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The Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2026-02-10

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Statutory undertakers

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Subject to the provisions of Schedule 18 (protective provisions) the undertaker may—

(a) acquire compulsorily, or acquire new rights or impose restrictive covenants over, the land belonging to statutory undertakers shown on the land plans (onshore) within the Order land and described in the book of reference; and

(b) extinguish the rights of, restrict for the benefit of, remove, relocate the rights of or reposition the apparatus belonging to statutory undertakers over or within the Order land.

Recovery of costs of new connections

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(1) Where any apparatus of a public utility undertaker or of a public communications provider is removed under article 28 (statutory undertakers) any person who is the owner or occupier of premises to which a supply was given from that apparatus is entitled to recover from the undertaker compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by that person, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of effecting a connection between the premises and any other apparatus from which a supply is given.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of the removal of a public sewer but where such a sewer is removed under article 28, any person who is—

(a) the owner or occupier of premises the drains of which communicated with that sewer; or

(b) the owner of a private sewer which communicated with that sewer,

is entitled to recover from the undertaker compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by that person, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of making the drain or sewer belonging to that person communicate with any other public sewer or with a private sewerage disposal plant.

(3) This article does not have effect in relation to apparatus to which Part 3 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act applies.

(4) In this paragraph—

“public communications provider” has the same meaning as in section 151(1) of the 2003 Act; and

“public utility undertaker” means a gas, water, electricity or sewerage undertaker.

PART 6 — Operations

Operation of generating station

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(1) The undertaker is hereby authorised to operate the generating station comprised in the authorised project.

(2) This article does not relieve the undertaker of any requirement to obtain any permit or licence under any other legislation that may be required from time to time to authorise the operation of an electricity generating station.

Deemed marine licences under the 2009 Act

31

The marine licences set out in Schedule 10 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – generation assets), Schedule 11 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – offshore transmission assets), Schedule 12 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – northern artificial nesting structure 1), Schedule 13 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – northern artificial nesting structure 2), Schedule 14 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – southern artificial nesting structure 1) and Schedule 15 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – southern artificial nesting structure 2) are deemed to have been granted to the undertaker under Part 4 (marine licensing) of the 2009 Act for the licensed marine activities set out in Part 1, and subject to the conditions set out in Part 2, of each of those Schedules.

PART 7 — Miscellaneous and general

Application of landlord and tenant law

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(1) This article applies to—

(a) any agreement for leasing to any person the whole or any part of the authorised project or the right to operate the same; and

(b) any agreement entered into by the undertaker with any person for the construction, maintenance, use or operation of the authorised project, or any part of it,

so far as any such agreement relates to the terms on which any land which is the subject of a lease granted by or under that agreement is to be provided for that person’s use.

(2) No enactment or rule of law regulating the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants prejudices the operation of any agreement to which this article applies.

(3) Accordingly, no such enactment or rule of law applies in relation to the rights and obligations of the parties to any lease granted by or under any such agreement so as to—

(a) exclude or in any respect modify any of the rights and obligations of those parties under the terms of the lease, whether with respect to the termination of the tenancy or any other matter;

(b) confer or impose on any such party any right or obligation arising out of or connected with anything done or omitted on or in relation to land which is the subject of the lease, in addition to any such right or obligation provided for by the terms of the lease; or

(c) restrict the enforcement (whether by action for damages or otherwise) by any party to the lease of any obligation of any other party under the lease.

Amendment of local legislation

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(1) The following local enactments and local byelaws, and any byelaws or other provisions made under any of those enactments or byelaws, are hereby excluded and do not apply insofar as inconsistent with a provision, of or a power conferred by paragraphs 1 to 5 and 7 of Part 6 of Schedule 18 of this Order—

(a) Public Act, 2 George III[^f00052];

(b) Public Act, 16 George III[^f00053];

(d) Act for improving the Port and Harbour of Boston 1827[^f00055];

(e) An Act for amending the several Acts relating to the Port and Harbour of Boston in the county of Lincoln 1842[^f00056];

(f) River Welland Dues Act 1842[^f00057];

(g) River Witham Outfall Improvement Act 1880[^f00058];

(h) Boston Dock Act 1881[^f00059];

(i) Boston Corporation Act 1935[^f00060];

(j) Boston Harbour Revision Order 1989[^f00061]; and

(k) Boston Dock Byelaws 1947.

(2) The following local enactments and local byelaws, and any byelaws or other provisions made under any of those enactments or byelaws, are hereby excluded and do not apply insofar as inconsistent with a provision, of or a power conferred by this Order—

(a) Black Sluice Drainage Act 1765[^f00062];

(b) Black Sluice Drainage Act 1770[^f00063];

(d) Black Sluice Drainage Act 1849[^f00065];

(e) Black Sluice Drainage Act 1880[^f00066];

(f) Land Drainage (Black Sluice) Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1925[^f00067]; and

(g) Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board Complete Land Drainage Byelaws 1988.

(3) For the purpose of paragraphs (1) and (2) a provision is inconsistent with a provision or the exercise of a power conferred by this Order if and insofar as (in particular)—

(a) it would make it an offence to take action, or not to take action, in pursuance of a power conferred by this Order;

(b) action taken in pursuance of a power conferred by this Order would cause the provision to apply so as to enable a person to require the taking of remedial or other action or so as to enable remedial or other action to be taken; or

(c) action taken in pursuance of a power or duty under the provisions would or might interfere with the exercise of any work authorised by this Order.

(4) Where any person notifies the undertaker in writing that anything done or proposed to be done by the undertaker or by virtue of this Order would amount to a contravention of a statutory provision of local application, the undertaker must as soon as reasonably practicable, and at any rate within 14 days of receipt of the notice, respond in writing setting out—

(a) whether the undertaker agrees that the action taken or proposed does or would contravene the provision of local application;

(b) if the undertaker does agree, the grounds (if any) on which the undertaker believes that the provision is excluded by this article; and

Operational land for purposes of the 1990 Act

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Development consent granted by this Order is treated as specific planning permission for the purposes of section 264(3)(a) of the 1990 Act (cases in which land is to be treated as not being operational land).

Felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows

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(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and article 36 (trees subject to tree preservation orders), the undertaker may fell or lop or cut back the roots of any tree or shrub within or overhanging land within the Order limits if it reasonably believes it to be necessary to do so to prevent the tree or shrub from obstructing or interfering with the onshore preparation works, or the construction, maintenance, operation or decommissioning of the authorised project or any apparatus used in connection with the authorised project.

(2) In carrying out any activity authorised by paragraph (1), the undertaker must do no unnecessary damage to any tree or shrub and must pay compensation to any person for any loss or damage arising from such activity.

(3) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (2), or as to the amount of compensation, must be determined under Part 1 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.

(4) The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project—

(a) subject to paragraph (2) above, remove any hedgerows within the Order limits and specified in Schedule 17, Part 1 (removal of hedgerows) that may be required for the purposes of carrying out the authorised project; and

(b) remove the important hedgerows as are within the Order limits and specified in Schedule 17, Part 2 (removal of important hedgerows).

(5) In this article “hedgerow” and “important hedgerow” have the same meaning as in the Hedgerows Regulations 1997.

Trees subject to tree preservation orders

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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the undertaker must not fell or lop or cut back the roots of any tree which is the subject of a tree preservation order.

(2) The undertaker may fell or lop or cut back the roots of any tree within or overhanging land within the Order limits that is subject to a tree preservation order made after 13 October 2023 or cut back its roots if it reasonably believes it to be necessary in order to do so to prevent the tree—

(a) from obstructing or interfering with the onshore preparation works, or any apparatus used in connection with the onshore preparation works;

(b) from obstructing or interfering with the construction, maintenance, operation or decommissioning of the authorised project or any apparatus used in connection with the authorised project; or

(3) In carrying out any activity authorised by paragraph (1)—

(a) the undertaker must not cause unnecessary damage to any tree and must pay compensation to any person for any loss or damage arising from such activity; and

(b) the duty contained in section 206(1) of the 1990 Act (replacement of trees) does not apply.

(4) The authority given by paragraph (1) constitutes a deemed consent under the relevant tree preservation order.

(5) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (2), or as to the amount of compensation, will be determined under Part 1 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.

Protective provisions

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Schedule 18 (protective provisions) has effect.

Arbitration

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(1) Subject to article 43 (saving provisions for Trinity House), any dispute or difference under any provision of this Order, unless otherwise provided for, must be referred to and settled in arbitration in accordance with the rules at Schedule 19 (arbitration rules) to this Order by a single arbitrator to be agreed between the parties, within 14 days of receipt of the notice of arbitration, or if the parties fail to agree within the time period stipulated, to be appointed on the application of either party (after giving notice in writing to the other) by the Secretary of State.

(2) Any matter for which the consent or approval of the Secretary of State or the MMO is required under any provision of this Order is not subject to arbitration.

Requirements, appeals, etc.

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(1) Where an application is made to, or a request is made of, Lincolnshire County Council or any other relevant person for any agreement or approval required or contemplated by any of the provisions of this Order, such agreement or approval must, if given, be given in writing and must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

(2) Schedule 20 (procedure for discharge of requirements) has effect in relation to all consents, agreements or approvals granted, refused or withheld in relation to Part 3 of Schedule 1 (requirements) to this Order.

Certification of plans etc.

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(1) The undertaker must, as soon as practicable after the making of this Order, submit to the Secretary of State copies of the documents listed in Schedule 21 (documents to be certified) for certification that they are true copies of the documents referred to in this Order.

(2) A plan or document so certified is admissible in any proceedings as evidence of the contents of the document of which it is a copy.

(3) Where a plan or document certified under paragraph (1)—

(a) refers to a provision of this Order (including any specified requirement) when it was in draft form; and

(b) identifies that provision by a number, or combination of numbers and letters, which is different from the number, or combination of numbers and letters by which the corresponding provision of this Order is identified in the Order as made,

the reference in the plan or document concerned must be construed for the purposes of this Order as referring to the provision (if any) corresponding to that provision in the Order as made.

Abatement of works abandoned or decayed

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Where Work Nos. 1(a), 2, 3 or 7 or all of them or any part of those works is abandoned or allowed to fall into decay the Secretary of State may, following consultation with the undertaker, issue a written notice requiring the undertaker at its own expense to repair, make safe and restore or remove Work Nos. 1(a), 2, 3 or 7 or any relevant part of those works, without prejudice to any notice served under section 105(2) of the 2004 Act[^f00068]. The notice may also require the restoration of the site of the relevant part(s) of Work Nos. 1(a), 2, 3 or 7 to a safe and proper condition within an area and to such an extent as may be specified in the notice.

Saving provisions for Trinity House

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Nothing in this Order prejudices or derogates from any of the rights, duties or privileges of Trinity House.

Crown rights

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(1) Nothing in this Order affects prejudicially any estate, right, power, privilege, authority or exemption of the Crown and in particular, nothing in this Order authorises the undertaker or any lessee or licensee to take, use, enter on or in any manner interfere with any land or rights of any description (including any portion of the shore or bed of the sea or any river, channel, creek, bay or estuary)—

(a) belonging to His Majesty in right of the Crown and forming part of The Crown Estate without the consent in writing of the Crown Estate Commissioners;

(b) belonging to His Majesty in right of the Crown and not forming part of The Crown Estate without the consent in writing of the government department having the management of that land; or

(c) belonging to a government department or held in trust for His Majesty for the purposes of a government department without the consent in writing of that government department.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the exercise of any right under this Order for the compulsory acquisition of an interest in any Crown land (as defined in the 2008 Act[^f00069]) which is for the time being held otherwise than by or on behalf of the Crown.

