Neutral
Informational - no clear directional impact
Low Impact
Minor progress or informational
On 25 March 2024, Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Limited submitted a Development Consent Order application to the Planning Inspectorate for the Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm, an extension to the operational Galloper project in the southern North Sea. The application covered up to 1,080 MW of offshore wind generation, up to two offshore substation platforms, subsea export cables making landfall at Sandy Point between Frinton-on-Sea and Holland-on-Sea in Essex, onshore cables to a new substation west of Little Bromley, and 400 kV grid connection cables to National Grid's proposed East Anglia Connection Node. The application was accepted for examination on 23 April 2024.