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Norfolk Boreas Limited submitted an application for development consent for the Norfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Farm (Project) on 11 June 2019, with a Development Consent Order (DCO) granted by the Secretary of State (SoS) for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on 10 December 2021 (Order).

On 17 December 2021, Norfolk Boreas Limited entered into an agreement for lease with The Crown Estate in respect of (i) part of the wind farm array area and (ii) the cable corridor. Therefore, Norfolk Boreas Limited and Norfolk Vanguard East Limited each hold an interest in the land to which the Order relates and are making this Application as a joint applicant.

On 26 April 2022, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) received a request from Norfolk Boreas to vary the Deemed Marine Licences (dML) contained within Schedules 9 and 10 of the Norfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Farm (Project). Alongside with the dML variation a transfer of benefit was conducted for Schedules 12 and 13 for the undertaker to be updated.

The MMOs decision was to vary the DMLs as detailed in the Notice of Variations, effective from 15 December 2023