1. Development which, in accordance with a direction made by the Secretary of State under section 35 of the 2008 Act on 14th November 2013, is development for which development consent is required on the bed of the North Sea from the coast to approximately 33 kilometres off the coast of Lincolnshire and 46 kilometres off the coast of Norfolk within the Renewable Energy Zone and within the County of Lincolnshire and the District of East Lindsey and Borough of Boston, comprising—
Work No. 1 – up to 6 cables for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid on or beneath the seabed between the collector substations and Work No. 2 including pipeline crossings and cable protection;
Work No. 2 – up to 6 cables for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid on or beneath the seabed and/or underground in cable ducts from mean low water connecting Work No. 1 and Work No. 3;
Work No. 3 –
(a)up to 6 cables connecting up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground including in cable ducts connecting Work No. 2 and Work No. 5;
(b)Work No. 3A – up to 6 landfall transition joint bays including ground preparation and ground-raising;
(c)access to Work No. 2 including the construction of haul roads;
(d)Work No. 3B – a temporary construction compound;
Work No. 4 – upgrading of the existing access to provide a permanent access from Roman Bank to Work Nos. 2 and 3;
Work No. 5 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 3 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 5.5 kilometres to Work No. 7 including access for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 6 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of the A52 highway including access from the public highway;
Work No. 7 – a temporary construction compound to the south side of the A52 highway including access from the public highway;
Work No. 8 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 5 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 4.9 kilometres to Work No. 9 including access for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 9 –
(a)the IEC enabling works;
(b)Work No. 9A – the intermediate electrical compound for the compensation of reactive power;
(c)landscaping and drainage, utilities connections, temporary and permanent access roads, a security gate, cabling and ducting to the south of Marsh Lane near Orby;
Work No. 10 – a temporary construction compound for Work No. 9 including access from the public highway;
Work No. 11 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 9 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 3.3 kilometres to Work No 14 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 12 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of the A158 highway including access from the public highway;
Work No. 13 – a temporary construction compound to the south side of the A158 highway including access from the public highway;
Work No. 14 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 11 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 6.3 kilometres to Work No. 17 including the construction of a temporary haul road and accesses for construction;
Work No. 15 – a temporary construction compound to the south of Tipp Lane including access from the public highway;
Work No. 16 – a temporary construction access to the south of the Lymn;
Work No. 17 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 14 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 0.4 kilometres to Work No. 19 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 18 – a temporary construction compound to the west of Steeping River including access from the public highway;
Work No. 19 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 17 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 2.3 kilometres to Work No. 21 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 20 – a temporary construction compound to the south side of Station Road including access from the public highway;
Work No. 21 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 19 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 2.5 kilometres to Work No. 22 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 22 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 21 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 4.4 kilometres to Work No. 24 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 23 – a temporary construction compound to the east side of Hobhole Bank including access from the public highway;
Work No. 24 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 22 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 1.3 kilometres to Work No. 26 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 25 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of Fodder Dike including access from the public highway;
Work No. 26 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 24 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 4.3 kilometres to Work No. 29 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 27 – a temporary construction compound to the east side of the A16 highway including access from the public highway;
Work No. 28 – a temporary construction compound to the west side of the A16 highway including access from the public highway;
Work No. 29 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 26 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 3.6 kilometres to Work No. 31 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 30 – a temporary construction compound to the west side of Staunt Road including access from the public highway;
Work No. 31 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 29 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 1 kilometre to Work No. 33 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 32 – a temporary construction compound to the east side of Carrington Road including access from the public highway;
Work No. 33 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 31 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 5 kilometres to Work No. 37 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 34 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of Leagate Road including access from the public highway;
Work No. 35 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of Mere Booth Road including access from the public highway;
Work No. 36 – a temporary construction compound to the south side of Mere Booth Road including access from the public highway;
Work No. 37 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 33 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 2.3 kilometres to Work No. 39 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 38 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of North Forty Foot Bank including access from the public highway;
Work No. 39 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 37 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 3.9 kilometres to Work No. 42 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 40 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of Sutterton Drove including access from the public highway;
Work No. 41 – a temporary construction compound to the west side of Claydike Bank including access from the public highway;
Work No. 42 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 39 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 1.8 kilometres to Work No. 44 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 43 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of the A17 highway including access from the public highway;
Work No. 44 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 42 in a generally south-south westerly direction for a distance of 0.6 kilometres to Work No. 46 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 45 – a temporary construction compound to the south side of the A17 highway including access from the public highway;
Work No. 46 – up to 6 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 44 in a generally south westerly direction for a distance of 3.4 kilometres to Work No. 50 including accesses for construction from the public highway and temporary haul roads;
Work No. 47A – a temporary construction compound to the west side of the A17 highway and to the north of Work No. 49 including access from the public highway;
Work No. 48 – a permanent access from the A17 to Work No. 50 including security gates;
Work No. 49 – a temporary access from the A17 to Work No. 50 including security fencing and access from the public highway;
Work No. 50 –
(a)the substation enabling works;
(b)Work No. 50A – a compound for the connection of the electrical circuits to the transmission network (the “substation compound”) containing (but not limited to) switchgear and electrical equipment including power transformers, reactive compensation equipment, filters, cooling equipment, control and welfare buildings, lightning rods, internal roads, security fencing and other associated equipment, structures and buildings including noise-attenuation works;
(c)landscaping and drainage, utilities connections, temporary and permanent access roads, a security gate, cabling and ducting to the north west of the existing National Grid substation at Bicker Fen;
Work No. 51 – the temporary construction compound for Work No. 50;
Work No. 52 – up to 4 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity including earthing connections between Work Nos. 50 and 55 laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 50 in a generally south easterly direction for a distance of 1.3 kilometres to the connection point at the National Grid substation at Bicker Fen including earthing connections between Work Nos. 50 and 54, accesses for construction, operations and maintenance;
Work No. 53 – a temporary construction compound to the north side of the National Grid substation at Bicker Fen.
