Infrastructure Planning PART 1 Preliminary Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Morgan Offshore Wind Project Generation Assets Order 2025 and comes into force on 22nd September 2025. Interpretation 2 1 Except for Schedule 3 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 1: Wind Turbine Generators and Associated Infrastructure) and Schedule 4 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 2: Offshore Substation Platforms and Interconnector Cables), which are subject to the definitions in those Schedules, in this Order— “ 1989 Act ” means the Electricity Act 1989 ; “ 2004 Act ” means the Energy Act 2004 ; “ 2008 Act ” means the Planning Act 2008; “ 2009 Act ” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ; “ address ” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission; “ ancillary works ” means the ancillary works described in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (ancillary works) and any other works authorised by this Order that are not development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act; “ authorised development ” means the development and associated development described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development) and any other development authorised by this Order that is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act; “ authorised project ” means the authorised development and ancillary works; “ bank holiday ” means a bank holiday in England and Wales under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 ; “ buoy ” means any floating device used for navigational purposes or measurement purposes, including but not limited to wave buoys, LiDAR and guard buoys; “ cable ” means up to 400kV cables for the transmission of electricity and includes fibre optic and other communications cables either within the cable or laid alongside; “ cable crossings ” means the crossing of sub-sea cables, pipelines or other existing infrastructure by the cables (including inter-array cables) authorised by this Order together with cable protection; “ cable protection ” means measures to protect cables from physical damage including but not limited to concrete mattresses, with or without frond devices, and/or rock placement, the use of bagged solutions filled with grout or other materials; “ commence ” means the first carrying out of any licensed activities authorised by licence 1 or licence 2, save for pre-construction surveys, monitoring surveys, unexploded ordnance surveys and clearance of low order unexploded ordnance approved under licence 1 or licence 2, and “commencement” must be construed accordingly; “ electronic transmission ” means a communication transmitted— by means of an electronic communications network; or by other means but while in electronic form; “ environmental statement ” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order; “ deemed marine licences ” means the marine licences set out in Schedules 3 (Deemed Marine Licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 1: Wind Turbine Generators and Associated Infrastructure) and 4 (Deemed Marine Licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 2: Offshore Substation Platforms and Interconnector Cables); “ foundation ” means any one or more of: a multi-leg pin-piled jacket foundation, multi-leg suction bucket jacket foundation, or gravity base foundation; “ gravity base foundation ” means a structure principally of steel, concrete, or steel and concrete with a base which rests on the seabed either due to its own weight with or without added ballast or additional skirts and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment; “ inter-array cables ” means the cables linking the wind turbine generators to each other and to the offshore substation platforms; “ interconnector cables ” means the cables linking the offshore substation platforms to each other; “ jacket foundation ” means a steel jacket/lattice-type structure constructed principally of steel, fixed to the seabed with pin-piles or steel suction buckets and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment; “ km ” means kilometres; “ LAT ” means lowest astronomical tide; “ licensed activities ” means the activities specified in Part 1 of the deemed marine licences; “ licence 1 ” means the marine licence set out in Schedule 3 (Deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 1: Wind Turbine Generators and other Offshore Infrastructure); “ licence 2 ” means the marine licence set out in Schedule 4 (Deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 2: Offshore Substation Platforms and Interconnector Cables); “ LiDAR ” means a light detection and ranging system used to measure weather and sea conditions; “ m ” means metres and “m 2 ” means metres squared; “ maintain ” includes inspect, upkeep, repair, adjust or alter the authorised development, and remove, reconstruct or replace any part of the authorised development, to the extent assessed in the environmental statement; and any derivative of “ maintain ” is to be construed accordingly; “ Marine Management Organisation ” means the body created under the 2009 Act which is responsible for the regulation of licence 1 and licence 2 or any successor of that function and “MMO” must be construed accordingly; “ measures to minimise disturbance to marine mammals and rafting birds from transiting vessels ” means the document certified as the measures to minimise disturbance to marine mammals and rafting birds from transiting vessels by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans etc.) for the purposes of this Order; “ offshore in principle monitoring plan ” means