This Order grants development consent for, and authorises E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Rampion Offshore Wind Limited to construct, operate and maintain a generating station on the bed of the English Channel approximately 13 km from the Sussex coast, together with all necessary and associated development. For the purposes of the development that it authorises, E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Rampion Offshore Wind Limited is authorised by the Order compulsorily or by agreement to purchase land and rights in land to use land, as well as to override easements and other rights. The Order also provides a defence in proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance and to discharge water. The Order imposes requirements in connection with the development for which it grants development consent.