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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.

Map: where North Falls Offshore Wind Farm lies
51.7186, 1.9023 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEngland (Eastern)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 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
AddressThe 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
Address22km Offshore, Lowestoft, SNDESNZ 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 25 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 25 Oct 2026
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date14 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 date14 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 date26 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 date26 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 date14 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 date14 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
OperatorNorth Falls Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (applicant)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
OperatorSSE Renewables (RWE Generation UK Plc / SSE Renewables (Ireland), applicant)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
OperatorRWE Generation (RWE Generation UK Plc / SSE Renewables (Ireland), applicant)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity1,000 MWDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units57 unitsDESNZ 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 25 Oct 2026
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Area15,162 ha (application boundary)planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.7186, 1.9023Planning 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.

  1. Permit granted (50% stake, 1,000 MW, by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, dated by the press release) · source
  2. Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010119) · source
  3. Permit granted (1,000 MW, by Lord Whitehead, on behalf of the UK Energy Secretary, dated by the press release) · source
  4. Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010119)
  5. Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010119) · source
  6. 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 sourceIdentifierSourceMatched on
North Falls Offshore Wind Farmasset:pins-nsip:en010119Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects—
North Falls Offshore Wind Farmasset:repd:10913DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD)Same name, technology and capacity
North Falls Offshore Wind Farmasset:neso-tec:pro-000451NESO TEC RegisterSame 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England31st of 1,650171,064 MW0.58%
United Kingdom51st of 2,548278,868 MW0.36%
All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data82nd of 5,799656,876 MW0.15%

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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Sea LinkTransmission line—Planned12 km
Tarchon Interconnector ProjectTransmission line—Planned44 km
Frinton Primary 11kVSubstation——47 km
Langley Av Primary 11kVSubstation——47 km
Dock Rd Primary 11kVSubstation——47 km
Dock Road grid connectionGrid connection4.01 MWOperating48 km

Operators and place

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