What happens next
The Examining Authority issued a Recommendation Report to the Secretary of State on 23 July 2019. The Secretary of State has set a new deadline for the decision for this application which is 30 April 2021.
Timeline (58 items)

Following the recent withdrawal of the application, and in the interests of openness and transparency, we have taken the decision to publish the Examining Authority’s Recommendation Report (PDF, 17MB).

The application has been withdrawn. Please see the Applicant’s letter (PDF, 355KB).
Please see the Applicant’s website for further information.
There is no further action for the Secretary of State to take in respect of the Application.

Following receipt of the letter dated 18 December 2020 from Horizon Nuclear Power Wylfa Limited (PDF, 341 KB) requesting an extension to the deadline for the Secretary of State’s decision on The Wylfa Newydd (Nuclear Generating Station) Order application, the Secretary of State has decided to re-set the statutory deadline for this application to 30 April 2021 (PDF, 85 KB).
A statement confirming the new deadline for a decision will be made to the House of Commons and House of Lords in accordance with section 107(7) of the Planning Act 2008 as soon as possible.

Following receipt of the letters dated 22 September 2020 and 28 September 2020 (PDF, 424KB) from Horizon Nuclear Power Wylfa Limited requesting an extension to the deadline for the Secretary of State’s decision on The Wylfa Newydd (Nuclear Generating Station) Order application, the Secretary of State has decided to re-set the statutory deadline for this application to 31 December 2020 (PDF, 223KB).
A statement confirming the new deadline for a decision will be made to the House of Commons and House of Lords in accordance with section 107(7) of the Planning Act 2008 as soon as possible.

The deadline for the decision on the proposed The Wylfa Newydd (Nuclear Generating Station) Order application was 23 October 2019 but that deadline was reset to 31 March 2020 to allow further information in respect of environmental effects and other outstanding issues to be provided and considered. Following initial analysis of the further information which has now been provided, the Secretary of State has concluded that an additional period of time is required in order to complete his consideration in respect of environmental effects and other issues which were outstanding following the examination.
The Secretary of State has decided to re-set the statutory deadline for this application to 30 September 2020. As Parliament is not sitting, a statement confirming the new deadline for a decision will be made to the House of Commons and House of Lords in accordance with section 107(7) of the Planning Act 2008 as soon as possible after Parliament resumes.

IMPORTANT: As a result of ongoing Government guidance relating to COVID-19 the Planning Inspectorate is seeking to ensure that all Parties are notified of key developments on projects, in a timely manner. In order to help achieve this, and to minimise any delays which could arise if the postal service is affected, it would be extremely helpful if registered Parties that have not already done so could supply us with a contact e-mail address as soon as possible (details in the contact information heading of the project page).
Please be assured that this information will be managed in line with our Privacy Notice.

Following the consultation letter of 24 January 2020 the Secretary of State has received further comments from interested parties on the responses to the consultation which ended on 31 December 2019. The Secretary of State is currently reviewing these comments and, if required, may decide to issue a further consultation with interested parties.

The Secretary of State has received responses to her consultation letter dated 23 October 2019 and is reviewing these responses. The Applicant confirmed in its response that it is still to update the Secretary of State on a number of outstanding issues.
While the Applicant is finalising those updates, the Secretary of State invites comments from the Applicant and Interested Parties on the responses to her consultation. The Secretary of State may decide to issue a further consultation with interested parties if required once all of the information is compiled.

The Secretary of State has received responses to her consultation letter dated 23 October 2019. The Secretary of State will review all responses as soon as possible and may decide to issue a further consultation with interested parties if required. If this is not required, comments from interested parties on the representations received by the 31 December 2019 deadline will then be invited.

The Examining Authority issued a Recommendation Report to the Secretary of State on 23 July 2019. The Secretary of State has invited Interested Parties, the Health and Safety Executive and Cadw to comment on a number of outstanding issues.
The deadline for responses is 31 December 2019. In view of this please note that the decision deadline for this project will be postponed to 31 March 2020.


The Examination closed at 23:59 on 23 April 2019.
The notification of completion of the Examining Authority’s Examination Letter has been published and the Examination Library has been updated.

Some late Deadline 10 documents have been published today. The Examination Library has also been updated.


