° 32’ 53.0243″
88 50° 35’ 15.1952″ -000° 37’ 36.0920″ 185 50° 46’ 50.4801″ -000° 32’ 52.0184″
89 50° 35’ 17.9985″ -000° 37’ 36.4578″ 186 50° 46’ 50.4366″ -000° 32’ 51.4437″
90 50° 35’ 18.0869″ -000° 37’ 36.4693″ 187 50° 46’ 50.4028″ -000° 32’ 51.0278″
91 50° 35’ 25.0537″ -000° 37’ 37.3783″ 188 50° 46’ 50.3262″ -000° 32’ 50.1580″
92 50° 35’ 31.1113″ -000° 37’ 38.1688″ 189 50° 46’ 50.1892″ -000° 32’ 48.5032″
93 50° 35’ 52.0407″ -000° 37’ 40.9002″ 190 50° 46’ 50.1151″ -000° 32’ 47.5480″
94 50° 36’ 22.3039″ -000° 37’ 44.8508″ 191 50° 46’ 49.9511″ -000° 32’ 45.2090″
95 50° 46’ 49.8007″ -000° 32’ 42.0835″
96 50° 36’ 36.3272″ -000° 37’ 46.6819″
  • (4) The grid coordinates for that part of the offshore Order limits seaward of MLWS where those parts of the authorised project comprising Work No. 5 may be carried out as shown on the works plan are specified below—
Point Latitude Longitude Point Latitude Longitude
1 50° 47’ 54.8542″ -000° 32′ 41.2745″ 44 50° 46’ 46.9907″ -000° 33’ 49.6586″
2 50° 47’ 47.1541″ -000° 32’ 41.3703″ 45 50° 46’ 46.4507″ -000° 33’ 51.2883″
3 50° 47’ 24.0826″ -000° 32’ 41.6574″ 46 50° 46’ 46.0305″ -000° 33’ 52.5844″
4 50° 46’ 49.8007″ -000° 32’ 42.0835″ 47 50° 46’ 45.5808″ -000° 33’ 53.9984″
5 50° 46’ 49.9511″ -000° 32’ 45.2090″ 48 50° 46’ 45.2637″ -000° 33’ 55.0152″
6 50° 46’ 50.1151″ -000° 32’ 47.5480″ 49 50° 46’ 44.3810″ -000° 33’ 57.9636″
7 50° 46’ 50.1892″ -000° 31’ 48.5032″ 50 50° 46’ 44.3721″ -000° 33′ 57.9966″
8 50° 46’ 50.3262″ -000° 32’ 50.1580″ 51 50° 46’ 43.3239″ -000° 34’ 1.3002″
9 50° 46’ 50.4028″ -000° 32’ 51.0278″ 52 50° 46’ 42.9023″ -000° 34’ 2.7225″
10 50° 46’ 50.4366″ -000° 32’ 51.4437″ 53 50° 46’ 42.5759″ -000° 34’ 3.8412″
11 50° 46’ 50.4801″ -000° 32’ 52.0184″ 54 50° 46’ 42.2559″ -000° 34’ 4.9738″
12 50° 46’ 50.5517″ -000° 32’ 53.0243″ 55 50° 46’ 41.8814″ -000° 34’ 6.3216″
13 50° 46’ 50.5692″ -000° 32’ 53.2671″ 56 50° 46’ 40.5811″ -000° 34’ 11.3611″
14 50° 46’ 50.6907″ -000° 32’ 54.9373″ 57 50° 46’ 39.2202″ -000° 34’ 17.6871″
15 50° 46’ 50.8304″ -000° 32’ 56.7205″ 58 50° 46’ 38.9607″ -000° 34’ 19.0720″
16 50° 46’ 51.0907″ -000° 32’ 59.8173″ 59 50° 46’ 38.8484″ -000° 34’ 19.6871″
17 50° 46’ 51.2831″ -000° 33’ 1.9360″ 60 50° 46’ 38.3829″ -000° 34’ 22.3753″
18 50° 46’ 51.3359″ -000° 33’ 2.4775″ 61 50° 46’ 38.0846″ -000° 34’ 24.1951″
19 50° 46’ 51.3360″ -000° 33’ 2.4787″ 62 50° 46’ 37.7138″ -000° 34’ 26.5748″
20 50° 46’ 51.3468″ -000° 33’ 2.6428″ 63 50° 46’ 37.6810″ -000° 34’ 26.8347″
21 50° 46’ 51.8731″ -000° 33’ 8.8265″ 64 50° 46’ 37.1267″ -000° 34’ 30.0528″
22 50° 46’ 52.0974″ -000° 33’ 10.8392″ 65 50° 46’ 37.0010″ -000° 34’ 30.8770″
23 50° 46’ 52.1397″ -000° 33’ 11.1979″ 66 50° 46’ 37.0004″ -000° 34’ 30.8806″
24 50° 46’ 52.1807″ -000° 33’ 11.5423″ 67 50° 46’ 36.5355″ -000° 34’ 33.8272″
25 50° 46’ 52.2788″ -000° 33’ 12.3576″ 68 50° 46’ 36.0094″ -000° 34’ 37.7299″
26 50° 46’ 52.3827″ -000° 33’ 13.4068″ 69 50° 46’ 35.9055″ -000° 34’ 38.5822″
27 50° 46’ 52.4500″ -000° 33’ 14.2166″ 70 50° 46’ 35.6054″ -000° 34’ 41.2313″
28 50° 46’ 52.3819″ -000° 33’ 15.6368″ 71 50° 46’ 35.5994″ -000° 34’ 41.2888″
29 50° 46’ 52.3480″ -000° 33’ 16.5867″ 72 50° 46’ 35.5228″ -000° 34’ 42.0236″
30 50° 46’ 52.2855″ -000° 33’ 18.8103″ 73 50° 46’ 35.4901″ -000° 34’ 42.2812″
31 50° 46’ 52.2817″ -000° 33’ 18.8380″ 74 50° 46’ 34.7296″ -000° 34’ 45.1770″
32 50° 46’ 51.7067″ -000° 33’ 23.6272″ 75 50° 46’ 33.3681″ -000° 34’ 51.5025″
33 50° 46’ 51.7030″ -000° 33’ 23.6624″ 76 50° 46’ 32.2718″ -000° 34’ 57.9549″
34 50° 46’ 51.6477″ -000° 33’ 24.1929″ 77 50° 46’ 31.4453″ -000 35’ 4.5064″
35 50° 46’ 51.5789″ -000° 33’ 24.7195″ 78 50° 46’ 30.8922″ -000° 35’ 11.1291″
36 50° 46’ 51.3391″ -000° 33’ 26.6492″ 79 50° 46’ 30.6147″ -000° 35’ 17.7946″
37 50° 46’ 51.3096″ -000° 33’ 26.8988″ 80 50° 46’ 30.6142″ -000° 35’ 24.4745″
38 50° 46’ 51.1191″ -000° 33’ 27.9509″ 81 50° 46’ 30.8906″ -000° 35’ 31.1402″
39 50° 46’ 50.3164″ -000° 33’ 32.8380″ 82 50° 46’ 31.3325″ -000° 35’ 36.4412″
40 50° 46’ 49.4912″ -000° 33’ 39.3906″ 83 50° 46’ 50.5124″ -000° 35’ 32.2424″
41 50° 46’ 49.1345″ -000° 33’ 43.6730″ 84 50° 47’ 32.2233″ -000° 35’ 23.1074″
42 50° 46’ 48.2437″ -000° 33’ 46.1079″ 85 50° 47’ 32.8858″ -000° 35’ 22.9623″
43 50° 46’ 47.8546″ -000° 33’ 47.2974″

