Regulatory Other

On 10 June 2025, the Planning Inspectorate’s project page for the Dogger Bank D Wind Farm recorded that the applicant’s formal notification under section 46 of the Planning Act 2008 and Regulation 8 of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 had been received, and that an acknowledgement letter had been issued. This indicates that Doggerbank Offshore Wind Farm Project 4 Projco Limited, the named applicant, has completed a key statutory step in the pre-application process for this Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. The section 46 and Regulation 8 notification relates to how the applicant will consult and assess environmental impacts, and the Inspectorate’s acknowledgement confirms that this notification has been properly lodged. The update sits within the project’s current pre-application stage, where the developer is required to consult affected people and organisations and prepare detailed environmental documentation before submitting a Development Consent Order application. The Planning Inspectorate’s page notes that the Dogger Bank D application is expected to be submitted in June 2027, and that the project remains at the pre-application stage pending that future submission. The recorded receipt of the s46 and Regulation 8 notification therefore marks a formal regulatory milestone within this ongoing early development phase, demonstrating active engagement with the statutory consenting framework even though the full application has not yet been lodged.