Power plant · England, United Kingdom
Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm
Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm is a permitted offshore wind power plant in England, United Kingdom, with 1,800 MW of capacity, operated by Norfolk Vanguard Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (Eastern) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The centre of Norfolk Vanguard West is 67km from the Bacton coast and 63km from the Gorleston coast | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Offshore | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Feb 2022 (permit EN010079, 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 |
| Application date | 26 Jun 2018 (reference EN010079, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Feb 2022 (granted, reference EN010079, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Norfolk Vanguard Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,800 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Offshore | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 82,931 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8393, 2.1492 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Dated events about this power plant and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first: the latest 8 of 10. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Vanguard West (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010079)
- Permit granted: The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Vanguard East (secretary of state granted, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010079)
- Permit granted: The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Vanguard East (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010079)
- Permit granted: The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Vanguard West (secretary of state granted, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010079)
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010079) · source
- Permit refused: The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Vanguard East (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010079)
- Permit refused: The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Vanguard West (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010079)
- Permit applied for: The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Vanguard West (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010079)
How it compares
Norfolk Vanguard is the 8th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 15th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,800 MW is 0.65% of the 279,068 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 1.1% |
| United Kingdom | 15th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.65% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 26th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | 0.27% |
Operator and place
How its power plants compare
The 2 power plants in this power plant, with their share of its 2,760 MW of capacity.
| Power plant | Location | Owner | Status | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Vanguard East | England, United Kingdom | — | Permitted | 1,380 MW | 50% |
| The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Vanguard West | England, United Kingdom | — | Permitted | 1,380 MW | 50% |
More from Norfolk Vanguard Limited
- Vanguard grid connection1,320 MW
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- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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