Power plant · South Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Sheringham and Dudgeon Extension Projects
Sheringham and Dudgeon Extension Projects is a permitted power plant in South Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, with 317 MW of capacity, operated by Equinor.
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 | South Norfolk (coordinates), England (Eastern) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | SEP is to the north and east of Sheringham Shoal OFW. DEP is north and southeast of Dudgeon OFW. | 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 |
| Permit date | 17 Apr 2024 (permit EN010109, 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 | 5 Sept 2022 (reference EN010109, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Apr 2024 (granted, reference EN010109, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Equinor (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 317 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 43,091 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.5646, 1.2701 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted: Sheringham Extension Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010109)
- Permit granted: Dudgeon Extension Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010109)
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010109) · source
- Permit applied for: Sheringham Extension Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010109)
- Permit applied for: Dudgeon Extension Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010109)
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010109) · source
How it compares
Sheringham and Dudgeon Extension Projects is the 138th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 208th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 317 MW is 0.11% of the 279,978 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 | 138th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | 0.18% |
| United Kingdom | 208th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | 0.11% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 465th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 1.0 km |
| LionLink Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 44 km |
Operator and place
How its power plants compare
The 2 power plants in this power plant, with their share of its 719 MW of capacity.
| Power plant | Location | Owner | Status | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudgeon Extension Project | England, United Kingdom | — | Permitted | 402 MW | 56% |
| Sheringham Extension Project | England, United Kingdom | — | Permitted | 317 MW | 44% |
More from Equinor
- Dogger Bank A & B (was Creyke Beck A & B)2,400 MW · under construction
- Dogger Bank C (was Teesside A)1,200 MW · under construction
- Dudgeon Extension Project402 MW · permitted
- Sheringham Shoal317 MW
- Sheringham Extension Project317 MW · permitted
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- 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.