Other Permit Awarded

In 2010, planning permission for the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm’s onshore works was formally granted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council under Section 57 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. This consent covered the onshore elements of the project, specifically the onshore cable route and the new substation and cable spur required to connect the offshore wind farm into the National Grid. The permission was secured following preparation of Environmental Statements for the offshore works, the onshore cable route, and the onshore substation and cable spur, with Wessex Archaeology supporting E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Humber Wind Ltd and their consultants ERM throughout the process. This permit represented a key regulatory milestone for Humber Gateway’s onshore development, enabling construction-related activities along the landfall and cable corridor running from south of Easington to the substation at Salt End. It also set the framework for archaeological and environmental mitigation measures tied to planning conditions. Subsequent onshore archaeological investigations, including extensive geophysical survey, trial trenching, and targeted ‘strip, map and sample’ excavations along the cable route and at the substation, were carried out in accordance with these planning requirements and in liaison with the Humber Archaeology Partnership as advisors to the local planning authority. The 2010 permission thus provided the legal basis for progressing detailed onshore works in advance of, and alongside, the main construction phase of the Humber Gateway project.