Paragraph 6 Detailed offshore design parametersI1
England, Wales and Scotland
Only 1 of Work No. 2BA and Work No. 2BC may be constructed.
The number of HVDC cables within Works No. 2A and 3A must not exceed 2.
The total length of HVDC cables within Works No. 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A must not exceed 420 kilometres.
The number of HVDC cables within Works No. 2B, 2BA, 2BC and 3B must not exceed 2.
The total length of HVDC cables within Works No. 1B, 2B, 2BA, 2BC, 3B and 4B must not exceed 378 kilometres.
The length of HVAC cables comprising Work No. 1A must not exceed 1,270 kilometres, and the length of cables comprising Work No. 1B must not exceed 1,270 kilometres.
The length of HVAC cables comprising Work No. 1A or 1B in Marine Licences 1 and 2 must not exceed 950 kilometres.
The length of HVAC cables comprising Work No. 1A or 1B in Marine Licences 3 and 4 must not exceed 320 kilometres.
The total export cable protection (excluding cable crossings) must not exceed an area of 1.3391 square kilometres within F1Work Nos. 1A, 2A, 2T and 3A and 1.2217 square kilometres within F2Work Nos. 1B, 2B, 2BA, 2BC, 2T and 3B or a volume of 1,302,200 cubic metres within the Project A offshore works and 1,188,090 cubic metres within the Project B offshore works.
No cable protection must be employed within 350 metres seaward of MLWS, measured as a straight line.
The total cable protection for HVAC inter-array cables and HVAC inter-platform cables (excluding cable crossings) must not exceed an area of 1.5554 square kilometres or a volume of 1,190,000 cubic metres within Work No. 1A and must not exceed an area of 1.5554 square kilometres or a volume of 1,190,000 cubic metres within Work No. 1B.
Cable protection must be limited to 10% of the cumulative length of all cables laid between MLWS and the 10-metre depth contour as measured against lowest astronomical tide before the commencement of construction.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(9) substituted (21.11.2025) by The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1264), arts. 1, 6(a)
- F2
Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(9) substituted (21.11.2025) by The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1264), arts. 1, 6(b)
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 11.3.2015, see art. 1