Planning application · Offshore wind · The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea
Operational1320 MWApplication EN010053Submitted 30 January 2015Granted 16 August 2016
The application
- Application number
- EN010053
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- County or area
- Offshore
- Nation
- England
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 1320 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)
- Location
- The Wash, Sutton Bridge
- Turbines
- 165
- First operating
- 2022
Timeline
- 30 January 2015 Planning application submitted
- 16 August 2016 Planning permission granted
- 1 September 2019 Construction started
- 31 August 2022 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, 151 km from this site.
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| EIR-0447 | 2023 | Fire destroyed turbine at Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm in 2023 | 151 km | Major |
| EIR-0758 | 2024 | Service vessel collision damages turbine at Orsted's Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm | 222 km | Significant |
| EIR-1778 | 2018 | Engineer loses arm during repair at North Sea Siemens Gamesa turbine | 222 km | Major |
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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