the document certified as the offshore in principle monitoring plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of the Order; “ offshore substation platform ” means a structure above LAT and attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, with one or more decks and open with modular equipment or fully clad, containing— electrical equipment required to switch, transform or convert electricity generated at the wind turbine generators to a higher voltage and provide reactive power compensation, including high voltage power transformers, high voltage switchgear and busbars, substation auxiliary systems and low voltage distribution, instrumentation, metering equipment and control systems, standby generators, shunt reactors, auxiliary and uninterruptible power supply systems; accommodation, storage, workshop auxiliary equipment and facilities for operating, maintaining and controlling the substation or wind turbine generators, including navigation, aviation and safety marketing and lighting, systems for vessel charging, access and retrieval, cranes, potable water supply, black water separation, stores, fuels and spares, communications systems and control hub facilities and other associated equipment and facilities; “ offshore surface structures ” means offshore substation platforms and wind turbine generators; “ Order limits ” means the limits shown on the order limits and grid coordinates plan within which the authorised development may be carried out; “ order limits and grid coordinates plan ” means the document certified as the order limits and grid coordinates plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order; “outline environmental management plan” plan means the document certified as the outline environmental management plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order; “outline fisheries liaison and co-existence plan” plan means the document certified as the outline fisheries liaison and co-existence plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order; “ outline marine mammal mitigation protocol ” means the document certified as the outline marine mammal mitigation protocol” by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order; “ outline offshore written scheme of investigation for archaeology ” means the document certified as the outline offshore written scheme of investigation for archaeology by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order; “ outline offshore operations and maintenance plan ” means the document certified as the outline offshore operations and maintenance plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order; “ outline underwater sound management strategy ” means the document certified as the outline underwater sound management strategy” by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of the Order; “ outline vessel traffic management plan ” means the document certified as the outline vessel traffic management plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order; “ operation ” means the undertaking of activities authorised by this Order which are not part of the construction, commissioning or decommissioning of the authorised development; “ pin-pile ” means steel or concrete cylindrical piles driven and/or drilled into the seabed to secure jacket foundations; “ requirements ” means those matters set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2 (requirements) to this Order; “ scour protection ” means measures to prevent loss of seabed sediment around any structure placed in or on the seabed including by the use of bagged solutions filled with grout or other materials, protective aprons, mattresses with or without frond devices, and rock and gravel placement; “ scheduled works ” means the numbered works specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development) to this Order, or any part of them; “ suction bucket ” means a tubular steel structure which partially or fully penetrates the seabed and associated equipment, including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment; “ Trinity House ” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond; “ undertaker ” means Morgan Offshore Wind Limited (company registration number: 13497271) whose registered office address is Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, United Kingdom, TW16 7BP; “ vessel ” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes a non-displacement craft, a personal watercraft, a seaplane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted for movement through, in, on or over water and which is at the time in, on or over water; “ wind turbine generator ” means a structure comprising a tower, rotor with three blades connected at the hub, nacelle and ancillary electrical and other equipment which may include J-tube(s), transition piece, access and rest platforms, access ladders, boat access systems, corrosion protection systems, fenders and maintenance equipment, helicopter landing facilities and other associated equipment including communications equipment, fixed to a foundation or transition piece; “ the works plan ” means the plan certified as the works plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order. 2 All distances, directions, areas and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate and distances between points on a work comprised in the authorised development are taken to be measured along that work. 3 References in this Order to points identified by letters or numbers are to be construed as references to points so lettered or numbered on the relevant plans. 