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Paragraph 2 Detailed offshore design parametersI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Subject to paragraph (3), wind turbine generators forming part of the authorised project must not—

(a)

exceed a height of F1282 metres when measured from LAT to the tip of the vertical blade;

(b)

exceed a height of 150.6 metres to the height of the centreline of the generator shaft forming part of the hub when measured from LAT;

(c)

exceed a rotor diameter of F2250 metres;

(d)

be less than 675 metres from the nearest wind turbine generator in either direction perpendicular to the approximate prevailing wind direction (crosswind) or be less than 900 metres from the nearest wind turbine generator in either direction which is in line with the approximate prevailing wind direction (downwind);

(e)

have a draught height of less than F324 metres from MHWS.

F4(2)

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(3)

References to the location of a wind turbine generator in paragraph (1) F5... above are references to the centre point of that turbine.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 2(1)(a) substituted (1.10.2022) by The East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1015), arts. 1, 4(a)

F2

Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 2(1)(c) substituted (1.10.2022) by The East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1015), arts. 1, 4(b)

F3

Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 2(1)(e) substituted (16.4.2021) by The East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/471), arts. 1, 6(c)

F4

Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 2(2) omitted (16.4.2021) by The East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/471), arts. 1, 6(d)

F5

Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 2(3) omitted (16.4.2021) by The East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/471), arts. 1, 6(e)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 2 in force at 29.8.2017, see art. 1