Installation of cable ducts 29.—(1) Save in relation to plots 448 to 450, 453 to 454 and 457 to 471 in the book of
reference—
(a) all cable ducts forming part of the onshore connection works must be installed simultaneously together with the onshore cables for the authorised project forming part of the onshore connection works unless sub-paragraph (2) applies; and
(b) no stage of the connection works shall commence until a written method statement showing the programme for laying the onshore cables for the authorised project and all cable ducts as part of a single cable laying operation has for that stage been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority. The method statement must include an implementation timetable for laying the cables for the authorised project and all ducts and must be carried out as approved.
(2) If the Secretary of State, on an application to him from the undertaker shall confirm in
writing that other generation projects which would otherwise use the ducts to connect to the National Grid have been abandoned or will not come forward within a reasonable timeframe there shall be no requirement to install the ducts pursuant to sub-paragraph (1).
(3) In considering any application to him under sub-paragraph (2) the Secretary of State shall
have regard to— (a) the status of any consent process for those other generation projects;
(b) the status of any agreement for lease for the offshore location of these other generation projects;
(c) the status of any connection agreement to the National Grid;
(d) any confirmation from The Crown Estate or National Grid with regard to (b) and (c) respectively;
(e) any statements from the relevant planning authorities and any other interested party in relation to those other generation projects.
Skills strategy 30.—(1) No stage of the connection works shall be commenced until a skills strategy (which
accords with the outline skills strategy) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority, after consultation with Suffolk County Council.
(2) The skills strategy must be implemented as approved.
Onshore decommissioning 31.—(1) Within three months of the cessation of commercial operation of the connection works,
or of Work No. 3B or of Work No. 4 an onshore decommissioning plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The decommissioning plan must be implemented as approved.
Decommissioning of Work No. 3B and Work No. 4 32.—(1) After a period of 24 years but before the expiration of a period of 25 years following
completion of construction of Work No. 3B and Work No. 4 or 2043 (whichever is earlier), the undertaker must submit a report to the relevant planning authority detailing the following—
(a) the extent of coastal retreat experienced following completion of construction;
(b) whether any remedial works or mitigation measures to protect Work No. 3B and Work No. 4 from coastal retreat have been required during this period, what these works comprised and an assessment of their impacts on coastal processes;
(c) the length of any proposed extension to the operational lifespan of the authorised project;
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