(3) A consent under paragraph (1) may be given unconditionally or subject to terms and conditions; and is deemed to have been given in writing where it is sent electronically.

Funding

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(1) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by the provisions referred to in paragraph (2) in relation to any land unless it has first put in place either—

(a) a guarantee in respect of the liabilities of the undertaker to pay compensation under this Order in respect of the exercise of the relevant power in relation to that land; or

(b) an alternative form of security for that purpose,

that has been approved by the Secretary of State.

(2) The provisions are—

(a) article 18 (compulsory acquisition of land);

(b) article 20 (compulsory acquisition of rights);

(d) article 24 (acquisition of subsoil or airspace only);

(e) article 25 (rights under or over streets);

(f) article 26 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised project);

(g) article 27 (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised project); and

(h) article 28 (statutory undertakers).

(3) A guarantee or alternative form of security given in respect of any liability of the undertaker to pay compensation under this Order is to be treated as enforceable against the guarantor or person providing the alternative form of security by any person to whom such compensation is payable and must be in such a form as to be capable of enforcement by such a person.

(4) Nothing in this article requires a guarantee or alternative form of security to be in place for more than 15 years after the date on which the relevant power is exercised.

Compensation provisions

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Schedule 22 (compensation provisions) has effect.

Service of notices

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(1) A notice or other document required or authorised to be served for the purposes of this Order may be served—

(a) by post;

(b) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or to whom it is to be given or supplied; or

(2) Where the person on whom a notice or other document to be served for the purposes of this Order is a body corporate, the notice or document is duly served if it is served on the secretary or clerk of that body.

(3) For the purposes of section 7 (references to services by post) of the Interpretation Act 1978[^f00070] as it applies for the purposes of this article, the proper address of any person in relation to the service on that person of a notice or document under paragraph (1) is, if that person has given an address for service, that address, and otherwise—

(a) in the case of the secretary or clerk of a body corporate, the registered or principal office of that body; and

(b) in any other case, the last known address of that person at the time of service.

(4) Where for the purposes of this Order a notice or other document is required or authorised to be served on a person as having any interest in, or as the occupier of, land and the name or address of that person cannot be ascertained after reasonable enquiry, the notice may be served by—

(a) addressing it to that person by name or by the description of “owner”, or as the case may be “occupier”, of the land (describing it); and

(b) either leaving it in the hands of a person who is or appears to be resident or employed on the land or leaving it conspicuously affixed to some building or object on or near the land.

(5) Where a notice or other document required to be served or sent for the purposes of this Order is served or sent by electronic transmission the requirement is to be taken to be fulfilled only where—

(a) the recipient of the notice or other document to be transmitted has given consent to the use of electronic transmission in writing or by electronic transmission;

(b) the notice or document is capable of being accessed by the recipient;

(d) the notice or document is in a form sufficiently permanent to be used for subsequent reference.

(6) Where the recipient of a notice or other document served or sent by electronic transmission notifies the sender within seven days of receipt that the recipient requires a paper copy of all or part of that notice or other document the sender must provide such a copy as soon as reasonably practicable.

(7) Any consent to the use of an electronic transmission given by a person may be revoked by that person in accordance with paragraph (8).

(8) Where a person is no longer willing to accept the use of electronic transmission for any of the purposes of this Order—

(a) that person must give notice in writing or by electronic transmission revoking any consent given by that person for that purpose; and

(b) such revocation is final and takes effect on a date specified by the person in the notice but that date must not be less than seven days after the date on which the notice is given.

(9) This article does not exclude the employment of any method of service not expressly provided for by it.

(10) In this article “legible in all material respects” means that the information contained in the notice or document is available to that person to no lesser extent than it would be if served, given or supplied by means of a notice or document in printed form.

Transfer of functions of the relevant local planning authority

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(1) For the purposes of this Order only, the relevant local planning authority referred to in Part 8 of the 2008 Act shall be Lincolnshire County Council in respect of the following articles—

(a) Article 8 (street works);

(b) Article 9 (application of the 1991 Act);

(d) Article 11 (temporary closure of streets);

(e) Article 12 (access to works);

(f) Article 13 (agreements with street authorities);

(g) Article 14 (power to alter layout etc. of streets); and

(h) Article 15 (traffic regulation).

(2) For the purposes of this Order only, the relevant local planning authority referred to in Part 8 of the 2008 Act shall be Lincolnshire County Council in respect of the following requirements—

(a) Requirement 8 (stages of authorised project onshore);

(b) Requirement 9 (detailed onshore design parameters);

(d) Requirement 11 (implementation and maintenance of landscaping);

(e) Requirement 12 (ecological management plan);

(f) Requirement 13 (fencing and other means of permanent enclosure);

(g) Requirement 14 (temporary fencing and other temporary means of enclosure);

(h) Requirement 15 (operational drainage management and emergency flood response);

(i) Requirement 16 (operational drainage management and emergency flood response);

(j) Requirement 17 (onshore archaeology);

(k) Requirement 18 (code of construction practice);

(l) Requirement 19 (construction hours);

(m) Requirement 20 (highway accesses);

(n) Requirement 21 (traffic);

(o) Requirement 22 (public rights of way);

(p) Requirement 23 (restoration of land used temporarily for construction);

(q) Requirement 24 (onshore decommissioning);

(r) Requirement 25 (control of noise during operational phase);

(s) Requirement 26 (control of artificial light emissions during operational phase); and

(t) Requirement 30 (skills, supply chain and employment).

No double recovery

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Compensation is not payable in respect of the same matter both under this Order and under any other enactment, any contract or any rule of law, or under two or more different provisions of this Order.

