It is free and easy to make. Please use the button below and we`ll bring you back here when you`re done. If you apply for a building permit with an LOA and you do not obtain it, you will not receive a lease. This means that if you don`t have a building permit yet, applying for an LOA makes sense because it provides the certainty that a rental is available before going through the cost of applying for a building permit. Crown Estate Scotland owns and manages virtually all the seabed around Scotland up to a distance of 12 nautical miles. Anyone who is developed or active in Scottish territorial waters does so on Crown Estate. For this reason, you must apply for a lease from Crown Estate Scotland and pay rent to set up and operate your farm at the bottom of the sea. Crown Estate manages the seabed for the rest of the UK. If it turns out that the projects of an oil or gas developer and an offshore renewable energy developer could conflict, the parties should do everything in their power to quickly reach a trade agreement. The Secretary of State clarified that it would only require The Crown Estate to establish a lease or lease after an oil or gas developer has paid appropriate compensation to the offshore developers involved or a binding agreement has been reached with an oil or gas developer to pay such compensation. Read the Secretary of State`s written statement to Parliament.

“Given that we want to continue to develop our offshore wind business, I am very pleased to inform you that we have set the stage for further growth. Together with our project partners, we have entered into lease agreements with The Crown Estate for the development of four offshore wind farm expansion projects in the UK. In addition, we have decided to develop the remaining marine base leases at our Rampion project site. With a combined RWE stake of approximately 1.3 gigawatts, this gives a massive boost to our project pipeline and strengthens RWE`s position as the world`s second largest offshore wind player. “In combination with the portfolio of projects already in operation, the construction and planning economist, these measures will bring the UK pipeline to more than 40 GW,” the estate said. RWE and its partners have signed four of the contracts that extend the capacity of the Gwynt y Mér, Galloper, Greater Gabbard and Rampion wind farms. If the oil or gas developer and the offshore renewable energy developer are unable to obtain a commercial compensation agreement and it is necessary to determine the lease or lease for the development of oil or gas, the oil or gas developer may apply to the Secretary of State for an independent reviewer to assess the appropriate level of compensation. Here you will find an oil and gas clause in Crown Estate leasing contracts (PDF, 1.7MB, 12 pages) for instructions on the procedure. London – The UK Crown Estate has awarded leases for six offshore wind expansion projects planned in the waters of England and Wales, it said on 28 September. Oil licensees can contact The Crown Estate on oilandgasenquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk or 020 7851 5343 for general or specific questions.

The six (see table) are in addition to a similar agreement for the extension of the Thanet offshore wind farm, proposed by Vattenfall, which was previously announced.