Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Extension Project (SEP) – Equinor
Sheringham Shoal (SEP) and Dudgeon (DEP) Offshore Wind Farm Extensions Project - Planning Inspectorate Reference EN010109 Status: Consent Granted 17th April 2024
This project is for an offshore windfarm by Equinor New Energy Ltd, a Norwegian company.
The location of the offshore array is off the coast of Norfolk within the North Sea.
Extension to Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm and will comprise up to 23 wind turbine generators.
Extension to Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm and will comprise up to 30 wind turbine generators
The project will make landfall at Weybourne, North Norfolk with a buried cable route between Weybourne and grid connection at Norwich Main National Grid Substation. The route will run through three Local Authorities North Norfolk, Broadland and South Norfolk.
Both Broadland District Council and South Norfolk Council will host the cable route.
South Norfolk, due to the grid connection for the generated electricity being Norwich Main, will also have the new substation/converter is to be located at a site south of Norwich Main, immediately west of the Norwich to Ipswich rail line. Accessed via the A140 and then Mangreen Lane (currently part of the operational access to Norwich Main). The substation will be open Air Insulated Substation. The substation would comprise of up to 2 Control buildings; up to 2 Static var compensator (SVC) buildings if required; transformers, reactors etc. and ancillary and supporting equipment. The largest buildings within the substation will be the control building and SVC building with a maximum height of 15m. Both buildings are anticipated to be single storey, cube or cuboid shaped. The tallest feature within the onshore substation site will be the lightening masts at a height of 30m.
The detailed design and materials of the substation/converter does not form part of the application.
The Local Planning Authority will be responsible for the Discharge of Requirements (conditions) attached to the Development Consent Order should the Order be confirmed.
Status: Consent Granted 17th April 2024
The latest updates for this project can be found at:
Key Documents
Secretary of State Decision Letter
Development Consent Order as made
All documents relating to this project can be found here:
Documents | Sheringham and Dudgeon Extension Projects (planninginspectorate.gov.uk)