The Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

Black bream spawning

18.—(1) No pile driving works for monopile foundations shall be carried out by or on behalf of the undertaker as part of or in relation to the authorised scheme between 15 April and 30 June each year, unless the MMO provides written confirmation to the undertaker beforehand that such works can take place in all or in a specified part of the Order limits, or during this period or part of this period.

(2) No pile driving works for jacket foundations (pin piles) shall be carried out by or on behalf of the undertaker as part of or in relation to the authorised scheme between 15 April and 30 June each year within the black bream restriction zone unless the MMO provides written confirmation to the undertaker beforehand that such works can take place in all or in a specified part of the zone, or during this period or part of this period.

(3) In considering whether to provide the confirmation referred to in (1) or (2) above, the MMO shall have regard to any report or reports provided to the MMO by or on behalf of the undertaker relating to such matters as additional baseline information piling management measures, installation techniques or noise propagation modelling.

(4) In this condition, “black bream restriction zone” means the area shaded blue on the piling restriction plan whose coordinates are set out below—

Point	Latitude (DMS)	Longitude (DMS)
1	50° 41′ 11.35 N	000° 21′ 55.86 W
20	50° 37′ 44.16 N	000° 20′ 49.20 W
21	50° 42′ 21.05 N	000° 14′ 11.00 W