The Norfolk Offshore Wind Farm Order 2003

Principal powers

Power to construct and maintain works

3.—(1) The undertaker may construct and maintain the scheduled works.

(2) Subject to article 4, the scheduled works shall be constructed in the lines or situations shown on the works plans and in accordance with the levels shown on the sections.

(3) The undertaker may, within the limits of deviation for the scheduled works, carry out, provide and maintain such of the following works and facilities as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in connection with, or in consequence of, the construction, operation or maintenance of the scheduled works, namely—

(a) temporary or permanent landing places, jetties, or moorings or other means of accommodating vessels in the construction, maintenance and operation of the scheduled works;

(b) buoys, beacons, fenders and other navigational warning or ship impact protection works; and

(c) such other works, apparatus (including cables), plant and machinery of whatever description as may be necessary or expedient.

Power to deviate

(4)—(1) In constructing or maintaining any of the scheduled works, the undertaker may—

(a) deviate laterally from the lines or situations shown on the works plans within the limits of deviation and in particular the marine feeder cables may commence by a connection within the limits of deviation with any of the wind turbines, and the inter-turbine cables may connect within the limits of deviation with any of the wind turbines; and

(b) deviate vertically from the levels shown on the sections—

(i) in respect of the top of the wind turbines and subject to paragraph (2), to any extent not exceeding 20 metres downwards;

(ii) in respect of the depth of the piled foundations of the wind turbines into the seabed, to any extent upwards and to any extent not exceeding 40 metres downwards and in respect of the tripod superstructures of the foundations to any extent not exceeding 5 metres upwards and to any extent downwards;

(iii) in respect of the inter-turbine cables to any extent not exceeding 0.2 metres downwards and 0.5 metres upwards; and

(iv) in respect of the marine feeder cables to any extent not exceeding 0.5 metres downwards and 1 metre upwards.

(2) There shall be a minimum distance of 25 metres between the lowest point of the rotating blades of the wind turbines and the level of high water.