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Metadata: 2021-2025, The Crown Estate, The Crown Estate Research, Cable Route Identification & Leasing Guidelines
Abstract:
This document provides guidance for developers when preparing their application to The Crown Estate for a Cable Route linked to an Offshore Renewable Energy Installation (OREI). The guidance has been updated for Floating Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5 whilst remaining relevant to Round 4 and Extension projects. The guidance is subject to period reviews to ensure relevancy for the broader transmission sector in the context of The Crown Estate’s whole of seabed approach, seabed routemap and strategic objectives. The purpose of the guidance is to make developers aware of The Crown Estate’s requirements in granting property rights for Cable Routes and the detail of Transmission Asset Infrastructure that must be provided for approval. This guidance outlines the process to be followed regarding Cable Route application, assessment and approval (or rejection), introducing a Cable Route Identification and Approval (CRIA) submission process. The guidance is generic and therefore suitable for all Transmission Asset Infrastructure in relation to OREIs, although the terms “wind farms”, "Leasing Round 4", "Leasing Round 5" and "Extensions Leasing Round" are referred to from time to time.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19441 |
| 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. | 2021-2025, The Crown Estate, The Crown Estate Research, Cable Route Identification & Leasing Guidelines |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Cable Route Identification & Leasing Guidelines |
| 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. | e18eed92-fc99-44f3-b91d-d9b6b701af4f |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-3522 |
| 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 | 2021-12-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2025-08-13 |
| 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. | This document provides guidance for developers when preparing their application to The Crown Estate for a Cable Route linked to an Offshore Renewable Energy Installation (OREI). The guidance has been updated for Floating Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5 whilst remaining relevant to Round 4 and Extension projects. The guidance is subject to period reviews to ensure relevancy for the broader transmission sector in the context of The Crown Estate’s whole of seabed approach, seabed routemap and strategic objectives. The purpose of the guidance is to make developers aware of The Crown Estate’s requirements in granting property rights for Cable Routes and the detail of Transmission Asset Infrastructure that must be provided for approval. This guidance outlines the process to be followed regarding Cable Route application, assessment and approval (or rejection), introducing a Cable Route Identification and Approval (CRIA) submission process. The guidance is generic and therefore suitable for all Transmission Asset Infrastructure in relation to OREIs, although the terms “wind farms”, "Leasing Round 4", "Leasing Round 5" and "Extensions Leasing Round" are referred to from time to time. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This document does not provide guidance on best practice of cable spacing and route design, but it provides a link to a desktop study commissioned by The Crown Estate in March 2012 to assess appropriate spacing between export transmission cables placed adjacent to each other within a cable route. The study report 'Principles of Cable Routing and Spacing, The Crown Estate (UK) 2012' is further described in Section 4 and is available to download from the Marine Data Exchange (MDE). The guideline encourages early dialogue between the developer, The Crown Estate and relevant authority/authorities to facilitate securing an appropriate cable route, incorporating due consideration for the environment and other users of the seabed. It outlines the process to be followed regarding cable route application, assessment and approval (or rejection), introducing a Cable Route Identification and Approval (CRIA) information submission process. Finally, the guideline articulates the procedure of formalising the cable route and transmission assets infrastructure in an AfL and the levels of protection offered during this phase. It describes the rules surrounding entry into the construction phase and exercising the option for the Lease. Since the precise legal drafting differs between different agreements (e.g. Extensions and Round 4 AfLs), this guide is generic in form and the legal agreements will always take precedence in the event of any conflict or other discrepancy between documents. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Engineering parameters |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Land use | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 64 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 4 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 47 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -16 |
| 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 | |
| Position name | Marine Data Advisor | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@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 | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| 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 | The Crown Estate | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-3522/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 | Once published, there will be no limitations on public access. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. | |
| 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. | Once published, there will be no constraints on access and use. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. |
| 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. | 2021-12-20 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2021-12-01 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2021-12-01 |
| 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. | 2026-02-04 |
| 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 |