Planning application
White Cross Offshore Windfarm (Onshore Project)
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission 77576 (Full planning permission for the construction and installation of onshore electrical infrastructure required to export electricity from the White Cross Offshore Wind Farm to the national distribution network; including installation of 132kV underground electricity transmission cable(s) from landfall at Saunton Sands Car park to a new substation at East Yelland. Construction of temporary facilities required during construction to include haul road, vehicular access, compounds, associated works areas and a permanent substation access road . Construction of a new substation under the Rochdale Envelope Approach with additional information regarding architectural form and silhouette, design code, scale and layout, landscaping, lighting, and appearance and materials) to allow an amendment to planning condition 5
As published by the council, reference 81047
Application record
- Reference
- 81047
- Type
- Non-Material Amendment
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 11 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 11 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 4 Dec 2025
- Ward
- FREMINGTON, INSTOW, BRAUNTON WEST AND GEORGEHAM
- Parish
- FREMINGTON, INSTOW, BRAUNTON
- Decision by
- Delegated
Site history
Applications at this address on the North Devon register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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81428 Decided
White Cross Offshore Windfarm (Onshore Project)
Approval of details in respect of part discharge of condition 31(a) (Bat Mitigation Strategy - Pre-construction survey data in relation to 'The Scope' of the surveys only) attached to planning permission 77576 (Full planning permission for the construction and installation of onshore electrical infrastructure required to export electricity from the White Cross Offshore Wind Farm to the national distribution network; including installation of 132kV underground electricity transmission cable(s) from landfall at Saunton Sands Car park to a new substation at East Yelland. Construction of temporary facilities required during construction to include haul road, vehicular access, compounds, associated works areas and a permanent substation access road . Construction of a new substation under the Rochdale Envelope Approach with additional information regarding architectural form and silhouette, design code, scale and layout, landscaping, lighting, and appearance and materials)
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81046 Granted
White Cross Offshore Windfarm (Onshore Project)
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission 77576 )Full planning permission for the construction and installation of onshore electrical infrastructure required to export electricity from the White Cross Offshore Wind Farm to the national distribution network; including installation of 132kV underground electricity transmission cable(s) from landfall at Saunton Sands Car park to a new substation at East Yelland. Construction of temporary facilities required during construction to include haul road, vehicular access, compounds, associated works areas and a permanent substation access road . Construction of a new substation under the Rochdale Envelope Approach with additional information regarding architectural form and silhouette, design code, scale and layout, landscaping, lighting, and appearance and materials) in respect of amendment to condition 4
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Nov 2025
Received by North Devon
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4 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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North Devon granted permission on 4 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
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