SCHEDULE 1 — Authorised project

PART 1 — Authorised development

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A nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14 and 15 of the 2008 Act which is located in the North Sea approximately 54 kilometres from the Lincolnshire coast, comprising—

Work No. 1— an offshore wind turbine generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of over 100 megawatts comprising up to 100 wind turbine generators each fixed to the seabed by either monopile, gravity base structure, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations fitted with rotating blades and situated within the area shown on the works plans and further comprising (b) below; and a network of subsea array cables between the wind turbine generators and between the wind turbine generators and the offshore transformer substations forming part of Work No. 3 including one or more cable crossings;

and associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) (development for which development consent may be granted) of the 2008 Act comprising—

Work No. 2— up to one offshore accommodation platform fixed to the seabed by either monopile, gravity base structure, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations.

Work No. 3— up to four small offshore transformer substations each fixed to the seabed by monopile, gravity base structure, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations; or up to two large offshore transformer substations each fixed to the seabed by monopile, gravity base structure, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations.

Work No. 4— a network of interlink cables between the offshore transformer substations comprised within Work No. 3 and between the offshore transformer substations comprised within Work No. 3 and the offshore accommodation platform comprised within Work No. 2, for the transmission of electricity and electronic communications, including one or more cable crossings.

Work No. 5— up to four cable circuits between Work No. 3 and Work No. 7, and between Work No. 7 and Work No. 11 or between Work No. 3 and Work No. 11 consisting of offshore export cables along routes within the Order limits seaward of MLWS including one or more cable crossings.

Work No. 6— up to six temporary trenchless technique exit pits.

Work No. 7— up to two offshore reactive compensation platforms fixed to the seabed by monopile, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations.

Work No. 8— a temporary work area associated with Work Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11 for vessels to carry out anchoring and positioning, and for the wet storage of construction materials.

Work No. 9— up to two offshore artificial nesting structures.

Work No. 10— not used.

Between MLWS and MHWS and in the County of Lincolnshire, District of East Lindsey

Work No. 11— landfall connection works consisting of up to four underground cable circuits and up to six associated cable ducts to Work No. 12.

In the County of Lincolnshire, District of East Lindsey, the Borough of Boston and the District of South Holland

Work No. 12— up to four underground cable circuits and up to six associated cable ducts to Work No. 13.

Work No. 13— works consisting of— up to six trenchless technique drilling launch pits; up to four underground cable circuits and up to six associated cable ducts to Work No. 14; up to four underground cable circuits and associated cable ducts from Work No. 14 to Work No. 15; a landfall temporary works area; storage areas; drainage works; construction of a haul road; and vehicular access tracks, bellmouths and footpaths.

Work No. 14— up to six transition joint bays including ground preparation.

Work No. 15—works consisting of— up to four underground cable circuits and associated cable ducts to Work No. 16; up to 680 link boxes and/or earth pits; up to 680 joint bays; temporary trenchless technique compounds; storage areas; drainage works; construction of a haul road; and vehicular access tracks, bellmouths and footpaths.

Work No. 16— works consisting of— an onshore HVAC substation; up to four underground cable circuits and associated cable ducts between Work No. 15 and the onshore HVAC substation; up to two underground cable circuits and associated cable ducts between the onshore HVAC substation and Work No. 17; construction of a haul road; vehicular access tracks, bellmouths and footpaths; temporary works areas to support the construction activities; storage areas; and ground preparation and ground-raising.

Work No. 17— connection works consisting of— up to two underground cable circuits and associated cable ducts between the onshore HVAC substation forming part of Work No. 15 and a National Grid substation, including a connection above ground; electrical engineering works within or around the National Grid substation buildings and compound; up to 20 link boxes and/or earth pits; up to 20 joint bays; temporary trenchless technique compounds; storage areas; drainage works; construction of a haul road; and vehicular access tracks, bellmouths and footpaths.

Work No. 18— temporary vehicular access tracks, bellmouths and associated footpaths.

Work No. 19— temporary works consisting of— temporary works areas to support the construction activities; temporary construction ramps; storage areas to assist with the onshore transmission works; drainage works; and vehicular access tracks, bellmouths and footpaths.

Work No. 20— permanent vehicular access tracks to serve Work Nos. 13 and 16, bellmouths, drainage works and associated footpaths.

Work No. 21— alterations including widening of the highway, provision of passing bays, culverting and drainage works.

Work No. 22— works comprising the reinforcement or replacement of the bridge.

Work No. 23—landscaping works including bunding and planting, drainage works, and formation of footpaths and access.

Work No. 24— drainage works, formation of footpaths and access.

Work No. 25— drainage works, sustainable drainage system ponds, surface water management systems, formation of footpaths and access.

In connection with such Work Nos. 1 to 11 and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such work, further associated development comprising such other works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the relevant part of the authorised development and which fall within the scope of the work assessed by the environmental statement, including— scour protection around the foundations of the offshore structures; cable protection measures such as but not limited to the placement of rock, split pipe system, and/or mattresses; cable crossings; dredging; the removal of material from the seabed required for the construction of Work Nos. 1 to 11 and the disposal of inert material of natural origin and dredged material within the Order limits produced during construction drilling, seabed preparation for foundation works, cable installation preparation works (such as sandwave clearance and boulder clearance) and excavation of trenchless technique drilling pits; and removal of static fishing equipment,

and in connection with such Work Nos. 11 to 25 and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such work, further associated development comprising such other works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the relevant part of the authorised development and which fall within the scope of the work assessed by the environmental statement, including— haul roads, ramps, bridges, means of access and footpaths, creation and enhancement of tracks and footpaths; bunds, embankments, swales, landscaping, ground preparation, vegetation clearance, ground-raising, signage, fencing and boundary treatments; habitat creation and enhancement; spoil storage and associated control measures; joint bays, link boxes, earth pits, cable ducts, cable protection, joint protection, manholes, marker posts, underground cable marker, tiles and tape, and lighting and other works associated with duct installation, cable laying and pulling cables through cable ducts; works for the provision of apparatus, including cabling, water and electricity supply works, foul drainage provision, surface water management systems, flumes and culverting; works to alter the position of apparatus, including mains, sewers, drains and cables; works to alter the course of, or otherwise interfere with, non-navigable rivers, streams or watercourses; landscaping and related works; other works to mitigate any adverse effects of the construction, maintenance or operation of the authorised project; works for the benefit or protection of land affected by the authorised project; working sites in connection with the construction of the authorised project, construction lay down areas and compounds, storage compounds and their restoration; works of restoration; and fencing or other means of enclosure.

2

The grid coordinates for that part of the authorised project which is seaward of MHWS are specified below and more particularly shown on the offshore order limits and grid coordinates plan—

Point	Latitude	Longitude
1	53° 08′ 52.043″ N	000° 54′ 34.557″ E
2	53° 11′ 4.707″ N	000° 50′ 25.862″ E
3	53° 11′ 34.315″ N	000° 51′ 21.795″ E
5	53° 09′ 58.581″ N	000° 34′ 54.557″ E
6	53° 10′ 23.017″ N	000° 33′ 37.116″ E
7	53° 08′ 44.097″ N	000° 32′ 22.615″ E
8	53° 08′ 46.490″ N	000° 31′ 6.276″ E
9	53° 11′ 18.105″ N	000° 33′ 14.671″ E
10	53° 10′ 37.912″ N	000° 35′ 44.425″ E
12	53° 12′ 23.449″ N	000° 35′ 5.357″ E
13	53° 12′ 28.510″ N	000° 34′ 44.027″ E
14	53° 13′ 50.373″ N	000° 35′ 38.913″ E
15	53° 13′ 18.481″ N	000° 36′ 31.958″ E
17	53° 07′ 37.765″ N	000° 59′ 12.242″ E
18	53° 13′ 9.723″ N	000° 54′ 3.794″ E
19	53° 15′ 9.191″ N	000° 55′ 41.727″ E
20	53° 13′ 25.250″ N	001° 00′ 8.828″ E
22	53° 14′ 4.788″ N	000° 38′ 30.377″ E
23	53° 14′ 6.175″ N	000° 37′ 53.971″ E
24	53° 15′ 1.702″ N	000° 38′ 1.679″ E
25	53° 15′ 1.685″ N	000° 38′ 4.229″ E
26	53° 15′ 51.200″ N	000° 38′ 26.112″ E
27	53° 15′ 34.130″ N	000° 39′ 8.260″ E
29	53° 15′ 9.583″ N	000° 42′ 34.551″ E
30	53° 15′ 41.756″ N	000° 41′ 36.844″ E
31	53° 15′ 56.790″ N	000° 41′ 37.691″ E
32	53° 16′ 56.770″ N	000° 43′ 12.509″ E
33	53° 16′ 23.463″ N	000° 43′ 54.514″ E
35	53° 16′ 19.458″ N	000° 34′ 46.173″ E
36	53° 17′ 17.615″ N	000° 34′ 54.292″ E
37	53° 17′ 8.480″ N	000° 35′ 44.114″ E
39	53° 15′ 29.389″ N	000° 39′ 45.725″ E
40	53° 16′ 2.527″ N	000° 38′ 31.120″ E
41	53° 17′ 22.679″ N	000° 39′ 6.577″ E
42	53° 17′ 43.004″ N	000° 39′ 53.733″ E
43	53° 17′ 27.210″ N	000° 41′ 31.415″ E
45	53° 16′ 22.557″ N	000° 37′ 45.996″ E
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401	53° 15′ 22.020″ N	000° 19′ 43.249″ E
402	53° 15′ 22.153″ N	000° 19′ 43.148″ E
403	53° 15′ 22.257″ N	000° 19′ 43.071″ E
404	53° 15′ 22.317″ N	000° 19′ 43.033″ E
405	53° 15′ 22.396″ N	000° 19′ 42.980″ E
406	53° 15′ 22.448″ N	000° 19′ 42.949″ E
407	53° 15′ 22.525″ N	000° 19′ 42.900″ E
408	53° 15′ 22.642″ N	000° 19′ 42.831″ E
409	53° 15′ 22.683″ N	000° 19′ 42.809″ E
410	53° 15′ 22.809″ N	000° 19′ 42.745″ E
411	53° 15′ 22.830″ N	000° 19′ 42.736″ E
412	53° 15′ 23.143″ N	000° 19′ 43.292″ E
413	53° 15′ 23.267″ N	000° 19′ 43.506″ E
415	53° 45′ 33.891″ N	001° 00′ 32.907″ E
416	53° 45′ 4.594″ N	001° 03′ 26.056″ E
417	53° 44′ 36.965″ N	001° 01′ 37.843″ E
418	53° 43′ 49.104″ N	000° 59′ 30.164″ E
419	53° 42′ 55.282″ N	000° 57′ 43.981″ E
420	53° 41′ 29.957″ N	000° 56′ 3.720″ E
421	53° 40′ 23.371″ N	000° 54′ 7.750″ E
422	53° 40′ 29.385″ N	000° 52′ 22.939″ E
423	53° 40′ 36.281″ N	000° 51′ 30.886″ E
424	53° 45′ 43.118″ N	000° 51′ 54.642″ E
425	53° 45′ 14.743″ N	000° 54′ 25.985″ E
426	53° 45′ 27.752″ N	000° 55′ 46.378″ E
427	53° 45′ 58.939″ N	000° 55′ 49.294″ E
428	53° 46′ 23.766″ N	000° 57′ 46.036″ E
430	53° 45′ 6.151″ N	000° 56′ 50.100″ E
431	53° 45′ 28.354″ N	000° 57′ 29.801″ E
432	53° 45′ 51.883″ N	000° 56′ 52.331″ E
433	53° 45′ 29.676″ N	000° 56′ 12.629″ E

PART 2 — Ancillary Works

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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 or anchoring vessels in the construction and/or maintenance of the authorised development;

(b) marking buoys, beacons, fenders and other navigational warning or ship impact protection works;

(d) temporary works for the benefit or protection of land or structures affected by the authorised development; and

(e) planting of hedgerows and trees.

PART 3 — Requirements

Time limits

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The authorised project must commence no later than the expiration of five years beginning with the date this Order comes into force.

Detailed offshore design parameters

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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), each wind turbine generator forming part of the authorised project must not—

(a) exceed a height of 403 metres when measured from LAT to the tip of the vertical blade;

(b) exceed a rotor diameter of 340 metres;

(d) be less than 605 metres from blade tip to the blade tip of the nearest wind turbine generator.

(2) Wind turbine generator foundation structures forming part of the authorised project must be monopile, gravity base structure, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations.

(3) In respect of a wind turbine generator—

(a) no monopile foundation may have a diameter greater than 13 metres;

(b) no gravity base structure foundation may have a diameter at the level of the seabed greater than 55 metres;

(i) have a pin pile diameter of greater than five metres; or

(ii) employ more than four pin piles per jacket foundation;

(d) no suction bucket jacket foundation forming part of the authorised project may—

(i) have a suction bucket diameter of greater than 20 metres; or

(ii) employ more than four suction buckets per jacket foundation;

(4) The total seabed footprint area for wind turbine generator foundations must not exceed—

(a) 122,904 square metres excluding scour protection; and

(b) 1,041,400 square metres including scour protection.

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(1) The total number of offshore electrical installations and offshore accommodation platforms must not exceed seven, consisting of a combination of no more than—

(a) four small offshore transformer substations or two large offshore transformer substations;

(b) two offshore reactive compensation platforms; and

(2) The total number of offshore artificial nesting structures must not exceed two.

(3) The dimensions of any small offshore transformer substation comprised within Work No. 3(a) (including auxiliary structures, such as a helipad, crane, lightning protection, but excluding masts, radar and antennae) forming part of the authorised project must not exceed—

(a) 90 metres in height when measured from LAT;

(b) 90 metres in length; and

(4) The dimensions of any large offshore transformer substation comprised within Work No. 3(b) (including auxiliary structures, such as a helipad, crane, lightning protection, but excluding masts, radar and antennae) forming part of the authorised project must not exceed—

(a) 100 metres in height when measured from LAT;

(b) 160 metres in length; and

(5) The dimensions of any offshore reactive compensation platform (including auxiliary structures, such as a crane, but excluding masts, lightning protection, radar and antennae) forming part of the authorised project must not exceed—

(a) 59.2 metres in height when measured from LAT;

(b) 90 metres in length; and

and any masts, lightning protection, radar and antennae forming part of any offshore reactive compensation platform must not exceed 79.2 metres in height when measured from LAT.

(6) The dimensions of the offshore accommodation platform forming part of the authorised project must not exceed—

(a) 80.2 metres in height when measured from LAT;

(b) 84 metres in length; and

(7) The dimensions of any offshore artificial nesting structure comprised within Work No. 9 forming part of the authorised project must not exceed—

(a) 60 metres in height when measured from LAT;

(b) 23 metres in length; and

(8) Offshore accommodation platform foundation structures forming part of the authorised project must be one of either monopile, gravity base structure, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations.

(9) Offshore transformer substation foundation structures forming part of the authorised project must be monopile, gravity base structure, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations.

(10) Offshore artificial nesting structures foundation structures forming part of the authorised project must be monopile, gravity base structure, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations.

(11) In respect of an offshore electrical installation and offshore accommodation platform—

(a) no monopile foundation may have a diameter greater than 14 metres;

(b) no gravity base structure foundation may exceed, at the level of the seabed—

(i) a length of 72 metres; or

(ii) a width of 36 metres;

(i) have a pin pile diameter of greater than five metres; or

(ii) employ more than 24 pin piles per jacket foundation;

(d) no suction bucket jacket foundation forming part of the authorised project may—

(i) have a suction bucket diameter of greater than 20 metres; or

(ii) employ more than eight suction buckets per jacket foundation;

(12) In respect of an offshore artificial nesting structure—

(a) no monopile foundation may have a diameter greater than eight metres;

(b) no gravity base structure foundation may have a diameter at the level of the seabed greater than 50 metres;

(i) have a pin pile diameter of greater than five metres; or

(ii) employ more than four pin piles per jacket foundation;

(d) no suction bucket jacket foundation forming part of the authorised project may—

(i) have a suction bucket diameter of greater than ten metres; or

(ii) employ more than four suction buckets per jacket foundation;

(13) The total seabed footprint area for offshore accommodation platform foundations must not exceed—

(a) 2,600 square metres excluding scour protection; and

(b) 19,600 square metres including scour protection.

(14) The total seabed footprint area for offshore electrical installation foundations must not exceed—

(a) 15,600 square metres excluding scour protection; and

(b) 117,600 square metres including scour protection.

(15) The total seabed footprint area for offshore artificial nesting structure foundations must not exceed—

(a) 4,000 square metres excluding scour protection; and

(b) 24,600 square metres including scour protection.

(16) Offshore reactive compensation platform foundation structures forming part of the authorised project must be monopile, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations.

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(1) The maximum number of gravity base structure foundations must not exceed 50 per cent of the total number of wind turbine generators, offshore electrical installations, accommodation platform and offshore artificial nesting structures combined.

