Planning Consent Submitted

The Dogger Bank D offshore wind project has not yet submitted its planning application, but the UK Planning Inspectorate’s National Infrastructure Planning project page confirms that the scheme remains at the pre-application stage and that the Development Consent Order (DCO) application is now expected to be submitted in June 2027. The page explains that once the application is received, the Planning Inspectorate has 28 days to decide whether to accept it for examination, after which interested parties can register and access all application documents. This positions the June 2027 date as the current regulatory expectation for the formal planning consent submission milestone, rather than a historic commitment already met. Earlier developer consultation materials set out a more ambitious timetable. The statutory consultation boards published for Dogger Bank D describe a pre-application programme in which preliminary environmental information is consulted on in summer 2025, followed by review of feedback, design refinement and preparation of the DCO application from autumn 2025 to spring 2026, with an indicative milestone of “Summer 2026 – Submit Development Consent Order application.” The Statement of Community Consultation similarly notes that the project will remain in the pre-application stage until the DCO application is submitted in 2026. The Planning Inspectorate’s June 2025 update therefore reflects a revised, later target for submission, which supersedes the earlier 2026 timeline while confirming that the project is still progressing toward a full DCO application rather than having reached it already.