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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
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  "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": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Detailed offshore design parameters",
  "text": "(1) In respect of the offshore export cables comprised within Work No. 5, the number of cable circuits must not exceed four.\n(2) The cable circuits comprising Work No. 1(b) must not—\n(a) exceed 377.42 kilometres in length; and\n(b) be subject to cable protection with an area greater than 1,270,357 square metres.\n(3) The cable circuits comprising Work No. 4 must not—\n(a) exceed 123.75 kilometres in length; and\n(b) be subject to cable protection with an area greater than 406,438 square metres.\n(4) The cable circuits comprising Work No. 5 must not—\n(a) exceed 440 kilometres in length; and\n(b) be subject to cable protection with an area greater than 1,524,870 square metres.\n(5) The total number of cable crossings must not exceed—\n(a) 30, in respect of the array cables comprised within Work No. 1(b);\n(b) 16, in respect of the interlink cables comprised within Work No. 4; and\n(c) 38, in respect of the offshore export cables comprised within Work No. 5,\nunless otherwise agreed with the MMO.\n(6) The total volume of cable protection must not exceed 3,071,307 cubic metres with a maximum footprint of 3,201,655 square metres.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/138/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
    "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."
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