What happens next
A decision on the application for a Development Consent Order for East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm was taken on 07 August 2017 and has now been issued.
The period for legal challenge is defined in s118 of the Planning Act 2008. Further information about legal challenge can be found in the letter sent to all Interested Parties accompanying the Secretary of State’s decision and statement of reasons.
If you have any queries about the process please email the Planning Inspectorate at [email protected] or telephone the helpline on 0303 444 5000.
Timeline (50 items)
Five years after the Secretary of State’s decision is issued, all remaining published documents associated with an application are removed from the National Infrastructure Planning website, with the exception of the following which are retained in line with our document retention policy:
- The Secretary of State’s decision notice and statement of reasons;
- If made, the Development Consent Order;
- The Examining Authority’s Recommendation Report and associated appendices;
- Any material/non-material change decisions;
- Any correction notices; and
- All section 51 advice issued in respect of an application.
As such, the purpose of this banner is to highlight that we will shortly remove all documents, except those listed above.
An Amendment Order has been issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (PDF, 140KB) that amends the East Anglia Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2017.
A Decision Letter (PDF, 238KB) and Amendment Order (PDF, 81KB) have been issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to make a change that is not material to the East Anglia Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2017.
The Applicant’s response (PDF, 1MB) to the Secretary of State’s request for information (PDF, 119KB) has been published.
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s response (PDF, 105KB) to the Secretary of State’s request for information (PDF, 119KB) has been published.
The Secretary of State has issued a letter requesting information from the Applicant and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (PDF,119KB).
The Applicant’s response (PDF, 102KB) to the Secretary of State’s letter requesting information from the Applicant, (PDF, 46KB) has been published.
The Secretary of State has issued a letter requesting information from the Applicant, (PDF, 46KB) in relation to the consultation response from the Ministry of Defence (PDF, 132KB).
A late consultation response from National Air Traffic Services (NATs) (PDF, 102 KB) and subsequent correspondence from the Applicant in relation to the application for a non-material change to the East Anglia Three Offshore Windfarm Development Consent Order has been published.
Representations received in response to the application for a non-material change to the East Anglia Three Offshore Windfarm Development Consent Order have been published.
An application for a non-material change to the East Anglia Three Offshore Wind Farm Development Consent Order has been made by East Anglia Three Limited.
If you wish to make a representation, this should be emailed to [email protected] or posted to:
National Infrastructure The Planning Inspectorate
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Bristol
BS1 6PN
The deadline for receipt of representations is 22 October 2021.
A Decision Letter (PDF, 159KB) and Order (PDF, 92KB) have been issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) regarding an application made on 21 July 2020 by East Anglia Three Limited to make a change that is not material to the East Anglia Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2017.
An application for a non-material change to East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm has been made by ScottishPower Renewables.
If you wish to make a representation, this should be emailed to [email protected] or posted to:
National Infrastructure
The Planning Inspectorate
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Bristol, BS1 6PN
The deadline for receipt of representations is 30 September 2020.
A Decision Letter from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) regarding a Non Material Change for East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm has been published.
The Secretary of State has granted development consent for this application. For further information, please refer to the Secretary of State’s decision letter, the development consent order and the Planning Inspectorate’s recommendation to the Secretary of State.
A letter from BEIS confirming new Decision Deadline of 8 August 2017 has been published.
The Examining Authority has issued a Rule 17 and a draft Development Consent Order for consultation
The Report on the Implications for European sites (RIES) has also been published.
Action points and Audio files from the Issue Specific Hearings and Compulsory Acquisition Hearing on 25 and 26 October 2016 have been published.
Please note that agendas for the Issue Specific Hearings taking place on Tuesday 25 October and Wednesday 26 October 2016 will be published on our website on Tuesday 18 October.
The Examining Authority has issued a letter notifying of hearings on 25 and 26 October and published their Second Written Questions.
An Additional document in response to the Other Environmental Information has now been published.
The audio recordings from the Environmental and DCO Issue-Specific hearings have now been published.
The Examining Authority have issued a Rule 17 Letter relating to the applicant’s other environmental information submission.
Action Points from the Environmental Issue Specific Hearing Wednesday 7 September have now been published.
Action Points from the DCO Issue Specific Hearing Thursday 8 September have now been published.
The Itinerary for the Accompanied Site Inspection Tuesday 6 September, and the Agenda for the Environmental and DCO Hearings Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 September have now been published.
The Examination Timetable (Rule 8 letter) has been sent to Interested Parties
Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting
The notification of Preliminary Meeting (Rule 6 letter) has been sent Read the letter
The letter also includes the draft Examination Timetable and Initial Assessment of Principal Issues.
A new voluntary evidence plan process, which is the responsibility of the Major Infrastructure and Environment Unit (MIEU) which sits within Defra, seeks to address Habitats Directive issues in development consent order applications. This is the first evidence plan to be published. It is for both the East Anglia THREE and East Anglia FOUR offshore wind farms.
