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Metadata: 2014, Seagreen, Zone 2 - Firth of Forth, Zone Appraisal and Planning - Update
Abstract:
Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd (Seagreen) is seeking to develop offshore wind farms delivering a total capacity of 3.5 Gigawatts (GW) within the Firth of Forth Round 3 Zone (the Zone) through three development phases. Consent applications for the Phase 1 projects, comprising two offshore wind farms totalling up to 1.05GW capacity, are currently in determination. While the boundary of the Zone is fixed, as defined by The Crown Estate (TCE), Phase and Project boundaries remain flexible within the Zone. The Zone Appraisal and Planning (ZAP) process is one of the tools used by Seagreen to collate data on the potential environmental and engineering constraints within the Zone and define Phase and Project boundaries in a rational and strategic manner. The ZAP reports issued by Seagreen are intended to inform stakeholders about this process. In summary, Seagreen intends to use the ZAP process to: -Present an overview of the baseline data and information relevant to the Zone and its wind farm projects; -Define the most suitable areas for development in the Zone; -Document key decisions; -Consider potential cumulative and in-combination effects at a Zone level; and -Engage with key consultees early in the development process about Zone planning and site selection.
Data holder:
Crown Estate Scotland
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 18800 |
| 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. | 2014, Seagreen, Zone 2 - Firth of Forth, Zone Appraisal and Planning - Update |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Zone Appraisal and Planning - Update |
| 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. | 5c0f4a1b-c8fe-4b23-aa10-4c6e4f9c2bcf |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CES-407 |
| 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 | 2014-04-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2014-03-31 |
| 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. | Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd (Seagreen) is seeking to develop offshore wind farms delivering a total capacity of 3.5 Gigawatts (GW) within the Firth of Forth Round 3 Zone (the Zone) through three development phases. Consent applications for the Phase 1 projects, comprising two offshore wind farms totalling up to 1.05GW capacity, are currently in determination. While the boundary of the Zone is fixed, as defined by The Crown Estate (TCE), Phase and Project boundaries remain flexible within the Zone. The Zone Appraisal and Planning (ZAP) process is one of the tools used by Seagreen to collate data on the potential environmental and engineering constraints within the Zone and define Phase and Project boundaries in a rational and strategic manner. The ZAP reports issued by Seagreen are intended to inform stakeholders about this process. In summary, Seagreen intends to use the ZAP process to: -Present an overview of the baseline data and information relevant to the Zone and its wind farm projects; -Define the most suitable areas for development in the Zone; -Document key decisions; -Consider potential cumulative and in-combination effects at a Zone level; and -Engage with key consultees early in the development process about Zone planning and site selection. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Seagreen has set out a plan to develop the Zone in three phases. The 2011 ZAP Update 1 report made recommendations regarding the wind farm site boundaries for Phase 1 and these boundaries are now fixed. This consisted of identifying areas of environmental constraint within the Zone and selecting areas of lesser constraint whilst ensuring that an economically viable scheme could be constructed within the identified areas. Following the same reasoning, indicative boundaries for development of Phases 2 and 3 were suggested. This second ZAP Update provides analysis and interpretation of new and existing data sets covering the Zone and, drawing on the experience of the Phase 1 development, identifies the areas of least constraint for further refinement of the Phase 2 and Phase 3 development areas. The entire remainder of the Zone outwith the Phase 1 sites is considered as the Phase 2 and 2 search area (P2/P3 area). The shapefile datasets have been used to create the drawings included in the ZAP report. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Acoustic backscatter in the water column |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish and shellfish catch statistics | |
| 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 | Cetacean abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bathymetry and Elevation | |
| 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 | Zone search area | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hydrography | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Elevation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Oceanographic geographical features | |
| 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 | 56.7707 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -0.6179 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.8228 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.3974 |
| 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 | SSE Renewables | |
| dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.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 | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Seagreen | |
| derrick.thirlwell@fluor.com | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Seagreen | |
| derrick.thirlwell@fluor.com | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-407/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. | 2026-03-02 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-10-25 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-10-06 |
| 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 |