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Hornsea Project Three Offshore Wind Farm

Decided East Suffolk DC/20/1162/CON Other Consultation

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Constitute offshore wind generating station (s) with a capacity greater than 100MW. The project is anticipated to have a total capacity of approximately 2,400 MW, and will include all associated offshore and onshore infrastructure. The construction and operation of up to 300 turbines, up to 12 offshore collector substations, up to 4 surface or 6 subsea offshore HVAC booster stations (or a combination thereof), up to 4 offshore HVDC offshore converter substations, up to three offshore accommodation platforms, subsea inter-array electrical circuits, subsea power electrical circuits, a marine connection to shore, a foreshore connection and from the proposed landfall point, up to 18 onshore export cables buried in up to 6 trenches, an onshore HVAC booster station and an onshore HVDC converter/HVAC substation and a connection to the national grid substation south of Norwich.

As published by the council, reference DC/20/1162/CON

Application record

Reference
DC/20/1162/CON
Type
Other Consultation
Status
Awaiting decision
Decision
Case Closed
Received
12 Mar 2020
Validated
13 Mar 2020
Decided
27 Apr 2020
Ward
Melton
Parish
Melton

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Mar 2020

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 13 Mar 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Apr 2020

    Decision issued: Case Closed

  4. 31 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

3 documents on file for this application

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After the decision

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