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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-10/paragraph-3",
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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/10/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Such activities are authorised in relation to the construction, maintenance and operation of—\nWork No. 1—\n(a) an offshore wind turbine generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of over 100 megawatts comprising up to 100 wind turbine generators each fixed to the seabed by either monopile, gravity base structure, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations fitted with rotating blades and situated within the area shown on the works plans and further comprising (b) below; and\n(b) a network of subsea array cables between the wind turbine generators and between the wind turbine generators and the offshore transformer substations forming part of Work No. 3 including one or more cable crossings;\nWork No. 2— up to one offshore accommodation platform fixed to the seabed by either monopile, gravity base structure, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations (which may alternatively be constructed under licence 2 (transmission));\nWork No. 4— a network of interlink cables between the offshore transformer substations comprised within Work No. 3 and between the offshore transformer substations comprised within Work No. 3 and the offshore accommodation platform comprised within Work No. 2, for the transmission of electricity and electronic communications, including one or more cable crossings (which may alternatively be constructed under licence 2 (transmission), in whole or in part);\nWork No. 8— a temporary work area associated with Work Nos. 1, 2 and 4 for vessels to carry out anchoring and positioning, and for the wet storage of construction materials;\nIn connection with such Work Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 8 and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such work, further associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) (development for which development consent may be granted) of the 2008 Act comprising such other works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the relevant part of the authorised scheme and which fall within the scope of the work assessed by the environmental statement and the provisions of this licence including—\n(a) scour protection around the foundations of the offshore structures;\n(b) cable protection measures such as but not limited to the placement of rock, split pipe system, and/or mattresses;\n(c) cable crossings;\n(d) dredging;\n(e) the removal of material from the seabed required for the construction of Work Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 8 and the disposal of inert material of natural origin and dredged material within the Order limits produced during construction drilling, seabed preparation for foundation works and cable installation preparation works (such as sandwave clearance and boulder clearance); and\n(f) removal of static fishing equipment.\nIn connection with such Work Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 8, ancillary works within the Order limits which have been subject to an environmental impact assessment recorded in the environmental statement comprising—\n(a) temporary landing places, moorings or other means of accommodating or anchoring vessels in the construction and/or maintenance of the authorised scheme;\n(b) marking buoys, beacons, fenders and other navigational warning or ship impact protection works; and\n(c) buoys such as wave buoys and LiDAR buoys used for measurement purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/138/schedule/10/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}