Power plant · England, United Kingdom
North Falls Offshore Wind Farm
North Falls Offshore Wind Farm is a permitted wind power plant in England, United Kingdom, with 1,000 MW of capacity, operated by North Falls Offshore Wind Farm Ltd, SSE Renewables and RWE Generation.
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 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | United Kingdom | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The southern section of the North Sea, approximately 24.5km from its nearest point to land. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 22km Offshore, Lowestoft, SN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · 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 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · 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 25 Oct 2026 DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 May 2026 (permit EN010119, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 May 2026 (permit EN010119, 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 date | 26 Jul 2024 (reference EN010119, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Jul 2024 (reference EN010119, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 May 2026 (granted, reference EN010119, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 May 2026 (granted, reference EN010119, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | North Falls Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SSE Renewables (RWE Generation UK Plc / SSE Renewables (Ireland), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RWE Generation (RWE Generation UK Plc / SSE Renewables (Ireland), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,000 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 57 units | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Offshore | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 15,162 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7186, 1.9023 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 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.
Latest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (50% stake, 1,000 MW, by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, dated by the press release) · source
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010119) · source
- Permit granted (1,000 MW, by Lord Whitehead, on behalf of the UK Energy Secretary, dated by the press release) · source
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010119)
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010119) · source
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010119)
Also recorded as
3 sources record North Falls Offshore Wind Farm; 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 source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Falls Offshore Wind Farm | asset:pins-nsip:en010119 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| North Falls Offshore Wind Farm | asset:repd:10913 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | Same name, technology and capacity |
| North Falls Offshore Wind Farm | asset:neso-tec:pro-000451 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology and company |
How it compares
North Falls Offshore Wind Farm is the 31st-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 51st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,000 MW is 0.36% of the 278,868 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 | 31st of 1,650 | 171,064 MW | 0.58% |
| United Kingdom | 51st of 2,548 | 278,868 MW | 0.36% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 82nd of 5,799 | 656,876 MW | 0.15% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 grid connection (4.01 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Link | Transmission line | — | Planned | 12 km |
| Tarchon Interconnector Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 44 km |
| Frinton Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
| Langley Av Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
| Dock Rd Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
| Dock Road grid connection | Grid connection | 4.01 MW | Operating | 48 km |
Operators and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Owner groups' press releases. Owner groups' press releases, Facts only, each linked to its release.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.