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Offshore wind UK

(1) This dataset contains corridors of seabed that The Crown Estate has entered into an agreement upon with either a wind farm developer, an offshore transmission operator (OFTO), or a tidal site developer. There are two types of corridor within this dataset, a buffered centreline of a specified width or a bounding polygon created from a series of coordinates. The status of which is tracked in the "Defined" column. The buffered centreline corridors are 500 m wide and are exactly 250 m either side of the cable centreline (this represents the majority of The Crown Estate's cable agreements however there are a few minor exceptions to this rule). For export routes where there are a number of cables that are within 250 m of each other, the corridors are dissolved together to create one large agreement. The 500 m wide corridor consists of a 30 m wide designated area (DA) centred on the cable with the remaining area comprising of a dredging restriction zone (DRZ) (a further 235m either side of the cable). The Crown Estate still reserves rights to grant other activities within the DA (subject to the tenant's consent) and within the DRZ, however it undertakes not to grant rights for dredging in the DA or DRZ. This dataset has been clipped to exclude all of the seabed that falls within wind farm agreements areas, however overlapping rights do exist to allow the cable to be laid to the offshore substation. In some instances wind farm and tidal agreements are in place however the export cable agreements has yet to be signed. These routes may be in the public domain but have not been included in this dataset as no agreement is in place with The Crown Estate. For these sites The Crown Estate will implement cable agreements as developers bring forward proposed routes. This dataset is provided to the best of our knowledge, however we accept no liability on the accuracy of the information.

(2) These data represent all offshore wind farms in pre-planning, planning, construction and operational phases in United Kingdom waters. Leasing rounds 1, 2 and 3 are included along with round 1 and 2 extensions, scottish exclusivity award applications, Demonstration wind farms and the Northern Ireland Offshore Wind Resource Area. The boundaries are a true reflection of what has been signed in the Agreements for Lease, and Lease documents.

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Date (Creation)
2017-08-15
Date (Revision)
Date (Publication)
2017-11-01
Date (Publication)
Citation identifier
f9f8486e-91ce-405d-92bc-b3a0263f5d76
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
The Crown Estate

enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk

Dataset Holding Organisation
The Crown Estate

enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk

Originator of Dataset
COGEA SRL, Business Management Consultants

consulenza@cogea.it

Author
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer
  • North Sea
  • Irish Sea
  • Bristol Channel
  • Celtic Sea
  • English Channel
SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups
  • Construction and structures
  • Energy
EMODnet human activity categories
  • Wind energy facility location
MEDIN data format categories
  • Geographic Information System
Keywords
    Access constraints
    Other restrictions
    Other constraints
    no limitations to public access
    Use limitation

    Conditions for access and use apply

    Use constraints
    Other restrictions
    Other constraints

    CC BY-SA 4.0

    Language
    English
    Character set
    UTF8
    Topic category
    • Oceans
    Begin date
    2013-12-09
    End date
    2017-07-20
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    Supplemental Information

    Further information about the datasets is available from: http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/energy-minerals-and-infrastructure/downloads/maps-and-gis-data/. Data sets are updated and reviewed regularly .

    Unique resource identifier
    WGS 1984

    Spatial representation info

    No information provided.
    Distribution format
    Name Version
    Geographic Information System

    1

    OnLine resource
    Protocol Linkage Name

    WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

    https://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/B9O1JejEyuX6qbf

    WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

    Hierarchy level
    Dataset

    Conformance result

    Title

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata

    Date (Publication)
    2010-12-08
    Explanation

    See the referenced specification

    Pass
    No

    Conformance result

    Title

    Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 328, page 83

    Date (Publication)
    2010-12-08
    Explanation

    See the referenced specification

    Pass
    No

    Conformance result

    Title

    Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

    Date (Publication)
    2010-12-08
    Explanation

    See the referenced specification

    Pass
    No
    Statement

    Further information about the datasets is available from: http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/energy-minerals-and-infrastructure/downloads/maps-and-gis-data/. Data sets are updated and reviewed regularly .

    Metadata

    File identifier
    f9f8486e-91ce-405d-92bc-b3a0263f5d76 XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Character set
    UTF8
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2025-05-21T00:00:00
    Metadata standard name

    ISO 19115:2003/19139

    Metadata standard version

    1.0

    Metadata author
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
    British Oceanographic Data Centre

    enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

    Point of contact
     
     

    Overviews

    Spatial extent

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    Keywords

    EMODnet human activity categories

    Wind energy facility location
    GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

    Oceanographic geographical features
    MEDIN data format categories

    Geographic Information System
    SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups

    Construction and structures Energy


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