Farndale Square - Application for Sofia Offshore

MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009

APPLICATION FOR SOFIA OFFSHORE

WIND FARM INTERARRAY CABLE AND SEABED STABILISATION ROCK DEPOSITS

Notice is hereby given that Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Limited (RWE), Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, SN5 6PB has applied to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Part 4, for a marine licence to undertake the deposit of rock and/or concrete mattresses. The deposits are required to stabilise the seabed for jack-up vessel operations and to protect repairs to array cables where reburial of a repaired cable section is not technically feasible during the Operation and Maintenance phase of the wind farm.Copies of the application and associated information may be viewed online in the MMO Public Register at: www.gov.uk/ check-marine-licenceregister Representations in respect of the application should ordinarily be made by:

- Visiting the MMO Public Register (www.gov.uk/ check-marine-licenceregister) and accessing the Public Representation section of case reference MLA/2026/00244.

However, we will also accept representations via the following formats:

- By email to marine.consents@marinemanagement.org.uk; or alternatively

- By letter addressed to Marine Management Organisation, Tyneside House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7ARIn all cases, correspondence must:

- Be received within 28 days of the date of the first notice (25th October);

- Quote the case reference; and

- Include an address to which correspondence relating to the representation or objection may be sent. The Marine Management Organisation will pass to the applicant a copy of any objection or representation we receive.