504efcc6-6742-4f2d-8687-560ef47288be English series series 2026-02-10T15:14:31 MEDIN 3.1.2 biota economy oceans society Fishing effort SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Cetacean behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Marine archaeology SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Hazards to navigation SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Seal behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Fishery characterisation SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Seal abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Cetacean abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Research The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision Research and Development Activity The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision Energy resources GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision unknown 2019-09-17T00:00:00 2019-09-17T23:59:59 -16 4 47 64 TCE-1713 Marine Data Exchange 2019, The Crown Estate, Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4, Launch Documents Launch Documents 2021-05-17T14:00:55 publication English Final documents published at launch of Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 in September 2019. Following over 18 months of engagement with the market and stakeholders, The Crown Estate has developed and refined its proposals for Leasing Round 4. The Crown Estate has published the detail of this work, as well the detailed data and analysis of constraints affecting the characterisation areas inside each of the Seabed Bidding Areas, to assist potential bidders in their preparations for Round 4. http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx see disclaimer file otherRestrictions http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx see disclaimer file otherRestrictions The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk custodian The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk originator The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk distributor The Crown Estate enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk owner asNeeded Documents https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-1713/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08T00:00:00 publication Conformity with the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 was either not relevant to this dataset or not a requirement of the Marine Data Exchange for the creation and submission of this dataset; therefore, conformity has not been assessed and cannot be declared False series The resource and constraints assessment completed by The Crown Estate is based on the following scope: • Only investigating the ‘favourable’ resource area for fixed foundation offshore wind3; • No prerequisites in terms of size of turbines or project; • Analysis is limited to consideration of offshore array i.e. excluding export cable routes and terrestrial infrastructure; and, • Analysis is limited to English, Welsh and Northern Irish waters. The analysis we have undertaken has been an internal process drawing on expertise and knowledge within The Crown Estate where available. It has then been subject to an external peer review process by Everoze Partners Limited (technical resource area) and RPS Energy (constraints analysis). The analysis follows several steps, each of which focusses on progressively smaller, less constrained and technically attractive areas of seabed. The list below summarises each stage: • Technical resource model: this is the starting point of the analysis and defines the area of seabed that is most favourable for offshore wind development within the scope defined in section 2.1. This model is mainly driven by water depth, wave climate and geology (note that the ‘favourable’ resource area is only driven by water depth and wave climate). • Exclusions model: this forms part of the constraints analysis and removes activities and receptors that will preclude development such as existing infrastructure and rights, and areas where health and safety or policy reasons mean development is unfeasible. These activities and receptors (input criteria) in this model are termed ‘hard constraints’. • Restrictions model: this model includes all other criteria which are structured and weighted in terms of the constraint each presents to development. The input criteria in this model are termed ‘soft constraints’. • Characterisation areas: these are defined from the result of combining the first three stages in the list. Detailed consideration and analysis has subsequently been performed on these areas. The aspects that are introduced in this stage of work are termed ‘review layers’. The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-11-29 revision WGS 84