(2) No wind turbine generator, offshore transformer substation or offshore accommodation platform forming part of the authorised project is to be erected within the area hatched black and marked “offshore restricted build area” on the works plans, whose coordinates are specified below and shown on the offshore order limits and grid coordinates plan—

Point	Latitude	Longitude
150	53° 34′ 31.492″ N	001° 04′ 32.616″ E
151	53° 36′ 34.077″ N	001° 08′ 26.916″ E
152	53° 39′ 12.689″ N	001° 28′ 43.588″ E
845	53° 33′ 59.545″ N	001° 03′ 36.079″ E
846	53° 33′ 59.382″ N	001° 03′ 35.074″ E
847	53° 34′ 09.033″ N	001° 03′ 52.365″ E
848	53° 34′ 31.223″ N	001° 04′ 32.133″ E
849	53° 36′ 37.559″ N	001° 19′ 54.519″ E
850	53° 38′ 07.792″ N	001° 29′ 20.432″ E
851	53° 34′ 27.499″ N	001° 06′ 28.034″ E

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The total volume of scour protection for wind turbine generators, offshore accommodation platform, offshore electrical installations and offshore artificial nesting structures must not exceed 3,149,850 cubic metres.

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(1) In respect of the offshore export cables comprised within Work No. 5, the number of cable circuits must not exceed four.

(2) The cable circuits comprising Work No. 1(b) must not—

(a) exceed 377.42 kilometres in length; and

(b) be subject to cable protection with an area greater than 1,270,357 square metres.

(3) The cable circuits comprising Work No. 4 must not—

(a) exceed 123.75 kilometres in length; and

(b) be subject to cable protection with an area greater than 406,438 square metres.

(4) The cable circuits comprising Work No. 5 must not—

(a) exceed 440 kilometres in length; and

(b) be subject to cable protection with an area greater than 1,524,870 square metres.

(5) The total number of cable crossings must not exceed—

(a) 30, in respect of the array cables comprised within Work No. 1(b);

(b) 16, in respect of the interlink cables comprised within Work No. 4; and

unless otherwise agreed with the MMO.

(6) The total volume of cable protection must not exceed 3,071,307 cubic metres with a maximum footprint of 3,201,655 square metres.

Offshore decommissioning

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Work Nos. 1 to 7 must not commence until a written decommissioning programme in compliance with any notice served upon the undertaker by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 105(2) of the 2004 Act has been submitted to the Secretary of State for approval.

Stages of authorised project onshore

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(1) The onshore transmission works may not be commenced until a written scheme setting out the stages of the onshore transmission works has been submitted to and approved by Lincolnshire County Council in consultation with the relevant planning authority.

(2) Any amendments to the approved written scheme must be submitted to, and approved by, Lincolnshire County Council.

(3) The scheme must be implemented as approved. The approved details are to be taken to include any amendments that may subsequently be approved in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).

Detailed onshore design parameters

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(1) No stage of Work No. 16 may commence until for that stage details of—

(a) the layout, scale, building elevations and external appearance of the onshore HVAC substation;

(b) proposed finished ground levels;

(d) hard surfacing materials; and

(e) vehicular and pedestrian access, parking and circulation areas,

have been submitted to and approved by the Lincolnshire County Council in consultation with the relevant planning authority and, in respect of details submitted in accordance with (b), the Environment Agency.

(2) Work No. 16 must be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

(3) The details submitted under sub-paragraph (1) must be in accordance with the design principles statement and the design approach document.

(4) The cable ducts and cables comprised within Work No. 11 and Work No. 12 must be installed using a trenchless technique.

(5) The cable ducts and cables to be installed in plot 17-001 (as shown on the land plans) must be installed using a trenchless technique.

(6) The cable ducts and cables to be installed in plots 06-001, 06-002, 06-005, 06-007 and 06-008 (as shown on the land plans) must be installed using a trenchless technique.

Provision of landscaping

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(1) No stage of the onshore transmission works may commence until for that stage a written landscape management plan and associated work programme (which accords with the outline landscape and ecological management strategy) has been submitted to and approved by the Lincolnshire County Council in consultation with the relevant planning authority and the relevant statutory nature conservation body.

(2) The written landscape management plan(s) and associated work programme(s) must be implemented as approved.

Implementation and maintenance of landscaping

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(1) All landscaping works must be carried out and maintained in accordance with the landscape management plan(s) approved under requirement 13 (provision of landscaping), and in accordance with the relevant recommendations of appropriate British Standards.

(2) Unless otherwise stated in the approved landscape management plan, any tree or shrub planted as part of an approved landscape management plan that, within a period of five years after planting, is removed, dies or becomes, in the opinion of Lincolnshire County Council, seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the first available planting season with a specimen of the same species and size as that originally planted unless alternative timing or a different specimen is otherwise approved by Lincolnshire County Council in consultation with the relevant planning authority.

Ecological management plan

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(1) No stage of the onshore transmission works may commence until for that stage a written ecological management plan (which accords with the outline landscape and ecological management strategy) reflecting survey results, and the ecological mitigation measures included in the environmental statement and including—

(a) a protected species mitigation management plan;

(b) a nesting birds management plan; and

has been submitted to and approved by Lincolnshire County Council in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body and the relevant planning authority.

(2) Onshore preparation works may not be carried out until a written ecological management plan (which accords with the outline landscape and ecological management strategy) for those works reflecting survey results and the ecological mitigation measures included in the environmental statement has been submitted to and approved by Lincolnshire County Council in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body and the relevant planning authority.

(3) The ecological management plan(s) must include an implementation timetable and must be carried out as approved.

Fencing and other means of permanent enclosure

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(1) No stage of the onshore transmission works may commence until details of all proposed permanent fences, walls or other means of enclosure of that stage of the onshore transmission works have been submitted to and approved by Lincolnshire County Council in consultation with the relevant planning authority.