4 References in this Order to numbered works are references to the works as numbered in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development). PART 2 Principal Powers Development consent etc. granted by the Order 3 Subject to the provisions of this Order and to the requirements in Schedule 2 the undertaker is granted— a development consent for the authorised development; and b consent for the ancillary works; to be carried out within the Order limits. Operation of generating station 4 1 The undertaker is authorised to use and operate the authorised development for which development consent is granted by this Order. 2 Paragraph (1) does not relieve the undertaker of any requirement to obtain any permit or licence under any legislation that may be required from time to time to authorise the operation of the authorised development. Deemed marine licences under the 2009 Act 5 The marine licences set out in Schedules 3 and 4 are deemed to have been granted to the undertaker under Part 4 (marine licensing) of the 2009 Act for the licensed activities specified in Part 1 of each licence and subject to the conditions specified in Part 2 of each licence. Power to maintain the authorised project 6 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the undertaker may at any time maintain the authorised project, except to the extent that this Order or an agreement made under this Order provides otherwise. 2 Paragraph (1) does not relieve the undertaker of any requirement to obtain any further licence under Part 4 (marine licensing) of the 2009 Act for the licensable activities not authorised by licence 1 or licence 2. Benefit of the Order 7 1 Subject to this article, the provisions of this Order have effect solely for the benefit of the undertaker. 2 Subject to paragraph (5), the undertaker may with the written consent of the Secretary of State— a transfer to another person (“ the transferee ”) any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order (excluding deemed marine licence 1 or licence 2) and such related statutory rights as may be agreed between the undertaker and the transferee; and b grant to another person (“ the lessee ”) for a period agreed between the undertaker and the lessee any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order (excluding deemed marine licence 1 or licence 2) and such related statutory rights as may be so agreed, except where paragraph (6) applies, in which case the consent of the Secretary of State is not required. 3 Subject to paragraph (5), the undertaker may with the written consent of the Secretary of State— a where an agreement has been made in accordance with paragraph (2)(a), transfer to the transferee the whole of deemed marine licence 1 or licence 2 and such related statutory rights as may be agreed between the undertaker and the transferee; or b where an agreement has been made in accordance with paragraph (2)(b), grant to the lessee for the duration mentioned in paragraph (2)(b), the whole of deemed marine licence 1 or licence 2 and such related statutory rights as may be so agreed, except where paragraph (6) applies, in which case the consent of the Secretary of State is not required. 4 The Secretary of State must consult the MMO before giving consent to the transfer or grant to another person of the benefit of the provisions of deemed marine licence 1 or licence 2. 5 Where the undertaker has transferred any benefit, or for the duration of any period during which the undertaker has granted any benefit, under paragraphs (2) or (3)— a the benefit transferred or granted (“the transferred benefit”) shall include any rights that are conferred, and any obligations that are imposed, by virtue of the provisions to which the benefit relates; b the transferred benefit shall reside exclusively with the transferee or, as the case may be the lessee, and the transferred benefit shall not be enforceable against the undertaker save in the case of a deemed marine licence transferred or granted in respect of any breach of an obligation by the undertaker which occurs prior to such transfer or grant or which occurs as a result of any activity carried out by the undertaker on behalf of the transferee; and c the exercise by a person of any benefits or rights conferred in accordance with any transfer or grant under paragraphs (2) or (3) is subject to the same restrictions, liabilities and obligations as would apply under this Order if those benefits or rights were exercised by the undertaker. 6 No consent of the Secretary of State is required where the transferee or lessee is the holder of a licence under section 6 (licences authorising supply, etc.) of the 1989 Act . 7 Where an agreement has been made in accordance with paragraphs (2) or (3) references in this Order to the undertaker, will include references to the transferee or lessee. 8 Prior to any transfer or grant under this article taking effect the undertaker must give notice in writing to the Secretary of State and the MMO. 9 A notice required under paragraph (8) must— a state— i the name and contact details of the person to whom the benefit of the provisions will be transferred or granted; ii the date on which the transfer will take effect (which must be at least 28 days after the date on which the notice is given); iii the provisions to be transferred or granted; and iv the restrictions, liabilities, and obligations that, in accordance with paragraph (5)(c), will apply to the person exercising the powers transferred or granted. b be accompanied by— i where relevant, a plan showing the works or areas to which the transfer or grant relates; and ii a copy of the document effecting the transfer or grant signed by the undertaker and the person to whom the benefit of the powers will be transferred or granted. 