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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-18/paragraph-135",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-18/paragraph-135.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": "schedule/18/paragraph/135",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "135",
  "heading": "Restriction on authorised development",
  "text": "(1) Prior to the completion of the Malory works—\n(a) no foundation (excluding scour protection) of any wind turbine generator, offshore accommodation platform or offshore transformer substation or any permanent ancillary works shall be erected in the Malory marine corridor;\n(b) no cable protection shall exceed 5% of navigable depth referenced to Chart Datum in the Malory marine corridor, unless otherwise approved by the MMO under condition 13(1)(d)(ii)(bb) of the deemed marine licences set out in Schedule 10 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – generation assets) and Schedule 11 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – offshore transmission assets); and\n(c) no part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the aviation corridor or the Malory WTG exclusion zone,\nunless otherwise agreed in writing between the owner and the undertaker.\n(2) Prior to completion of the Galahad works—\n(a) no foundation (excluding scour protection) of any wind turbine generator, offshore accommodation platform or offshore transformer substation or any permanent ancillary works shall be erected in the Galahad marine corridor;\n(b) no cable protection shall exceed 5% of navigable depth referenced to Chart Datum in the Galahad marine corridor, unless otherwise approved by the MMO under condition 13(1)(d)(ii)(bb) of the deemed marine licences set out in Schedule 10 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – generation assets) and Schedule 11 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – offshore transmission assets); and\n(c) no part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the Galahad WTG exclusion zone,\nunless otherwise agreed in writing between the owner and the undertaker.\n(3) Prior to completion of the Pickerill works—\n(a) no foundation (excluding scour protection) of any wind turbine generator, offshore accommodation platform or offshore transformer substation or any permanent ancillary works shall be erected in the Pickerill marine corridor; and\n(b) no cable protection shall exceed 5% of navigable depth referenced to Chart Datum in the Pickerill marine corridor, unless otherwise approved by the MMO under condition 13(1)(d)(ii)(bb) of the deemed marine licences set out in Schedule 10 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – generation assets) and Schedule 11 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – offshore transmission assets),\nunless otherwise agreed in writing between the owner and the undertaker.\n(4) Until such time as the transmitter or receiver of microwave links forming part of the communications systems permanently ceases to transmit or receive microwave links within the West Sole C to Malory communications corridor—\n(a) no tower forming part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the West Sole C to Malory communications corridor, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the owner and the undertaker; and\n(b) no blades forming part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the in the West Sole C to Malory communications corridor until the owner has approved the details to be submitted under paragraph 4.\n(5) Until such time as the transmitter or receiver of microwave links forming part of the communications systems permanently ceases to transmit or receive microwave links within the West Sole A to Lancelot communications line, and the Lancelot to Waveney communications line—\n(a) no tower forming part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the West Sole A to Lancelot communications corridor, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the owner and the undertaker; and\n(b) no blades forming part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the in the West Sole A to Lancelot communications corridor until the owner has approved the details to be submitted under paragraph 4.\n(6) Until such time as the transmitter or receiver of microwave links forming part of the communications systems permanently ceases to transmit or receive microwave links within the West Sole A to Excalibur communications corridor and the Excalibur to Lancelot communications line—\n(a) no tower forming part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the West Sole A to Excalibur communications corridor, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the owner and the undertaker; and\n(b) no blades forming part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the in the West Sole A to Excalibur communications corridor until the owner has approved the details to be submitted under paragraph 4.\n(7) Until such time as the transmitter or receiver of microwave links forming part of the communications systems permanently ceases to transmit or receive microwave links within the West Sole A to Malory communications corridor—\n(a) no tower forming part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the West Sole A to Malory communications corridor, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the owner and the undertaker; and\n(b) no blades forming part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the in the West Sole A to Malory communications corridor until the owner has approved the details to be submitted under paragraph 4.\n(8) Until such time as the transmitter or receiver of microwave links forming part of the communications systems permanently ceases to transmit or receive microwave links within the Malory to Excalibur communications corridor—\n(a) no tower forming part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the Malory to Excalibur communications corridor, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the owner and the undertaker; and\n(b) no blades forming part of any wind turbine generator shall be erected in the in the Malory to Excalibur communications corridor until the owner has approved the details to be submitted under paragraph 4.\n(9) Until such time as the transmitter or receiver of microwave links forming part of the communications systems permanently ceases to transmit or receive microwave links within the West Sole C to Malory communications corridor, the West Sole A to Lancelot communications corridor, the West Sole A to Excalibur communications corridor, the West Sole A to Malory communications corridor or the Malory to Excalibur communications corridor, if any blades forming part of any wind turbine generator prevents the transmission and reception of microwave links within the relevant communication corridor to substantially the same level of performance, reliability and redundancy as existed before the erection of such blades forming part of any wind turbine generator—\n(a) the owner shall notify the undertaker of such interference and provide the undertaker with evidence demonstrating that the transmission and reception of microwave links within the relevant communication corridor is not operating at substantially the same level of performance, reliability and redundancy as existed before the erection of such blades forming part of any wind turbine generator;\n(b) the undertaker shall procure as soon as is reasonably practicable that such blades will be locked in a position that they do not have any part within the relevant communications corridor until such interference is remediated to the reasonable satisfaction of the owner, provided that, without prejudice to paragraph 3(9)(c), the owner shall, as soon as reasonably practicable upon discovering such interference, use reasonable endeavours to explore opportunities to maintain the transmission and reception between the relevant platforms of microwave links with a substantially similar level of performance, reliability and redundancy to the microwave link affected by temporarily utilising another available and existing communications line and, after identifying and successfully testing such option, the owner shall notify the undertaker that such blades do not require to be locked in a position that they do not have any part within the relevant communications corridor; and\n(c) the owner and undertaker shall seek to agree and implement, at the undertaker’s cost, a technical solution to ensure substantially the same level of performance, reliability and redundancy of transmission and reception of microwave links between the relevant platforms as existed before the erection of such blades forming part of any wind turbine generator, which may include the use of another available communications line permanently.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/138/schedule/18/paragraph/135",
    "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."
}