Marine Construction Licence ML2024009 TI LirIC Limited

Proposal Description

Reference: ML2024009
Project Type: Construction
Location: Territorial Sea and Controlled Waters adjacent to NI
Coordinates:
See Appendix A of document 'Marine Licence Application (DAERA) - Supporting Information' attached below.
Project Description:
TI LirIC Limited (the Applicant), a wholly owned subsidiary in the Transmission Investment Group, is developing a 700 megawatt (MW) High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electricity interconnector project to connect the Irish Integrated Single Electricity Market (I-SEM) to the Great Britain (GB) wholesale electricity market through a link between Northern Ireland (NI) and Scotland (the LirIC Project, herein referred to as the Development), which is scheduled to be fully operational around the end of this decade.

This application is for the ground survey phase of the project, consisting of including cable routing, land requirements, regulatory licencing, voluntary environmental impact assessment (EIA), and planning consent work. As part of this, marine technical surveys are necessary to characterise the Offshore Cable Corridor to allow final routing to be confirmed.

The earliest start date for survey activities will be 3rd June 2024. 
However, to account for any unforeseen delays, the application for the licence is to cover a full year, until 3rd June 2025. The intention is to complete the survey activities in 2024, however this is subject to
a number of potential constraints including vessel availability and weather.
Applicant: TI LirIC Limited
Status: Approved
Date Application received: 07/03/2024
Date Application Validated: 05/04/2024
Consultation Start Date: 14/05/2024
Consultation End Date: 11/06/2024
Comments can be made to marinelicensingteam@daera-ni.gov.uk up to and including the above consultation end date.
Licence Start Date: 22/01/2025
Licence End Date: 22/01/2026
Application Documents:

1. Application Form
2. Marine Licence Application (DAERA) - Supporting Information
3. Shadow Habitats Regulation Assessment
4. EPS and Wildlife Licence Supporting Information
5. Subsea Noise Technical Report
6. Project Location Map (overall project)
7. Project Location Map (NI marine licensing area)
8. Marine Licence - ML2024009 - LirIC Project - Ground Survey Phase

Documents

• 1. Application FormAdobe PDF (823.42 KB)
• 2. Marine Licence Application (DAERA) - Supporting InformationAdobe PDF (804.05 KB)
• 3. Shadow Habitats Regulation AssessmentAdobe PDF (1.82 MB)
• 4. EPS and Wildlife Licence Supporting InformationAdobe PDF (857.17 KB)
• 5. Subsea Noise Technical ReportAdobe PDF (1.94 MB)
• 6. Project Location Map (overall project)Adobe PDF (9.11 MB)
• 7. Project Location Map (NI marine licensing area)Adobe PDF (5.89 MB)
• 8. Marine Licence - ML2024009 - LirIC Project - Ground Survey PhaseAdobe PDF (427.35 KB)
• DoC FORM - CONDITIONS 3 & 6Adobe PDF (313.91 KB)
• DoC FORM - CONDITION 10Adobe PDF (312.75 KB)
• DoC FORM - CONDITION 11Adobe PDF (306.4 KB)
• DoC FORM - CONDITION 13Adobe PDF (308.86 KB)

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