Legislation – The Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025

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Introduction

PART 1
Preliminary

1 Citation and commencement

2 Interpretation

PART 2
Principal Powers

3 Development consent etc. granted by the Order

4 Operation of generating station

5 Deemed marine licences under the 2009 Act

6 Power to maintain the authorised development

7 Benefit of the Order

8 Application and modification of legislative provisions

9 Defence to proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance

PART 3
Streets

10 Street works

11 Application of the 1991 Act

12 Construction and maintenance of new or altered highway

13 Temporary closure of public rights of way

14 Temporary restriction of use of streets

15 Access to works

16 Traffic regulation

17 Power to alter layout etc. of streets

PART 4
Supplemental powers

18 Discharge of water

19 Authority to survey and investigate the land

20 Protective work to buildings

PART 5
Powers of acquisition

21 Compulsory acquisition of land

22 Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily

23 Compulsory acquisition of rights

24 Compulsory acquisition of land: minerals

25 Private rights

26 Application of the 1981 Act

27 Acquisition of subsoil only

28 Modification of Part 1 of the 1965 Act

29 Rights under or over streets

30 Temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development

31 Temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development

32 Statutory undertakers

33 Recovery of costs of new connections

34 Funding

PART 6
Miscellaneous and general

35 Application of landlord and tenant law

36 Felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows

37 Trees subject to tree preservation orders

38 Abatement of works abandoned or decayed

39 Saving provisions for Trinity House

40 Crown rights

41 Protective provisions

42 Application of the 1990 Act

43 Certification of plans, etc.

44 Service of notices

45 No double recovery

46 Requirements

47 Arbitration

48 Compensation

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Authorised development

SCHEDULE 2 Requirements

SCHEDULE 3 Streets subject to street works

SCHEDULE 4 Traffic Regulation

SCHEDULE 5 Access to works

SCHEDULE 6 Land of which temporary possession may be taken

SCHEDULE 7 Land in which only new rights etc. may be acquired

SCHEDULE 8 Modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights and imposition of restrictive covenants

SCHEDULE 9 Protective provisions

SCHEDULE 10 Deemed marine licence – Generation Assets

SCHEDULE 11 Deemed marine licence – Transmission Assets

SCHEDULE 12

SCHEDULE 13 Compensation

SCHEDULE 14 Arbitration rules

SCHEDULE 15 Documents to be certified

SCHEDULE 16 Offshore co-ordinates

Signature

Explanatory note

SCHEDULE 15Documents to be certified

Article 43

The following documents in Table 1 of this schedule are the list referred to in article 43

Table 1

Document Number

Name

Version

Date

2.1

Location plan – Onshore

Revision B

September 2024

2.2

Location plan – Offshore

Revision B

September 2024

2.3

Land plans (Onshore)

Revision G

July 2025

2.4

Special Category Land Plans

Revision D

June 2025

2.5

Works Plans – Onshore

Revision D

February 2025

2.6

Works plans – Offshore

Revision B

October 2024

2.7

Offshore Order Limits and Grid Coordinates Plan

Revision B

September2024

2.8

Street Works and Access Plan

Revision C

January 2025

2.9

Temporary closure of Public Rights of Way Plan

Revision D

February 2025

2.10

Tree Preservation Order and Hedgerow Plan

Revision B

September 2024

2.11

Historic Environment Plan – Onshore

Revision B

September2024

2.12

Historic Environment Plan – Offshore

Revision A

March 2024

2.13

Statutory or Non-Statutory Sites and Features of Nature Conservation -Onshore

Revision B

September2024

2.14

Statutory or Non-Statutory Sites and Features of Nature Conservation – Offshore

Revision A

March 2024

2.15

Water Bodies in a River Basin Management Plan

Revision B

October 2024

2.16

Crown Land Plan – Offshore

Revision A

March 2024

2.17

Crown Land Plan (Onshore)