2. Associated development comprising the following—
Work No. 54 –
(a)unlicensed works at the National Grid substation at Bicker Fen including cable ducts and cabling;
(b)Work No. 54A – connecting bays at the northern part of the National Grid substation at Bicker Fen housing circuit breakers, cable sealing ends, dis-connectors, surge arrestors, transformers, busbars and busbar clamps, measuring equipment and relay/marshalling rooms;
(c)Work No. 54B – a connection bay at the southern part of the National Grid substation at Bicker Fen housing circuit breakers, cable sealing ends, dis-connectors, surge arrestors, transformers, busbars and busbar clamps, measuring equipment and relay/marshalling rooms;
(d)electrical earthing works;
Work No. 55 – up to 2 electrical circuits for the transmission of high voltage alternating current electricity including earthing connections between Work Nos. 52 and 54 laid underground in cable ducts from Work No. 52 in a generally southerly direction for a distance of 0.3 kilometres to Work No. 54B including landscaping;
Work No. 56 – temporary highways alterations.
3. In connection with Work Nos. 2 to 56, further associated development shown on the plans referred to in, or approved under, the Requirements including—
(a)ramps, means of access and footpaths;
(b)bunds, embankments, swales, landscaping and boundary treatments;
(c)habitat creation;
(d)boreholes;
(e)jointing bays, manholes, link boxes, marker posts and other works associated with the installation of cable ducts and electrical circuits including trenchless techniques, tunnelling works beneath sea defences, watercourses and roads and trenchless techniques launch and receptor pits;
(f)water supply works, foul drainage provision and surface water management systems;
(g)temporary structures including those needed to facilitate the crossing of watercourses including bailey bridges;
(h)temporary construction laydown areas and compounds including accesses and their restoration;
(i)temporary drilling and tunnelling compounds and working areas and their restoration;
(j)works to remove, reconstruct or alter the position of apparatus including mains, sewers, drains, cables and pipelines; and
(k)such other works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the relevant part of the authorised project,
which fall within the scope of the works assessed by the environmental statement.
4. The grid co-ordinates for the part of the authorised project which is seaward of MHWS are specified below and more particularly shown on the Order limits plans—
Co-ordinates for Order limits seaward of MHWS
| Point | Latitude (DMS) | Longitude (DMS) | Point | Latitude (DMS) | Longitude (DMS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI | 53° 32′ 16.234″ N | 0° 51′ 40.692″ E | G | 53° 17′ 0.671″ N | 0° 23′ 40.084″ E |
| AJ | 53° 24′ 31.248″ N | 0° 59′ 39.385″ E | H | 53° 17′ 20.885″ N | 0° 24′ 5.700″ E |