All documents received for Deadline 10 have now been published and the Examination Library has been updated.

The Examining Authority has requested further information from Interested Parties – Please note a bilingual version of this letter will be published as soon as practicable

Please note all Deadline 9 Documents have been published and the Examination Library has been updated

The Examining Authority has requested further information from the Office for Nuclear Regulations (ONR).

Please note, the action points and audio recordings from the March hearings have now been published.
Deadline 7 submissions have also been published and the Examination Library will be updated shortly.

The Welsh language Action Points from the March Hearings have now been published and are available bilingually in a single document.

Please note, the Examining Authority has published revised hearing agendas for Monday 4 and Thursday 7 March.
The agenda for the DCO hearing on Wednesday 6 March has now also been published.

The Examination Authority’s Procedural Decision and request for further information from the Applicant in response to the Applicant’s requests to change aspects of the Proposed Development has been published.

Deadline 6 submissions have now been published and the Examination Library has been updated.

The Accompanied Site Inspection itinerary and agendas for the Issue Specific Hearing on the 4 March 2019 and the Issue Specific Hearing on 7 March 2019 have now been published.

An additional Submission accepted at the discretion of the Examining Authority has been published.

The Hearing notification letter for the hearings being held between Monday 4 March 2019 and Friday 8 March has been published.

The notification letter for the Accompanied Site Inspection (13-14 February 2019) has been published.

Please note, the action points from the January hearings, Deadline 4 submissions and the examination library have all been published.

The Examining Authority has accepted an additional submission from the Applicant clarifying its position in relation to the examination.

Deadline 3 responses and the January 2019 hearing agendas have been also published. The Examination Library has been updated.

A letter amending the Examination Timetable and requesting further information has been published.

Please note following Deadline 2, REP2-002, REP2-007, REP2-031 REP2-370, REP2-371, REP2-372 and REP2-373 were omitted from the original publications and REP2-025 has been replaced with an updated version since its original publication.
The Examination Library has been updated and includes all Deadline 2 documents.

Please note some documents were omitted from the Examination Library following publication of the Deadline 1 documents, these have now been published.

Audio recordings have been published for the following Hearings: Preliminary Meeting, Issue Specific Hearing & Open Floor Hearing.

The Rule 8 letter and the Examining Authority’s Written Questions have now been published.

The Examination Timetable (Rule 8 letter) has been sent to Interested Parties
Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting

The cover letter, the Applicant’s first change request (Blasting strategy) and the Applicant’s second change request (Marine Vessel movements) have been accepted at the discretion of the Examining Authority.

A note of the Examining Authority’s unaccompanied site inspection has been published.

The responses to the Rule 6 Letter and the Examining Authority’s supplementary agenda for the Issue Specific Hearing into the Draft Development Consent Order have been published.


The agendas for the Issue Specific Hearing on the draft Development Consent Order and Open Floor Hearings have been published.

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.

The applicant has sent us a letter, explaining that some of the notifications that they sent about the opportunity to make relevant representations were returned undelivered. The applicant has sent further notifications to those parties only, and has allowed more time for them to make their representations by 18 September 2018. If you have received a further notification and wish to make a representation, please contact us at [email protected].






Mae digwyddiad allgymorth cyhoeddus i ddarparu gwybodaeth am y broses caniatâd datblygu yn cael ei gynnal yn Llangefni ar ddydd Mawrth 4 Hydref, 2016. Mae hwn yn ddigwyddiad ychwanegol a fydd yn cynnwys gwasanaeth cyfieithu ar y pryd na lwyddwyd i’w ddarparu yn flaenorol.
Cyfeiriwch at y poster os gwelwch yn dda.
A public outreach event to provide information about the development consent process will be held in Llangefni on Tuesday 4th October 2016. This is an additional event to include simultaneous Welsh translation we were regretfully unable to provide previously.

A public outreach event to provide information about the development consent process will be held in Llangefni on Tuesday 6th September 2016. Please refer to the event publicity poster.
Mae digwyddiad allgymorth cyhoeddus i ddarparu gwybodaeth am y broses caniatâd datblygu yn cael ei gynnal yn Llangefni ar ddydd Mawrth 6 Medi 2016. Cyfeiriwch at y poster digwyddiad cyhoeddus am fanylion pellach.