SCHEDULE 3 Deemed marine licence under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 – transmission assets

PART 1 Licensed marine activities

2 Details of licensed marine activities
(1) 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) of the 2009 Act, subject to the conditions—
(a) the deposit at sea of the substances and articles specified in sub-paragraph (3) below;
(b) the construction of works in or over the sea and/or on or under the sea bed;
(c) the removal of sediment samples for the purposes of informing environmental monitoring under this licence during pre-construction, construction and operation; and
(d) the disposal of up to 6,800 metres3 of inert material of natural origin produced during the drilling installation of monopiles or jacket foundations for Work No. 2 at disposal site reference IS135 Burbo Bank Extension OWF.
(2) The works referred to in (1)(b) comprise—
Work No. 2 – up to one offshore substation fixed to the seabed by one of three foundation types (namely steel monopile foundation, gravity base foundation or jacket foundation) within the Order limits;
Work No. 3 – a grid connection from Work No. 2 consisting of up to two cables laid along routes within the Order limits, including one or more cable crossings, up to Welsh territorial waters at grid coordinates 53° 25.82′/ -3° 21.97′ and 53° 25.99′/ -3° 22.32′;
and in connection with such Works No. 2 and 3 and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such work, further associated development within the meaning of 115(2) 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;
and in connection with such Works No. 2 and 3, works comprising—
(a) temporary landing places, moorings or other means of accommodating vessels in the construction and/or maintenance of the authorised scheme; and
(b) buoys, beacons, fenders and other navigational warning or ship impact protections works.
(3) The substances or articles authorised for deposit at sea are—
(a) iron and steel;
(b) stone and rock;
(c) concrete;
(d) sand and gravel;
(e) plastic and synthetic;
(f) electrical apparatus including copper composites;
(g) material extracted from within the Order limits during construction drilling; and
(h) marine coatings, grout, other chemicals (such as water-based drilling muds) and timber.