Five Estuaries is an offshore wind farm to generate in
excess of 300MW. The project will be comprised of (but not
limited to): an offshore wind farm, including wind turbine
generators and associated foundations and array cables;
transmission infrastructure, including offshore substations and
associated foundations, offshore and onshore export cables
(underground), including associated transition bays and jointing
bays, an onshore substation, and connection infrastructure into
the National Grid.
The application was submitted to the Planning
Inspectorate for consideration by Five Estuaries Offshore
Wind Farm Ltd on 25 March 2024 and
accepted for examination
on 23 April 2024.
Following an examination during which the
public, statutory consultees
and interested parties were given the opportunity to
give evidence to the Examining Authority, recommendations were
made to the Secretary of State
on 18 June 2025.
This is the 103rd energy application out
of 170 applications examined to date and was again
completed by the Planning Inspectorate within the statutory
timescale laid down in the Planning Act 2008.
Local communities continue to be given the opportunity of being
involved in the examination of projects that may affect them.
Local people, the local authority and
other interested parties were able
to participate in this
six-month examination.
The Examining Authority listened and gave full consideration
to all local views and the evidence gathered during
the examination before making its recommendation to the
Secretary of State.
The decision, the recommendation made by the Examining Authority
to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net
Zero and the evidence considered by the Examining Authority
in reaching its recommendation are publicly available on
the project
pages of the National Infrastructure Planning website.
This decision was made by Minister on behalf of
the Energy Secretary's legal authority.
