Paragraph 7 Further offshore design requirementsI1
England, Wales and Scotland
No gravity base foundation forming part of the authorised development shall have—
F3... a diameter at the level of the seabed of more than 45 metres;
a base height, where there is a flat base, of more than 7 metres above the level of the seabed;
a cone/column intersect which is higher than 32 metres above the top of the base;
a cone diameter of more than 45 metres at its base;
a column diameter, where there is a flat or conical base, of more than 10 metres.
No jacket foundation forming part of the authorised development shall have—
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;
a pile diameter of more than 3 metres;
more than one pile per leg or more than one suction can per leg;
for use with collector substations more than 8 legs;
a suction can which is more than 14 metres in diameter.
No suction bucket monopod foundation forming part of the authorised development shall have—
a diameter at the level of the seabed of more than 25 metres;
a column diameter of more than 10.5 metres.
No tripod foundation forming part of the authorised development shall have—
more than three legs;
a brace diameter of more than 5.5 metres;
a pile diameter of more than 3 metres;
more than one pile per leg;
a column diameter of more than 8 metres;
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