East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm

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.

13 April 2023

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.

17 November 2022

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.

03 October 2022

The Applicant’s response (PDF, 1MB) to the Secretary of State’s request for information (PDF, 119KB) has been published.

30 September 2022
22 September 2022
31 August 2022

The Applicant’s response  (PDF, 102KB) to the Secretary of State’s letter requesting information from the Applicant, (PDF, 46KB) has been published.

18 August 2022

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).

02 August 2022

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.

14 June 2022

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.

27 October 2021

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.

19 August 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.

15 April 2021
02 October 2020

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.

21 July 2020

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.

07 August 2017
Decision made by the Secretary of State
07 August 2017

A letter from BEIS confirming new Decision Deadline of 8 August 2017 has been published.

26 June 2017
Recommendations given by the Planning Inspectorate
28 March 2017
29 December 2016
Examination ends

28 December 2016

Documents received for Deadline 8 have been published.

19 December 2016
09 December 2016

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.

17 November 2016
09 November 2016

The Examining Authority has issued a Rule 17 request for further information.

28 October 2016
18 October 2016

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.

13 October 2016

Documents received for Deadline 5 have been published.

07 October 2016

Documents received for Deadline 4 have been published.

16 September 2016

The audio recordings from the Environmental and DCO Issue-Specific hearings have now been published.

13 September 2016

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.

07 September 2016

Documents received for Deadline 3 have been published.

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12 August 2016

A letter notifying of hearings in September has been published.

04 August 2016

Documents received for Deadline 2 have been published

29 July 2016

Documents received for Deadline 1 have been published.

20 July 2016

Read the letter

The Examination Timetable (Rule 8 letter) has been sent to Interested Parties

Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting

06 July 2016
Preliminary Meeting takes place
28 June 2016

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.

24 May 2016
Relevant representations published on the website
03 May 2016
Registration of interested parties closes
22 April 2016
Registration of interested parties begins
03 March 2016
Read the letter

The application has been accepted for examination

15 December 2015
Decision on whether or not to accept the application for examination
15 December 2015
Application received by the Planning Inspectorate
18 November 2015

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.

13 August 2013