{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogger-bank-creyke-beck-offshore-wind-farm-order-2015/schedule-11/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogger-bank-creyke-beck-offshore-wind-farm-order-2015/schedule-11/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/318",
  "legislation_title": "The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogger-bank-creyke-beck-offshore-wind-farm-order-2015",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Detailed offshore design parameters",
  "text": "(1) The dimensions of any offshore collector platform forming part of the authorised scheme (excluding towers, helicopter landing pads, masts and cranes) must not exceed 75 metres in length, 75 metres in width and 85 metres in height above HAT.\n(2) The dimensions of any offshore converter platform forming part of the authorised scheme (excluding towers, helicopter landing pads, masts and cranes) must not exceed 125 metres in length, 100 metres in width and 105 metres in height above HAT.\n(3) The dimensions of any combined platform forming part of the authorised scheme (excluding towers, helicopter landing pads, masts and cranes) must not exceed the total footprint of the individual platforms incorporated within it.\n(4) Offshore platform foundation structures forming part of the authorised scheme must be 1 of the following foundation options: gravity base or multi-leg.\n(5) No offshore platform foundation structure employing a footing of driven piles forming part of the authorised scheme must—\n(a) have more than 24 driven piles; or\n(b) have a pile diameter of greater than 2.744 metres or employ a hammer energy during installation of greater than 1,900 kilojoules.\n(6) No offshore platform foundation must have a seabed footprint area of subsea scour protection (excluding foundation footprint) of more than 8,742 square metres.\n(7) The foundations for offshore platforms must not exceed the dimensions set out below—\nFoundation type\nOffshore collector platform (multi-leg or gravity base foundation)\nOffshore converter platform (multi-leg or gravity base foundation)\nMaximum seabed footprint area per foundation (excluding scour protection) in square metres\n5,625\n12,500\n(8) Either Work No. 2BA or Work No. 2BC may be constructed (but not both).\n(9) 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 and 3B must not exceed 378 kilometres.\n(10) The total cable protection for HVAC inter-platform cables (excluding cable crossings) must not exceed an area of 0.9997 square kilometres or a volume of 972,150 cubic metres within Work No. 1B.\n(11) The total export cable protection (excluding cable crossings) must not exceed an area of 1.2217 square kilometres or a volume of 1,188,090 cubic metres.\n(12) No cable protection must be employed within 350 metres seaward of MLWS, measured as a straight line.\n(13) 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.\n(14) The length of HVAC cables comprising Work No. 1B must not exceed 320 kilometres.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 11 para. 3 in force at 11.3.2015, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/318/schedule/11/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:47:03.364506+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."
}