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Paragraph 3 Design parameters for wind turbinesI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

No wind turbine generator forming part of the authorised development shall—

(a)

exceed a height of 195 metres when measured from LAT to the tip of the vertical blade;

(b)

exceed a height of 120 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 164 metres, or have a rotor diameter of less than 107 metres;

(d)

be less than 642 metres from the nearest WTG in either direction perpendicular to the approximate prevailing wind direction or be less than 856 metres from the nearest WTG in either direction which is in line with the approximate prevailing wind direction;

(e)

have a distance of less than 22 metres between the lowest point of the rotating blade of the wind turbine and MHWS.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1), references to the location of a wind turbine generator are references to the centre point of that turbine.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 3 in force at 15.6.2013, see art. 1