Revision E

June2025

2.18

Temporary Speed Reduction Plan

Revision C

December 2024

4.1

Book of Reference

Revision H

July 2025

5.5.6

Lesser Black-Backed Gull Implementation and Monitoring Plan

Revision E

August 2025

5.5.7

Kittiwake Implementation and Monitoring Plan

Revision F

October 2025

5.5.8

Guillemot and Razorbill Implementation and Monitoring Plan

Revision F

September 2025

8.1

Cable Statement

Revision A

March 2024

8.2

Safety Zone Statement

Revision A

March 2024

9.3

Offshore Project Design Principles

Revision A

March 2024

9.4

Onshore Substation Design Principles Document

Revision C

March 2025

9.12

Outline Cable Specification and Installation Plan

Revision D

March 2025

9.13

Margate and Long Sands SAC Benthic Mitigation Plan

Revision H

September 2025

9.14.1

Outline Marine Mammal Mitigation Protocol – Piling

Revision E

August 2025

9.14.2

Outline Marine Mammal Mitigation Protocol – UXO

Revision E

August 2025

9.15

Outline Southern North Sea Special Area of Conservation Site Integrity Plan

Revision B

February 2025

9.16

Outline Fisheries Liaison and Co-existence Plan

Revision D

February 2025

9.17

Outline Offshore Operations and Maintenance Plan

Revision A

March 2024

9.18

Outline Project Environmental Management Plan

Revision A

March 2024

9.18.1

Working in proximity to Wildlife in the Marine Environment

Revision C

August 2025

9.19

Outline Marine Written Schemes of Investigation

Revision C

December 2024

9.20

Outline Navigation and Installation Plan

Revision D

March 2025

9.21

Code of Construction Practice

Revision G

October 2025

9.22

Outline Landscape and Ecological Management Plan

Revision H

October 2025

9.23

Outline Onshore Written Scheme of Investigation

Revision B

March 2025

9.24

Outline Construction Traffic Management Plan

Revision F

March 2025

9.25

Outline Public Access Management Plan

Revision D

March 2025

9.26

Outline Workforce Travel Plan

Revision C

March 2024

9.27

Outline Skills and Employment Strategy

Revision A

March 2024

9.32

Offshore In-Principle Monitoring Plan

Revision I

October 2025

10.30

Outline Sediment Disposal Management Plan

Revision D

March 2025

10.47

Archaeological mitigation strategy

Revision B

March 2025

10.51

Deep Water Route Cable Installation Area (Future Dredging depths)

Version 3

February 2025

10.65

Outline groundwater monitoring plan

Revision A

March 2025

Environmental Statement

6.1.1

Introduction

Revision A

March 2024

6.1.2

Policy & Legislation

Revision A

March 2024

6.1.3

EIA Methodology

Revision A

March 2024

6.1.3.1

Cumulative Effects Assessment Methodology

Revision B

December 2024

6.1.3.2

Transboundary Screening

Revision A

March 2024

6.1.4

Site Selection and Alternatives

Revision A

March 2024

6.1.5

Non-Technical Summary

Revision A

March 2024

6.1.6

Scoping Report and Scoping Opinion

Revision A

March 2024

6.2.1

Offshore Project Description

Revision A

March 2024 (for avoidance of doubt because of a discrepancy of cover sheet showing 2023)

6.2.1.1

Detailed Offshore Project Design Envelope

Revision A

March 2024

6.2.2

Marine Geology, Oceanography and Physical processes

Revision A

March 2024

6.2.3

Marine Water and Sediment Quality

Revision A

March 2024

6.2.4

Offshore Ornithology

Revision A

March 2024

6.2.5

Benthic and Intertidal Ecology

Revision B

September 2025

6.2.6

Fish and Shellfish Ecology

Revision B

September 2025

6.2.7

Marine Mammal Ecology

Revision A

March 2024

6.2.8

Commercial Fisheries

Revision A

March 2024

6.2.9

Shipping and Navigation

Revision A

March 2024

6.2.10

Seascape, Landscape and Visual

Revision A

March 2024

6.2.11

Offshore Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Revision A

March 2024

6.2.12

Infrastructure and Other Marine Users

Revision B

September 2024

6.2.13

Military and Civil Aviation

Revision A

March 2024

6.3.1

Onshore Project Description

Revision C

October 2024

6.3.2

Onshore Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

Revision A

March 2024

6.3.3

Socio-Economic, Tourism and Recreation

Revision A

March 2024

6.3.4

Onshore Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

Revision B

September 2025

6.3.5

Ground Conditions and Land Use

Revision A

March 2024

6.3.6

Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Flood Risk

Revision A

March 2024

6.3.7

Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Revision A

March 2024

6.3.8

Traffic and Transport

Revision D

March 2025

6.3.9

Airborne Noise and Vibration

Revision A

March 2024

6.3.10

Air Quality

Revision A

March 2024

6.4.1

Climate Change

Revision A

March 2024

6.4.1.1

Greenhouse Gas Assessment

Revision A

March 2024

6.4.2

Human Health and Major Disasters

Revision B

April 2024

6.4.3

Inter-Relationships

Revision A

March 2024

6.6.4.18

Onshore Biodiversity Net Gain Indicative Design Stage Report

Revision B

February 2025

6.8.1

Lesser Black Backed Gull Compensatory Areas Environmental Assessment

Revision C

December 2024

6.8.1.1

Lesser Black Backed Gull Compensatory Areas Flood Risk Assessment

Revision B

October 2024

6.8.1.2

Lesser Black Backed Gull Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

Revision B

October 2024

6.8.1.3

Lesser Blacked Backed Gull Compensation Site – Ecological Impact Assessment

Revision C

December 2024

10.75

Supplementary Operations and Maintenance Assessment

Revision A

August 2025

10.76

Technical Memo on Revised Environment Agency Flood Mapping

Revision A

August 2025