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Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms: development consent order, Planning Act 2008

Decision on an application for 2 offshore wind farms located within the Dogger Bank region of the North Sea.

Documents

Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms: development consent order (link to the Planning Inspectorate website)

Details

Decision on an application for 2 offshore wind farms by RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (West) Limited and RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (East) Limited located within the Dogger Bank region of the North Sea, under the Planning Act 2008.

The application is for the construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of 2 offshore generating stations with a capacity of up to 1.5 gigawatts each and a combined maximum number of 200 turbines, with associated onshore export cables, converter stations and onward connection to the National Grid.

The closest point to the coast from the proposed array areas would be 100 kilometres (km) for Dogger Bank South (DBS) West and 122km from DBS East.

Date of decision

14 May 2026

Company/location:

RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (West) Limited 
RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (East) Limited 
Windmill Hill Business Park 
Whitehill Way 
Swindon 
Wiltshire 
SN5 6PB 

Type of project

Development consent order for an offshore wind farm under the Planning Act 2008.

Updates to this page

Published 14 May 2026

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