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Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects

Statement made on 9 January 2024

Statement UIN HCWS170

Statement

This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by Equinor New Energy Limited for the extension of two off-shore wind farms with associated on-shore electricity connections, located 15.8km and 26.5km north of the Norfolk Coast respectively.

Under section 107(1) of the Planning Act 2008, the Secretary of State must make a decision on an application within three months of the receipt of the Examining Authority’s report unless exercising the power under section 107(3) of the Act to set a new deadline. Where a new deadline is set, the Secretary of State must make a Statement to Parliament to announce it. The current statutory deadline for the decision on the Sheringham and Dudgeon Extensions Offshore Wind Farm Projects application is 17 January 2024.

I have decided to set a new deadline of no later than 17 April 2024 for deciding this application. This is to ensure there is sufficient time for the Department to consider further information and to conduct any necessary consultation.

The decision to set the new deadline for this application is without prejudice to the decision on whether to grant or refuse development consent.

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance)
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 10 January 2024
HLWS172
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