{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/triton-knoll-offshore-wind-farm-order-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/triton-knoll-offshore-wind-farm-order-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1734",
  "legislation_title": "The Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/triton-knoll-offshore-wind-farm-order-2013",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Further offshore design requirements",
  "text": "(1) No steel monopile foundation forming part of the authorised scheme shall—\n(a) in the case of a steel monopile foundation have a diameter of more than 7 metres for use with meteorological stations and for use in all other instances a diameter of more than 8.5 metres; and\n(b) in the case of a concrete monopile foundation have a diameter of more than 8.5 metres for use with meteorological stations and for use in all other instances a diameter of more than 10.5 metres.\n(2) No gravity base foundation forming part of the authorised scheme shall have—\n(a) for use with large HVDC substations or combined substations a length at the level of the seabed of more than 100 metres, a width of 15 metres or a height of more than 15 metres; or for use in all other instances, a diameter at the level of the seabed of more than 45 metres;\n(b) a base height, where there is a flat base, of more than 7 metres above the level of the seabed;\n(c) a cone/column intersect which is higher than 32 metres above the top of the base;\n(d) a cone diameter of more than 45 metres at its base;\n(e) a column diameter, where there is a flat or conical base, of more than 10 metres.\n(3) No jacket foundation forming part of the authorised scheme shall have—\n(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;\n(b) a pile diameter of more than 3 metres;\n(c) more than one pile per leg or more than one suction can per leg;\n(d) for use with offshore substations, combined substations or large HVDC substations more than 8 legs; and for use with combined substations more than 16 legs;\n(e) a suction can which is more than 14 metres in diameter.\n(4) No suction bucket monopod foundation forming part of the authorised scheme shall have—\n(a) a diameter at the level of the seabed of more than 25 metres;\n(b) a column diameter of more than 10.5 metres.\n(5) No tripod foundation forming part of the authorised development shall have—\n(a) more than three legs;\n(b) a brace diameter of more than 5.5 metres;\n(c) a pile diameter of more than 3 metres;\n(d) more than one pile per leg;\n(e) a column diameter of more than 8 metres;\n(f) a suction can which is more than 14 metres in diameter.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 12.7.2013, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1734/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:48:05.771191+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."
}