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Metadata: 2012-2013, NIRAS, London Array, Monitoring Summary Report
Abstract:
London Array Limited (LAL) applied for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act (1989) to construct and operate a 1000MW Offshore Wind Farm “London Array” (LAOWF) in 2006. The FEPA Licence 32945/07/1 was originally issued in December 2006. This has since been revised and a new Marine Licence (L/2011/00152/23) was issued in May 2012. The Marine Licence limits development to an initial phase of up to a maximum of 175 turbines, which stems from the Section 36 consent that limits the first phase to 630MW capacity, covering an area of approximately 100km2. The remainder of the capacity may be installed once the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) are satisfied that doing so will not adversely affect the integrity of the Outer Thames Estuary Special Protection Area (SPA). LAL is undertaking additional monitoring of wintering red-throated diver, a designated feature of the SPA, to inform that process. Requirements for pre-, during- and post-construction monitoring are also detailed in the Marine Licence. Phase 1 offshore construction of LAOWF began in March 2011 and the first of 175 turbines was installed in January 2012. The final turbine was installed in December 2012 and Phase 1 of the project was fully operational by spring 2013. The final construction work on the LAOWF associated inter-tidal cable was completed at the end of September 2013. LAL is required to carry out a number of environmental surveys during the construction period and beyond, to establish whether the predictions made in the Environmental Statement can be confirmed.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19032 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2012-2013, NIRAS, London Array, Monitoring Summary Report |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Monitoring Summary Report |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 26354b69-bc06-4faf-a039-92dd760e0a66 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-3619 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2012-10-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2013-03-31 |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | London Array Limited (LAL) applied for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act (1989) to construct and operate a 1000MW Offshore Wind Farm “London Array” (LAOWF) in 2006. The FEPA Licence 32945/07/1 was originally issued in December 2006. This has since been revised and a new Marine Licence (L/2011/00152/23) was issued in May 2012. The Marine Licence limits development to an initial phase of up to a maximum of 175 turbines, which stems from the Section 36 consent that limits the first phase to 630MW capacity, covering an area of approximately 100km2. The remainder of the capacity may be installed once the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) are satisfied that doing so will not adversely affect the integrity of the Outer Thames Estuary Special Protection Area (SPA). LAL is undertaking additional monitoring of wintering red-throated diver, a designated feature of the SPA, to inform that process. Requirements for pre-, during- and post-construction monitoring are also detailed in the Marine Licence. Phase 1 offshore construction of LAOWF began in March 2011 and the first of 175 turbines was installed in January 2012. The final turbine was installed in December 2012 and Phase 1 of the project was fully operational by spring 2013. The final construction work on the LAOWF associated inter-tidal cable was completed at the end of September 2013. LAL is required to carry out a number of environmental surveys during the construction period and beyond, to establish whether the predictions made in the Environmental Statement can be confirmed. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The Marine Licence requires LAL to report on these surveys to the MMO on an annual basis. This document concisely summarises the environmental monitoring surveys undertaken during the period October 2012 to March 2013 inclusive, during the final construction period of the first phase of LAOWF and immediately post construction, as required by the Marine Licence. An overview of preliminary conclusions and comparison with winter surveys (October to March) during pre-construction period (winter 2009/2010 [for intertidal only] and winter 2010/2011) and initial construction period (winter 2011/2012) will also be detailed. The following surveys have been conducted during the second year of construction, as required by the conditions of the Marine Licence: ? Aerial surveys (APEM, 2013); and ? Intertidal ornithological surveys (Jon Ford Environmental Consultancy, 2013) |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird counts |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird behaviour | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Consenting | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Agreement for Lease Area | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Protected sites | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 52.03 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.76 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.39 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.9 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Individual name | + | |
| Position name | Marine Data Advisor | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| mde@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | NIRAS Consulting Ltd | |
| Phone | +44 (0)151 3277177 | |
| uk@niras.com | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | RWE Renewables UK Swindon Limited | |
| support@rwe.com | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-3619/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | Data Must be used in accordance to the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use: https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2024-11-04 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2016-09-26 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2013-08-29 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-04-10 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |