2023, The Crown Estate, Pre-Consent Surveys, Geophysics Survey Scope and Specification

The documents provided contain the Scope of Work and Specification for The Crown Estate’s geophysics Pre-Consent Surveys (PCS) in the Celtic Sea, to inform the Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5. The data collected through the PCS programme is intended to inform development risk, accelerate early-stage project decisions and support future project-level Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) as part of the consenting process. The documents were developed to define The Crown Estate’s requirements during the procurement of survey contractors and as such are at a relatively high level. The Scope of Work and Specification are founded based on stakeholder engagement carried out by The Crown Estate with developers, Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies (SNCBs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), to determine the critical requirements in early data gathering.