Planning application · Offshore wind · The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
Rampion Offshore Wind Farm (Hastings Zone)
Operational400 MWApplication EN010032Submitted 25 March 2013Granted 16 July 2014
The application
- Application number
- EN010032
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- County or area
- Offshore
- Nation
- England
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 400 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- E.ON UK
- Location
- off the Sussex coastline
- Turbines
- 116, 140 m to tip
- First operating
- 2017
Timeline
- 25 March 2013 Planning application submitted
- 16 July 2014 Planning permission granted
- 25 January 2016 Construction started
- 26 November 2017 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, 255 km from this site.
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| EIR-0447 | 2023 | Fire destroyed turbine at Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm in 2023 | 255 km | Major |
| EIR-0758 | 2024 | Service vessel collision damages turbine at Orsted's Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm | 484 km | Significant |
| EIR-1778 | 2018 | Engineer loses arm during repair at North Sea Siemens Gamesa turbine | 484 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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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Rampion Offshore Wind Farm (Hastings Zone) 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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