Consent Variation Awarded

On 23 April 2026, the Secretary of State issued both a Correction Order and a Correction Notice for the Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025, as recorded on the Planning Inspectorate’s project information page. This action was taken to make corrections to the existing 2025 Order, which represents the project’s granted development consent. The update is explicitly framed as a post-decision change, reflecting that Rampion 2 is already in the post-decision phase, with its original application having been granted on 4 April 2025. The Correction Order is stated to come into force on 24 April 2026, one day after it was issued, giving legal effect to the amendments. Although the detailed content of the corrections is contained in the linked documents, the Planning Inspectorate’s summary confirms that this is a formal, Secretary of State–led modification to the already granted consent, rather than a new application. In regulatory terms, this functions as a post-consent correction or variation to the Development Consent Order, ensuring that the Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025 accurately reflects the Secretary of State’s intended decision and any necessary technical or drafting adjustments. The project therefore continues to sit in the post-decision stage, with its development consent in place but now subject to these clarified and corrected provisions, providing a more robust legal foundation for subsequent implementation activities.