| AS | 53° 22′ 56.159″ N | 0° 46′ 8.201″ E | I | 53° 17′ 25.462″ N | 0° 24′ 16.736″ E |
| AT | 53° 22′ 35.877″ N | 0° 45′ 39.771″ E | J | 53° 19′ 9.809″ N | 0° 25′ 20.599″ E |
| AU | 53° 20′ 58.870″ N | 0° 45′ 30.470″ E | K | 53° 19′ 38.094″ N | 0° 25′ 44.472″ E |
| AV | 53° 20′ 18.829″ N | 0° 44′ 23.598″ E | L | 53° 20′ 27.460″ N | 0° 26′ 42.541″ E |
| AW | 53° 20′ 2.612″ N | 0° 43′ 18.260″ E | M | 53° 20′ 43.520″ N | 0° 27′ 29.635″ E |
| AX | 53° 20′ 1.822″ N | 0° 41′ 58.661″ E | N | 53° 20′ 46.705″ N | 0° 28′ 38.086″ E |
| AY | 53° 20′ 4.107″ N | 0° 41′ 22.273″ E | O | 53° 20′ 39.043″ N | 0° 34′ 13.401″ E |
| AZ | 53° 20′ 1.898″ N | 0° 40′ 30.850″ E | P | 53° 20′ 31.962″ N | 0° 35′ 58.445″ E |
| BA | 53° 19′ 58.395″ N | 0° 39′ 51.749″ E | Q | 53° 20′ 32.022″ N | 0° 36′ 28.081″ E |
| BB | 53° 19′ 59.805″ N | 0° 37′ 16.544″ E | R | 53° 20′ 35.314″ N | 0° 37′ 11.880″ E |
| BC | 53° 19′ 56.528″ N | 0° 36′ 32.931″ E | S | 53° 20′ 33.895″ N | 0° 39′ 46.605″ E |
| BD | 53° 19′ 56.382″ N | 0° 35′ 55.878″ E | T | 53° 20′ 37.303″ N | 0° 40′ 24.656″ E |
| BE | 53° 20′ 3.584″ N | 0° 34′ 8.235″ E | U | 53° 20′ 39.751″ N | 0° 41′ 23.781″ E |
| BF | 53° 20′ 11.127″ N | 0° 28′ 36.545″ E | V | 53° 20′ 37.410″ N | 0° 42′ 1.047″ E |
| BG | 53° 20′ 7.964″ N | 0° 27′ 43.904″ E | W | 53° 20′ 37.931″ N | 0° 43′ 9.122″ E |
| BH | 53° 20′ 1.938″ N | 0° 27′ 23.706″ E | X | 53° 20′ 47.002″ N | 0° 43′ 46.826″ E |
| BI | 53° 19′ 17.721″ N | 0° 26′ 33.517″ E | Y | 53° 21′ 11.473″ N | 0° 44′ 32.598″ E |
| BJ | 53° 18′ 55.345″ N | 0° 26′ 14.927″ E | Z | 53° 22′ 14.571″ N | 0° 44′ 36.340″ E |
| BK | 53° 17′ 2.447″ N | 0° 25′ 4.201″ E | AA | 53° 22′ 50.453″ N | 0° 44′ 45.224″ E |
| BL | 53° 16′ 54.685″ N | 0° 24′ 46.623″ E | AB | 53° 23′ 37.771″ N | 0° 45′ 8.186″ E |
| BM | 53° 16′ 37.940″ N | 0° 24′ 25.834″ E | AC | 53° 24′ 10.968″ N | 0° 45′ 42.526″ E |
| BN | 53° 16′ 4.626″ N | 0° 23′ 15.114″ E | AD | 53° 25′ 2.619″ N | 0° 44′ 32.111″ E |
| BO | 53° 15′ 55.271″ N | 0° 21′ 40.714″ E | AE | 53° 28′ 4.193″ N | 0° 44′ 10.434″ E |
| BP | 53° 15′ 52.991″ N | 0° 20′ 45.646″ E | AF | 53° 28′ 19.752″ N | 0° 44′ 13.790″ E |
| BQ | 53° 15′ 51.994″ N | 0° 20′ 34.705″ E | AG | 53° 29′ 12.732″ N | 0° 41′ 28.840″ E |
| BR | 53° 15′ 51.249″ N | 0° 19′ 42.683″ E | AH | 53° 31′ 42.626″ N | 0° 42′ 58.368″ E |
| BS | 53° 15′ 58.542″ N | 0° 19′ 24.827″ E | AR | 53° 24′ 6.378″ N | 0° 48′ 43.578″ E |
| BT | 53° 16′ 0.730″ N | 0° 19′ 19.467″ E | AQ | 53° 24′ 46.233″ N | 0° 49′ 44.994″ E |
| A | 53° 16′ 6.688″ N | 0° 19′ 15.877″ E | AP | 53° 25′ 38.625″ N | 0° 52′ 49.002″ E |
| B | 53° 16′ 23.419″ N | 0° 19′ 35.327″ E | AO | 53° 25′ 38.029″ N | 0° 53′ 0.402″ E |
| C | 53° 16′ 27.466″ N | 0° 20′ 29.534″ E | AN | 53° 25′ 21.824″ N | 0° 53′ 25.522″ E |
| D | 53° 16′ 28.433″ N | 0° 20′ 40.181″ E | AM | 53° 24′ 38.801″ N | 0° 55′ 38.414″ E |
| E | 53° 16′ 30.664″ N | 0° 21′ 34.324″ E | AL | 53° 24′ 39.002″ N | 0° 56′ 17.146″ E |
| F | 53° 16′ 38.211″ N | 0° 22′ 53.464″ E | AK | 53° 24′ 31.246″ N | 0° 56′ 45.454″ E |