The Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms DCO application has
today been granted development consent by the Department for
Energy Security and Net Zero.
The scheme consists of the two offshore wind farms (Dogger Bank
South West and Dogger Bank South East), 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 RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (West) Ltd
and RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (East) Ltd on 12 June
2024 and accepted for examination on 10 July 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 October 2025.
This is the 108th energy application out of 176 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.
