Planning application · Offshore wind · DECC (S36)

Greater Gabbard Wind Farm

Operational504 MWSubmitted 17 October 2005Granted 20 February 2007

In the evidence packnearest refused scheme •• kmShown in the pack

The application

Planning authority: DECC (S36)
County or area: Offshore
Nation: England
Technology: Offshore wind
Capacity: 504 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: Airtricity / Fluor Ltd
Location: Near the Suffolk Coast (26km out to sea)
Turbines: 140
First operating: 2012

Timeline

17 October 2005 Planning application submitted
20 February 2007 Planning permission granted
1 July 2009 Construction started
7 September 2012 Operational

Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site

The pack for this site lists 11 comparable offshore wind incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0447, Fire destroyed turbine at Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm in 2023, 78 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-0447	2023	Fire destroyed turbine at Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm in 2023	78 km	Major
EIR-0758	2024	Service vessel collision damages turbine at Orsted's Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm	403 km	Significant
EIR-1778	2018	Engineer loses arm during repair at North Sea Siemens Gamesa turbine	403 km	Major
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 8 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.

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Summary for this site

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In the full pack

What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Greater Gabbard Wind Farm from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.

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