Planning Consent Awarded

The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy granted development consent for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm on 7 August 2017, following examination by the Planning Inspectorate under the Planning Act 2008 (application reference EN010056). The Development Consent Order (DCO) authorises construction and operation of the generating station and its associated development, including the offshore and onshore transmission infrastructure that will form the East Anglia THREE OFTO assets. The DCO covers the offshore wind turbine array, up to one offshore electrical platform, export cables from the wind farm area to landfall at Bawdsey in Suffolk, onshore cables routed to Bramford, and a new onshore converter station adjacent to National Grid's existing Bramford 400 kV substation. Subsequent non-material change applications have amended certain parameters including generating capacity and offshore infrastructure specifications. The consent was granted to East Anglia Three Limited, a subsidiary of ScottishPower Renewables (Iberdrola group), and provides the legal basis for all construction and operational activities across both the generation and transmission components of the project.