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Paragraph 7 I1

(1)

In relation to a WTG, each gravity base foundation must not have—

(a)

a diameter at the level of the seabed which is more than 50 metres;

(b)

a base height, where there is a flat base and a cylindrical shaft, which is more than 10 metres above the level of the seabed;

(c)

a column diameter, where there is a flat or conical base, of more than 7.5 metres at LAT.

(2)

In relation to a WTG, each suction caisson foundation must not have—

(a)

a diameter at the level of the seabed which is more than 25 metres;

(b)

a base height where there is a flat base, which is more than 5 metres above the level of the seabed;

(c)

a column diameter which is more than 7.5 metres at LAT.

(3)

In relation to a WTG, each jacket foundation must not have—

(a)

a width spacing between its legs at the level of the seabed which is more than 35 metres;

(b)

a pile diameter which is more than 2.5 metres in the case of pin piles or a suction bucket diameter of more than 5 metres;

(c)

more than one pile per leg or more than one suction bucket per leg;

(d)

more than four legs.

(4)

In relation to a meteorological mast, each monopile foundation must not have a diameter greater than 6.5 metres.

(5)

The total number of WTGs with gravity base foundations must not exceed 240 F1for the HVDC option and 102 for the HVAC option.

(6)

The total amount of scour protection for the WTGs, HVDC offshore converter stations and HVAC offshore collector stations forming part of the authorised development must not exceed 3.529 kilometres2.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 7(5) inserted (25.9.2021) by The East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1086), arts. 1, 5(e)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 7 in force at 7.7.2014, see art. 1