Power plant · East Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm

East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm is a power plant in East Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, with 800 MW of capacity, operated by East Anglia One North Limited and Scottish Power Renewables.

Facts

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LocationEast Suffolk (coordinates), England (Eastern)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationEnglandDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationUnited KingdomNESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
AddressAn area of approximately 208km2, 36km from Lowestoft and 42km from Southwold at closest pointPlanning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address36km offshore from Lowestoft, NR32DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPermitted (post-decision, granted)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPermitted (planning permission granted)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Onshore or offshoreOffshorePlanning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Onshore or offshoreOffshoreDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date31 Mar 2022 (permit EN010077, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date31 Mar 2022 (permit EN010077, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date25 Oct 2019 (reference EN010077, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date15 Oct 2019 (reference EN010077, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date31 Mar 2022 (granted, reference EN010077, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date31 Mar 2022 (granted, reference EN010077, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
OperatorEast Anglia One North Limited (applicant)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
OperatorScottish Power RenewablesDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity800 MW (description)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity800 MWDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units67 units (11.9 MW per unit)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyWind OffshorePlanning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyWind OffshoreDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Area34,328 ha (application boundary)planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates52.1894, 1.6228Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

  1. Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010077) · source
  2. Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010077)
  3. Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010077) · source
  4. Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010077)

Also recorded as

3 sources record East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.

Name in the sourceIdentifierSourceMatched on
East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarmasset:pins-nsip:en010077Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects—
East Anglia 1 North (EA 4)asset:repd:2471DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD)Same name, technology and capacity
East Anglia One Northasset:neso-tec:pro-000269NESO TEC RegisterSame name, technology and capacity

How it compares

East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm is the 47th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 75th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 800 MW is 0.27% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.

WithinRankTotalShare
England47th of 2,174185,888 MW0.43%
United Kingdom75th of 3,222300,461 MW0.27%
All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data134th of 6,455664,040 MW0.12%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
LionLink InterconnectorTransmission line—Planned6.3 km
Sea LinkTransmission line—Planned44 km
Norwich to TilburyTransmission line—Planned49 km

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