The Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026

[^f00002]: Section 74 was amended by sections 128(2) and 237 and paragraph 29 of Schedule 13 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 25 to the Localism Act 2011.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2017/572.

[^f00004]: Section 104(2) was amended by paragraph 49(3) of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and section 58(5) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).

[^f00005]: Section 114 was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).

[^f00006]: Section 120 was amended by section 140 and paragraph 60 of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).

[^f00007]: 1961 c. 33.

[^f00008]: 1965 c. 56.

[^f00009]: 1980 c. 66.

[^f00010]: 1981 c. 66.

[^f00011]: 1984 c. 27.

[^f00012]: 1989 c. 29.

[^f00013]: 1990 c. 8.

[^f00014]: 1991 c. 22. Section 48(3A) was inserted by section 124 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26). Sections 78(4), 80(4) and 83(4) were amended by section 40 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18).

[^f00015]: 2003 c. 21.

[^f00016]: 2004 c. 20. Section 105 was amended by section 69 of the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32).

[^f00017]: 2009 c. 23.

[^f00018]: S.I. 2016/1154.

[^f00019]: S.I. 2017/1012.

[^f00020]: S.I. 2017/572.

[^f00021]: 1995 c. 25.

[^f00022]: “highway” is defined in section 328(1), for “highway authority”, see section 1.

[^f00023]: 2010 c. 29.

[^f00024]: Section 329(1) was amended by paragraph 60(2)(a) of Schedule 1(1) to the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7).

[^f00025]: 1981 c. 67. Section 7 was amended by section 70 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 15 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34). There are other amendments to the 1981 Act which are not relevant to this Order.

[^f00026]: Section 48 was amended by section 124(2) of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26).

[^f00027]: “street authority” is defined in section 49, which was amended by paragraph 117 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7).

[^f00028]: S.I. 1997/1160. Regulation 6 was amended by paragraph 35 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2015/377.

[^f00029]: 2017 c. 20.

[^f00030]: 1991 c. 57.

[^f00031]: 1991 c. 59.

[^f00032]: 1932 c. 86.

[^f00033]: S.I. 2024/680

[^f00034]: 1990 c. 43. Section 82 was amended by section 107 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 17 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), section 5 of the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 (c. 40), and section 103 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16) and section 79 was amended by sections 101 and 102 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), and by section 120 and paragraph 89 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 2005. There are other amendments to this Act which are not relevant to the Order.

[^f00035]: 1974 c. 40. Section 61 was amended by Schedule 7 to the Building Act 1984 (c. 55), paragraph 15 of Schedule 15 to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) and Schedule 24 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25). There are other amendments to the 1974 Act which are not relevant to the Order.

[^f00036]: “apparatus” is defined in section 89(3) and section 105(1).

[^f00037]: Sections 55, 57, 60, 68 and 69 were amended by the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18).

[^f00038]: 2004 c. 18.

[^f00039]: 1991 c. 56. Section 106 was amended by sections 43(2) and 35(8)(a) of, and paragraph 1 to Schedule 2 to the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992 (c. 43) and sections 99(2), (4), (5)(a), (5)(b), (5)(c) and 36(2) and 99 of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37) and section 32 of, and paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 3 to, the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29).

[^f00040]: 1991 c. 57.

[^f00041]: Section 4 was amended by sections 184 and 185 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 18 to, the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

[^f00042]: Section 8 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 17 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) and paragraph 62 of Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order (S.I. 2009/1307).

[^f00043]: Section 11(1) was amended by sections 186 to 188 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) and paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provision) Measure 2006 (No. 1).

[^f00044]: Section 138 was amended by section 23 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27) and paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Communications Act 2003 and the Digital Economy Act 2019 (Consequential Amendments to Primary Legislation) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1285).

[^f00045]: Section 5B was inserted by section 202 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) and amended by section 185 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55).

[^f00046]: Section 6 was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 15 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) and section 4 of, and paragraph 52 to Schedule 2 to the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11).

[^f00047]: Schedule A1 was inserted by section 216 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 18 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

[^f00048]: Section 4A was inserted by section 202 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) and was amended by section 185 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55).

[^f00049]: Schedule 2A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 17 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

[^f00050]: Section 153(4A) was inserted by section 200 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

[^f00051]: Section 13 was amended by Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15).

[^f00052]: c. 32.

[^f00053]: c. 23.

[^f00054]: 1812 c. cv.

[^f00055]: 1827 c. lxxix.

[^f00056]: 1842 c. 60.

[^f00057]: 1842 c. lv.

[^f00058]: 1880 c. cliii.

[^f00059]: 1881 c. cxii.

[^f00060]: 1935 c. cvi.

[^f00061]: 1989 No. 2036.

[^f00062]: 1765 c. 86.

[^f00063]: 1770 c. 41.

[^f00064]: 1846 c. ccxcvii.

[^f00065]: 1849 c. lix.

[^f00066]: 1880 c. cli.

[^f00067]: 1925 c. lxxi.

[^f00068]: Section 105(2) was substituted by section 69(3) of the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32).

[^f00069]: “Crown land” is defined in section 227 of the 2008 Act.

[^f00070]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00071]: S.I. 2016/765.

[^f00072]: 2000 c. 38.

[^f00073]: 1973 c. 26.

[^f00074]: Section 11A was inserted by section 186(3) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

[^f00075]: Section 11B was inserted by section 187 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

[^f00076]: Section 12 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 16 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

[^f00077]: Section 13 was amended by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15).

[^f00078]: Section 20 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 15 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34) and paragraph 70 of Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order (S.I. 2009/1307).

[^f00079]: 2004 c. 20.

[^f00080]: 2008 c. 29.

[^f00081]: 2009c. 23.

[^f00082]: S.I. 2017/1013.

[^f00083]: Section 108 was amended by section 69 of the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32).

[^f00084]: 2004 c. 20.

[^f00085]: 2008 c. 29.

[^f00086]: 2009 c. 23.

[^f00087]: S.I. 2017/13.

[^f00088]: 1986 c. 44.

[^f00089]: Section 51A was amended by the Water Act 2014 (c. 21) and the Water Act 2003 (c. 37).

[^f00090]: Section 102(4) was amended by paragraph 90 of Schedule 7 to the Water Act 2015 (c. 21).

[^f00091]: Section 104 was amended by the Water Act 2014 (c. 21), the Flood and Water Management Act 2012 (c. 29), and the Water Act 2003 (c. 37).

[^f00092]: Section 106 was amended by the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30).

[^f00093]: S.I. 2016/1154.

[^f00094]: S.I. 2025/564. This Order was corrected by S.I. 2024/1338.

[^f00095]: 1996 c. 23.

[^f00096]: S.I. 2012/2920. Regulation 16(1)(b) was amended by S.I. 2023/1197.

[^f00097]: 1971 c. 80.