Positive
Project advancing - milestone achieved
High Impact
Major milestone or critical setback
The Crown Estate implemented its Capacity Increase Programme covering seven fixed-bottom offshore wind projects, including Five Estuaries, by launching a process to amend existing seabed rights and enable up to 4.7 GW of additional offshore wind capacity across these sites. Under this programme, Five Estuaries is selected and granted permission in principle to increase the potential capacity that can be developed within its lease area, although the specific expanded capacity for the project has not been disclosed, following a plan-level Habitats Regulations Assessment and agreement by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.