6

This licence remains in force until the authorised scheme has been decommissioned in accordance with a programme approved by the Secretary of State under section 106 (approval of decommissioning programmes) of the 2004 Act, including any modification to the programme under section 108, and the completion of such programme has been confirmed by the Secretary of State in writing.

7

The provisions of sections 72 (variation, suspension, revocation and transfer) of the 2009 Act apply to this licence except that the provisions of section 72(7) and (8) relating to the transfer of the licence only apply to a transfer not falling within article 5 (benefit of the Order) of the Order.

8

With respect to any condition which requires the authorised scheme or licensed activities to be carried out in accordance with the plans, protocols or statements approved under this licence, the approved details, plan or scheme are taken to include any amendments that may subsequently be approved in writing by the MMO.

9

Any amendments to or variations from the approved plans, protocols or statements must be in accordance with the principles and assessments set out in the environmental statement and approval for an amendment or variation may only be given in relation to immaterial changes where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the MMO that the amendment or variation is unlikely to give rise to any new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.

PART 2 — CONDITIONS

Design parameters

1

  • (1) There must be no more than 3 offshore substations.
  • (2) The dimensions of any offshore substation forming part of the authorised scheme must be no more than—
  • (a) 65 metres in height when measured from LAT and 115 metres in height with lightning protection and ancillary structures;
  • (b) 80 metres in length; and
  • (c) 50 metres in width.
  • (3) There must be no offshore substation located within 500 metres of the array periphery.
  • (4) Offshore substation foundation structures forming part of the authorised scheme must comprise either monopile foundations or multileg foundations.
  • (5) Offshore substation installations with—
  • (a) multileg foundation employing pin piles forming part of the authorised scheme must have—
  • (i) no more than 6 legs per foundation;
  • (ii) no more than 12 pin piles per foundation; and
  • (iii) a pin pile diameter of no greater than 4.5 metres; and
  • (b) monopile foundation forming part of the authorised scheme must have a diameter no greater than 13.5 metres.
  • (6) The total volume of scour protection to be used as associated development for the offshore substations comprising Work No. 3(a) must be no more than 65,700 cubic metres with a maximum footprint of 21,900 square metres.

2

  • (1) The total number of cable circuits comprising Work Nos. 3(b), and 4 to 6 must be no more than four.
  • (2) The total length of the interconnector cables comprising Work No. 3(b) must be no more than 40 kilometres.
  • (3) The total volume of cable protection comprising Work No. 3(b) must be no more 110,500 cubic metres with a maximum footprint of 122,000 square metres.
  • (4) The total length of cable circuits comprising Work Nos. 3(b), 4 and 5 together must be no more than 170 kilometres.

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