The Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind (Generating Station) DCO
application has been granted development consent by the
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
The scheme comprises an offshore wind farm
and associated offshore and onshore infrastructure
including offshore and onshore high voltage electricity cables,
onshore and offshore electricity substation(s), connection(s) to
the National Grid and ancillary and temporary works.
The application was submitted to the Planning
Inspectorate for consideration by GT R4 Limited (trading as
Outer Dowsing Offshore
Wind) on 19 March 2024 and accepted
for examination on 16 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 10 July 2025.
This is the 104th energy application out
of 172 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 on behalf of
the Energy Secretary's legal authority.
