{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/article-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/article-35.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/138",
  "legislation_title": "The Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026",
  "path": "article/35",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and article 36 (trees subject to tree preservation orders), the undertaker may fell or lop or cut back the roots of any tree or shrub within or overhanging land within the Order limits if it reasonably believes it to be necessary to do so to prevent the tree or shrub from obstructing or interfering with the onshore preparation works, or the construction, maintenance, operation or decommissioning of the authorised project or any apparatus used in connection with the authorised project.\n(2) In carrying out any activity authorised by paragraph (1), the undertaker must do no unnecessary damage to any tree or shrub and must pay compensation to any person for any loss or damage arising from such activity.\n(3) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (2), or as to the amount of compensation, must be determined under Part 1 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.\n(4) The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project—\n(a) subject to paragraph (2) above, remove any hedgerows within the Order limits and specified in Schedule 17, Part 1 (removal of hedgerows) that may be required for the purposes of carrying out the authorised project; and\n(b) remove the important hedgerows as are within the Order limits and specified in Schedule 17, Part 2 (removal of important hedgerows).\n(5) In this article “hedgerow” and “important hedgerow” have the same meaning as in the Hedgerows Regulations 1997.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/138/article/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:07.056087+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."
}