The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015

Construction monitoring

15.—(1) The undertaker must, in discharging Condition 9(b), submit details for approval by the MMO of any proposed surveys or monitoring, including methodologies and timings, to be carried out during the construction of the authorised scheme.

(2) The details of the construction monitoring must be submitted at least 4 months before commencement of any survey works and provide the agreed reports in the agreed format in accordance with the agreed timetable. The survey proposals must be in accordance with the principles set out in the In Principle Monitoring Plan and must specify each survey’s objectives. The construction surveys must comprise—

(a) where driven or part-driven pile foundations (for each specific foundation type) are proposed to be used, measurements of noise generated by the installation of 1 pile from each of the first 4 structures with piled foundations, following which the MMO must determine whether further noise monitoring is required. The results of the initial noise measurements must be provided to the MMO within 6 weeks of the installation of the first relevant foundation piece. The assessment of this report by the MMO must determine whether any further noise monitoring is required;

(b) vessel traffic monitoring by Automatic Identification System, including the provision of reports on the results of that monitoring periodically as requested by the MMO; and

(c) appropriate surveys of ornithological activity inside the areas within the Order limits in which it is proposed to carry out construction works, and any wider areas where appropriate, dependent on the outcomes of the pre-construction surveys, as agreed with the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body.