(2) Any permanent fencing and other means of enclosure must be provided and maintained in accordance with the approved details.

(3) Any approved permanent fencing in relation to the onshore transmission works in Work No. 16 must be completed before those works are brought into use and must be maintained for the operational lifetime of the onshore transmission works in Work No. 16.

Temporary fencing and other temporary means of enclosure

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(1) The details of any temporary fences, walls, or other means of enclosure required for the construction of the onshore transmission works must be included in the code of construction practice approved under requirement 18 (Code of construction practice) and must accord with the outline code of construction practice.

(2) All construction sites must remain securely enclosed at all times during construction of the onshore transmission works in accordance with the details approved under sub-paragraph (1) above.

Operational drainage management and emergency flood response

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(1) No part of Work No. 16 may commence until an operational drainage management plan in respect of that part (which accords with the outline operational drainage management plan) and includes provision for the maintenance of any measures identified, has been submitted to and approved by the lead local flood authority, in consultation with the relevant planning authority.

(2) The operational drainage management plan must be implemented as approved.

(3) Work No. 16(a) must not begin operation until an operational emergency flood response plan in respect of Work No. 16 has been submitted to and approved by the lead local flood authority in consultation with the relevant planning authority.

(4) The operational emergency flood response plan must be implemented as approved.

Contaminated land and groundwater

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(1) No stage of the onshore transmission works may commence until a written scheme to deal with the contamination of any land (including groundwater) of that stage of the onshore transmission works within the Order limits that is likely to cause significant harm to persons or pollution of controlled waters or the environment has been submitted to, and approved by, Lincolnshire County Council in consultation with the relevant planning authority and the Environment Agency.

(2) The scheme must include an investigation and assessment report, to identify the extent of any contamination and the remedial measures to be taken for that stage to render the land fit for its intended purpose, together with a management plan which sets out long-term measures with respect to any contaminants remaining on the site.

(3) Remediation identified in the approved scheme must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.

Onshore archaeology

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(1) No stage of the onshore transmission works may commence until a written scheme of archaeological investigation (which must accord with the outline onshore written scheme of investigation for archaeological works and is informed by the archaeological investigations referred to in sub-paragraph (2)) for that stage has been submitted to and approved by Lincolnshire County Council in consultation with the relevant planning authority and Historic England.

(2) Archaeological investigations carried out as part of onshore preparation works must only take place in accordance with a specific written scheme of investigation (which must accord with the outline onshore written scheme of investigation for archaeological works) which has been submitted to and approved by Lincolnshire County Council in consultation with the relevant planning authority and Historic England.

(3) All archaeological investigations (other than archaeological investigations carried out as part of onshore preparation works referred to in sub-paragraph (2)) must be carried out in accordance with the written scheme of archaeological investigation approved under sub-paragraph (1).

(4) In the event that archaeological site investigation is required, the archaeological site investigations and post investigation assessment must be completed in accordance with the programme set out in the written scheme of archaeological investigation and provision made for analysis, publication and dissemination of results and archive deposition.

Code of construction practice

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(1) No stage of the onshore transmission works may commence until a code of construction practice (which must accord with the outline code of construction practice) for that stage has been submitted to and approved by Lincolnshire County Council following consultation, as appropriate, with—

(a) the relevant planning authority;

(b) the relevant lead local flood authority;

(d) the Environment Agency;

(e) the relevant statutory nature conservation body;

(f) in respect of the surface water drainage strategy referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b), Anglian Water Services Limited;

(g) if applicable, the MMO; and

(h) if applicable, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation in respect of works comprising Work No. 12 and 13.

(2) The code of construction must include—

(a) an air quality management plan (which accords with the outline air quality management plan);

(b) a surface water drainage strategy (which accords with the outline surface water drainage strategy);

(d) a health, safety and environment plan;

(e) a stakeholder communications plan;

(f) a site waste management plan (which accords with the outline site waste management plan);

(g) a flood management and response plan;

(h) a pollution prevention and emergency incident response plan (which accords with the outline pollution prevention and emergency incident response plan);

(i) an artificial light emissions plan;

(j) a water quality management and mitigation plan;

(k) where any land for that stage of the onshore transmission works is organically farmed, an organic land protocol (which accords with the outline organic land protocol); and

(l) a soil management plan (which accords with the outline soil management plan).

(3) Any code of construction practice submitted under sub-paragraph (1) may cover one or more stages of the onshore transmission works.

(4) All construction works for each stage must be undertaken in accordance with the relevant approved code of construction practice.

Construction hours

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(1) Except as otherwise agreed in the code of construction practice and subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), construction of the onshore transmission works and construction-related traffic movements to or from the site of the relevant work may take place only between 0700 hours and 1900 hours Monday to Saturday, with no activity on Sundays or bank holidays.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), construction of the onshore transmission works and construction-related traffic movements to or from the site of the relevant work may take place outside the hours specified in sub-paragraph (1) for certain identified works including, but not limited to—

(a) where continuous periods of construction are required, for works such as concrete pouring and finishing, operation of a trenchless technique, electrical circuit pulling and jointing and testing;

(b) the delivery and unloading of abnormal loads;

(d) for internal fitting out works associated with the onshore HVAC substation;

(e) the testing or commissioning of any electrical plant or cables installed as part of the authorised development; and

(f) activity necessary in the instance of an emergency where there is a risk to persons, delivery of electricity or property.

(3) With the exception of activities undertaken in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(f) and as provided in sub-paragraph (4), all construction works which are to be undertaken outside the hours specified in sub-paragraph (1) must be agreed in advance with Lincolnshire County Council.

(4) In respect of trenchless techniques—

(a) where continuous 24-hour working is required, the undertaker must notify Lincolnshire County Council in advance of such works;

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