Mona Offshore Wind Farm

What happens next

Dates for the Examination can be viewed on the Examination Timetable page.

Notice of the Procedural Decision has been issued by the Examining Authority to Interested Parties in the Rule 8 letter; this includes information about how the Examination will be conducted and the Examination Timetable as currently set out.

16/01/2025 - Deadline for close of examination. See the Examination Timetable for further information.

If you have a legal interest in land affected by a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project and:

  • have not been identified by the Applicant; and
  • did not register to become an Interested Party;

then you can make a request to the Examining Authority to become an Interested Party under s102A of the Planning Act 2008.

Timeline (24 items)

Read the letter

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

Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting

23 July 2024

The Examining Authority (ExA) has published its Action Points arising from Issue Specific Hearing 1 (ISH1) (Scope of the Development) (PDF, 121KB) and Issue Specific Hearing 2 (ISH2) (Onshore and Offshore Environmental Matters and dDCO) (PDF, 169KB)

Recordings of the Preliminary Meeting, ISH1, ISH2 and OFH that took place week commencing 15 July 2024 have been published.

The Examination Library (PDF, 426KB) has been updated.

19 July 2024
Examination begins
16 July 2024

Instructions have been sent to those who have registered to participate in the Preliminary Meeting (PM), Issue Specific Hearing 1 (ISH1), Issue Specific Hearing 2 (ISH2) and Open Floor Hearing 1 (OFH1).

Anyone who wishes to observe the events in real time should use the following links:

To watch without simultaneous translation: https://cvslivestream.co.uk/mona/

To watch with simultaneous translation from Welsh to English: https://cvslivestream.co.uk/mona-english/

The above links will remain the same for all events relating to this project during the week commencing 15 July 2024.

Please note that the events will start broadcasting live when opened by the Examining Authority. If the Livestream does not initially work, it may be resolved by refreshing the webpage.

12 July 2024

The ExA has exercised its discretion to accept the following Additional Submission:

The Examination Library (PDF, 418KB) has been updated.

11 July 2024

The Examining Authority (ExA) carried out an Unaccompanied Site Inspection on 18, 19 and 20 June 2024 (PDF, 164 KB). The note has now been published.

The ExA has exercised its discretion to accept the following Additional Submission:

The Examination Library (PDF, 422 KB) has been updated.

08 July 2024

The Examining Authority has exercised its discretion to accept Additional Submissions from:

We have recently been informed that a Procedural Deadline submission from Natural England (PDF, 277 KB) was inadvertently omitted from publishing on 28 June 2024. This has now been published.

The Examination Library (PDF, 421 KB) has been updated.

04 July 2024

Procedural Deadline submissions have been published.

The Examination Library (PDF, 340kb) has been updated.

28 June 2024

The Examining Authority has exercised its discretion to invite the following parties to the Preliminary Meeting as ‘Other Persons’:

The Examination Library (PDF, 361 KB) has been updated.

18 June 2024

The notification of preliminary meeting (‘Rule 6 letter’) has been sent. The letter also includes the draft examination timetable and initial assessment of principal issues.

View the Rule 6 letter (PDF, 841KB)

The Examination Library (PDF, 363KB) has been updated.

10 June 2024

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.

07 June 2024
Relevant representations published on the website
10 May 2024
Registration of interested parties closes
06 May 2024

Register online

The Examining Authority has exercised its discretion to accept the following Additional Submission:

The Examination Library (PDF, 296 KB) has been updated.

24 April 2024

Register online The Examining Authority has exercised its discretion to accept the following Additional Submission:

The Examination Library (PDF, 295 KB) has been updated.

19 April 2024

It has recently been brought to our attention that the closing date for the
Relevant Representation period was not visible on the project web page. Register online

This has now been rectified. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Registration closes on 6 May 2024 at 23:59.

10 April 2024

The Examining Authority has exercised its discretion to accept Additional Submissions from the Applicant relating to additional information requested in the Section 51 advice (PDF, 199 KB) from the Planning Inspectorate dated 21 March 2024.

The Examination Library (PDF, 276 KB) will be updated shortly.

You can now register as an Interested Party  Register online

If you are unable to complete a registration form online and would like to register your interest, please call the helpline on 0303 444 5000 or email the project mailbox, as found on the project page, for advice on how to register.

05 April 2024
Registration of interested parties begins
28 March 2024
Read the letter

The application has been accepted for examination

27 March 2024
Decision on whether or not to accept the application for examination
21 March 2024

This application was received by the Planning Inspectorate on 22 February 2024.

The application documents will be made available on the project page of this website if the application is accepted for examination.

23 February 2024
Application received by the Planning Inspectorate
22 February 2024
Application expected from applicant
21 February 2024