East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two

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East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two

ScottishPower Renewables plans to develop two further projects, in addition to East Anglia One and East Anglia Three, across the East Anglia zone. They were awarded seabed rights for the projects, as part of the Crown Estate’s Round 3 process. East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore wind farms comprise of two Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

ScottishPower Renewables submitted their applications for East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two wind farms to the Planning Inspectorate on 25 October 2019. The Planning Inspectorate accepted the applications on 22 November 2019. All the documentation associated with the applications and relevant updates regarding the consenting process are available on the project pages of the National Infrastructure Planning website.

East Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council worked closely together to respond to the proposals and where possible, provided joint responses. The examinations in relation to both projects closed on 6 July 2021. The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy consented both applications on 31 March 2022. The Examining Authorities’ reports and Secretary of State’s decisions are available to view on the National Infrastructure Planning website.

East Anglia One North

This offshore windfarm site is located in the southern North Sea, approximately 36km from the port of Lowestoft and 42km from Southwold. The project has a potential generating capacity of up to 800MW, which is enough to power approximately 659,922 UK households.

East Anglia Two

This offshore windfarm site is located in the southern North Sea, approximately 33km from the coast at Southwold and 37km from the port of Lowestoft. The East Anglia Two project would have an operational capacity of up to 900MW, which is enough to power approximately 800,000 UK households.

East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two consultations and examinations

Public consultation phase 2

The first phase of public consultation (phase 2) took place in March and April 2018
Phase 2 formal public information days were completed on 17 April 2018
Our response to the phase 2 consultation (formal consultation stage 1) on East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore windfarms

Public consultation phase 3

The second round of public consultation (phase 3) took place between May and August 2018
Phase 3 formal public information days were completed on 28 August 2018
Our response to the phase 3 consultation (formal consultation stage 2) on East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore windfarms

Public consultation phase 3.5

The third round of public consultation (phase 3.5) began on 29 September 2018
Phase 3.5 formal public information days were completed on 12 November 2018
Our response to the phase 3.5 consultation (formal consultation stage 3) on East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore windfarms
On 17 October 2018, together with Suffolk County Council, we sent a joint letter to ScottshPower Renewables, requesting an extension of the phase 3.5 consultation period by two weeks for East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore windfarms
ScottishPower Renewables listened and extended the consultation deadline for each proposal from 29 October to 12 November 2018

Public consultation phase 4

The fourth round of public consultation (phase 4) took place between 11 February and 26 March 2019
Phase 4 formal public information days were completed on 9 March 2019
The councils expanded on the headline comments, provided in the Cabinet reports, to create the formal phase 4 response to ScottishPower Renewables' two projects
Our response to the phase 4 consultation (formal consultation stage 4) on East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore windfarms
The headline comments to be contained in the phase 4 response were formally agreed at Cabinet meetings of the councils on 11 March 2019 (Suffolk Coastal District Council) and 12 March 2019 (Suffolk County Council)
Suffolk Coastal District Council Cabinet report on East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore windfarms

Examination

The examinations opened after the Preliminary Meeting held on 6 October 2020 and closed on 6 July 2021.
A draft Relevant Representation and early draft Local Impact Report were formally agreed at the East Suffolk Cabinet meeting on 7 January 2020.
The Relevant Representation provides a summary of the council's initial position on the projects.
The Local Impact Report sets out an objective assessment of the predicted impact of the projects.
A revised position on the projects, from that set out in the Relevant Representation, was formally agreed at the East Suffolk Council Cabinet meeting on 5 January 2021. The report and minutes of the meeting are available.
All East Suffolk Council’s submissions to the examinations are available on the National Infrastructure Planning website under the relevant project page.

East Suffolk Council negotiated agreements with ScottishPower Renewables to secure funding to deliver additional compensation:

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