Representation by The Crown Estate (The Crown Estate)
- Date submitted
- 7 February 2020
- Submitted by
- Other statutory consultees
The Crown Estate manages property and rights which are owned by Her Majesty in right of the Crown. This portfolio includes around half of the foreshore and almost the entire seabed out to 12 nautical miles around the UK (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Under the Energy Act 2004 and the Energy Act 2008, The Crown Estate also manages the rights over the continental shelf to offshore energy generation and the rights to carbon dioxide and natural gas storage and transportation (respectively). The Crown Estate requests to be registered as an Interested Party in the examination of the Aquind Interconnector. Our interest in the project is that Aquind Limited holds an Option Agreement from The Crown Estate for the area of seabed to be occupied by the project that lies within English territorial waters (i.e. within 12 nautical miles), and (subject to obtaining the necessary development consents) The Crown Estate will issue a lease to Aquind Limited for construction of the project. We therefore wish to follow the progress of examination of the project.