10 The notice specified under paragraph (8) must be signed by the undertaker and the person to whom the benefit of the powers will be transferred or granted as specified in that notice. 11 Section 72(7) and (8) of the 2009 Act do not apply to a transfer or grant of the benefit of the provisions of deemed marine licence 1 or licence 2 to another person by the undertaker pursuant to an agreement under this article, save that the MMO may amend the deemed marine licence to include the name of a transferee or lessee under this article. PART 3 Miscellaneous and general Abatement of works abandoned or decayed 8 Where the scheduled works or any part of them are abandoned or allowed to fall into decay, the Secretary of State may, following consultation with the undertaker, issue a written notice requiring the undertaker at its own expense either to repair, make safe and restore one or any of the scheduled works or any relevant part of them, or to remove them or any relevant part of them, and without prejudice to any notice served under section 105(2) (requirement to prepare decommissioning programmes) of the 2004 Act , restore the site to a safe and proper condition, to such an extent and within such limits as may be specified in the notice. Saving provisions for Trinity House 9 Nothing in this Order prejudices or derogates from any of the rights, duties or privileges of Trinity House. Crown rights 10 1 Nothing in this Order affects prejudicially any estate, right, power, privilege, authority or exemption of the Crown and in particular, nothing in this Order authorises the undertaker or any licensee to use, enter upon or in any manner interfere with any rights of any description belonging to His Majesty in right of the Crown and forming part of The Crown Estate without the consent in writing of the Crown Estate Commissioners. 2 A consent under paragraph (1) may be given unconditionally or subject to terms and conditions; and is deemed to have been given in writing where it is sent electronically. Certification of plans, etc. 11 1 The undertaker must, as soon as practicable after the making of this Order, submit to the Secretary of State copies of all documents listed in Schedule 5 for certification that they are true copies of the documents referred to in this Order. 2 A plan or document so certified is admissible in any proceedings as evidence of the contents of the document of which it is a copy. Service of notices 12 1 A notice or other document required or authorised to be served for the purposes of this Order may be served— a by post; b by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or to whom it is to be given or supplied; or c with the consent of the recipient and subject to paragraphs (5) to (8) by electronic transmission. 2 Where the person on whom a notice or other document to be served for the purposes of this Order is a body corporate, the notice or document is duly served if it is served on the secretary or clerk of that body. 3 For the purposes of section 7 (references to service by post) of the Interpretation Act 1978 as it applies for the purposes of this article, the proper address of any person in relation to the service on that person of a notice or document under paragraph (1) is, if that person has given an address for service, that address, and otherwise— a in the case of the secretary or clerk of a body corporate, the registered or principal office of that body; and b in any other case, the last known address of that person at the time of service. 4 Where a notice or other document required to be served or sent for the purposes of this Order is served or sent by electronic transmission the requirement is to be taken to be fulfilled only where— a the recipient of the notice or other document to be transmitted has given consent to the use of electronic transmission in writing or by electronic transmission; b the notice or document is capable of being accessed by the recipient; c the notice or document is legible in all material respects; and d the notice or document is in a form sufficiently permanent to be used for subsequent reference. 5 Where the recipient of a notice or other document served or sent by electronic transmission notifies the sender within seven days of receipt that the recipient requires a paper copy of all or part of that notice or other document the sender must provide such a copy as soon as reasonably practicable. 6 Any consent to the use of electronic communication given by a person may be revoked by that person in accordance with paragraph (7). 7 Where a person is no longer willing to accept the use of electronic transmission for any of the purposes of this Order— a that person must give notice in writing or by electronic transmission revoking any consent given by that person for that purpose; and b such revocation is final and takes effect on a date specified by the person in the notice but that date must not be less than seven days after the date on which the notice is given. 8 This article does not exclude the employment of any method of service not expressly provided for by it. 9 In this article “ legible in all material respects ” means that the information contained in the notice or document is available to that person to no lesser extent than it would be if served, given or supplied by means of a notice or document in printed form. Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. David Wagstaff Deputy Director for Energy Infrastructure Planning Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 29th August 2025