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Paragraph 7 Further offshore design requirementsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

No monopile foundation forming part of the authorised development shall—

(a)

in the case of a steel monopile foundation have a diameter of more than F1... 8.5 metres; and

(b)

in the case of a concrete monopile foundation have a diameter of more than F2... 10.5 metres.

(2)

No gravity base foundation forming part of the authorised development shall have—

(a)

F3... a diameter at the level of the seabed of more than 45 metres;

(b)

a base height, where there is a flat base, of more than 7 metres above the level of the seabed;

(c)

a cone/column intersect which is higher than 32 metres above the top of the base;

(d)

a cone diameter of more than 45 metres at its base;

(e)

a column diameter, where there is a flat or conical base, of more than 10 metres.

(3)

No jacket foundation forming part of the authorised development shall have—

(a)

for use with wind turbine generators a width spacing between each leg at the level of the seabed of more than 30 metres and more than 4 legs;

(b)

a pile diameter of more than 3 metres;

(c)

more than one pile per leg or more than one suction can per leg;

F4(d)

for use with collector substations more than 8 legs;

(e)

a suction can which is more than 14 metres in diameter.

(4)

No suction bucket monopod foundation forming part of the authorised development shall have—

(a)

a diameter at the level of the seabed of more than 25 metres;

(b)

a column diameter of more than 10.5 metres.

(5)

No tripod foundation forming part of the authorised development shall have—

(a)

more than three legs;

(b)

a brace diameter of more than 5.5 metres;

(c)

a pile diameter of more than 3 metres;

(d)

more than one pile per leg;

(e)

a column diameter of more than 8 metres;

(f)

a suction can which is more than 14 metres in diameter.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(1)(a) omitted (6.8.2018) by virtue of The Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/929), arts. 1, 6(5)

F2

Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(1)(b) omitted (6.8.2018) by virtue of The Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/929), arts. 1, 6(6)

F3

Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(a) omitted (6.8.2018) by virtue of The Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/929), arts. 1, 6(7)

F4

Sch. 1 para. 7(3)(d) substituted (6.8.2018) by The Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/929), arts. 1, 6(8)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 7 in force at 12.7.2013, see art. 1