{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burbo-bank-extension-offshore-wind-farm-order-2014/schedule-2/part-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burbo-bank-extension-offshore-wind-farm-order-2014/schedule-2/part-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2594",
  "legislation_title": "The Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burbo-bank-extension-offshore-wind-farm-order-2014",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Design parameters",
  "text": "(1) Each steel monopile foundation forming part of the authorised scheme (excluding scour protection) must not have a diameter greater than 8 metres.\n(2) Each gravity base foundation forming part of the authorised scheme (excluding scour protection) must not have—\n(a) a diameter at the level of the seabed which is greater than 35 metres;\n(b) a base height which is greater than 6 metres above the level of the seabed;\n(c) a column diameter of greater than 9 metres.\n(3) Each jacket foundation forming part of the authorised scheme (excluding scour protection) must not have—\n(a) a width spacing between each leg at the level of the seabed which is greater than 35 metres;\n(b) a leg diameter which is greater than 3 metres;\n(c) a width spacing between each leg at MHWS which is greater than 35 metres;\n(d) a pile sleeve height which is greater than 18 metres above the level of the seabed;\n(e) a pile diameter which is more than 3 metres;\n(f) more than one pile per leg; and\n(g) more than four legs.\n(4) The total amount of scour protection for the WTGs forming part of the authorised scheme must not exceed 1,552,500 metres3.\n(5) To reduce potential impacts on adult salmon migration—\n(a) no more than 69 steel monopile foundations with a pile diameter of 6 metres or less (excluding scour protection) shall be installed as part of the authorised scheme;\n(b) no more than 65 steel monopile foundations with a pile diameter between 6 metres and 6.5 metres (excluding scour protection) shall be installed as part of the authorised scheme;\n(c) no more than 55 steel monopile foundations with a pile diameter between 6.5 metres and 7.5 metres (excluding scour protection) shall be installed as part of the authorised scheme;\n(d) no more than 45 steel monopile foundations with a pile diameter between 7.5 metres and 8 metres (excluding scour protection) shall be installed as part of the authorised scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2594/schedule/2/part/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:18.957445+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}