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2 June 2020

The Secretary of State has refused development consent for this application. For further information please refer to the following decision documentation:

Planning Inspectorate Notification of Decision Letter

Secretary of State Decision Letter

Examining Authority's Recommendation Report

Regulation 31 Notice

Habitats Regulations Assessment

Correspondence received after the close of the Examination

2 June 2020

The Secretary of State’s decision on this application will be made available as soon as possible.

1 June 2020

Decision made by the Secretary of State

6 February 2020

A Written Ministerial Statement has been made announcing that the decision by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has been delayed until 1 June 2020.

Comments from Interested Parties on the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Request for Comments have been published.

7 January 2020

The Secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has requested comments from Vattenfall Wind Power Limited, Interested Parties and Other Parties on the Thanet Extension Offshore Wind Farm. The Secretary of State will be setting a new deadline for a decision. A statement confirming the new deadline for a decision will be made to the House of Commons and House of Lords in accordance with section 107(7) of the Planning Act 2008 as soon as possible.

22 November 2019

The Secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has requested information and comments from Vattenfall Wind Power Limited, Interested Parties and Other Parties on the Thanet Extension Offshore Wind Farm. The Secretary of State will be setting a new deadline for a decision. A statement confirming the new deadline for a decision will be made to the House of Commons and House of Lords in accordance with section 107(7) of the Planning Act 2008 as soon as possible once Parliament is in session.

11 September 2019

Recommendations given by the Planning Inspectorate

12 June 2019

The Examination closed at 23.59 on 11 June 2019.

Notification of completion of the Examination has been issued and the Examination Library has been updated.

11 June 2019

Submissions for Deadline 8 (10 June 2019) have been published.

11 June 2019

The Examination closes on Tuesday 11 June 2019.

7 June 2019

The Deadline 7 submissions have now been published.

Interested Parties are reminded that Deadline 8 on 10 June 2019 is the final deadline in the Examination and will close at 5pm.

30 May 2019

The Examining Authority has issued questions under Rule 17. The general deadline for responses is Deadline 6A Monday 3 June 2019 (although some questions provide a longer response time to Deadline 7).

Comments on responses may be made by Deadline 7: Thursday 6 June 2019.

The Applicant may make a final reply to any comments at Deadline 8: Monday 10 June 2019 at 5pm.

The Deadline 6 and Deadline 6A submissions have now been published.

16 May 2019

The Examining Authority’s third suite of Written Questions has now been published.

14 May 2019

The Examining Authority has published the Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES).

7 May 2019

The Examining Authority has published its commentary on the draft Development Consent Order (dDCO) and seeks input from Interested Parties by Deadline 6 and comments on input by Deadline 7.

7 May 2019

The Deadline 5A submissions have been published.

2 May 2019

The Deadline 5 submissions have been published.

29 April 2019

The Applicant is consulting on a material change to the Thanet Extension Offshore Wind Farm application. For further details please view the letter.

26 April 2019

The Audio recordings and Action Points for: Issue Specific Hearings 8-9 and Compulsorily Acquisition Hearing 2 are now published and available below.

Recording of hearings
ISH8 Action Points 1/2
ISH8 Action Points 2/2
ISH9 Action Points
CAH2 Action Points

18 April 2019

Action Lists from the Issue Specific Hearing (ISH8) held on 16 and 17 April have been published.

15 April 2019

Republished Further Written Questions, with the amended numbering of questions, issued by the Examining Authority.

11 April 2019

The Submissions for Deadline 4C have now been published.

10 April 2019

The Examining Authority’s second suite of Written Questions has now been published.

9 April 2019

The Examining Authority has issued a Rule 8(3) Variation to the Examination Timetable, a Rule 9 Notification of Procedural Decision and s51 Advice Letter to guide the Applicant and Interested Parties responding to the Applicant’s request for a Material Change to the Application to provide for a Structures Exclusion Zone (SEZ) in the wind turbine array area offshore. The Agendas for Issue Specific Hearings 8 & 9 and Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 2 commencing on 16 April have been published.

8 April 2019

The Deadline 4B submissions have been published.

4 April 2019

The Examining Authority has issued a Rule 8(3) Variation to the Examination Timetable and a Rule 9 Notification of Procedural Decision Letter to guide the Applicant and Interested Parties preparing for April hearings. The itinerary for Accompanied Site Inspection 2 to the London Ports on 15 April has been published. Agendas for hearings commencing on 16 April will be published after the Examining Authority's consideration of documents submitted for new Deadline 4B.

29 March 2019

The Deadline 4 submissions have been published

22 March 2019

The Examination Library which was published following Deadline 3 has been amended. Examination Library references for deadline 3 have been updated.

15 March 2019

The Examining Authority have issued a Rule 9 - notification of procedural decision letter.

12 March 2019

The Examining Authority has issued notification of the date, times of and places for Accompanied Site Inspection 2 (ASI2) to be held on 15 April 2019.

12 March 2019

The Deadline 3 Submissions have been published.

1 March 2019

The Examining Authority have issued a Rule 8(3) Variation to the Examination Timetable. This letter also contains Notification of Issue Specific and Compulsory Acquisition Hearings scheduled for April 2019.

28 February 2019

The Audio recordings and Action Points for: Issue Specific Hearings 3 - 7, Compulsorily Acquisition Hearing 1 and Open Floor Hearing 1 are now published and available below.

Recordings and Action Points of ISH3
Recordings and Action Points of ISH4
Recordings and Action Points of ISH5
Recordings and Action Points of ISH6
Recordings and Action Points of ISH7
Recordings and Action Points of CAH1
Recordings and Action Points of OFH1

7 February 2019

Agendas for the hearings to be held in February 2019 have been published. The Accompanied Site Inspection Itinerary has also been published.

18 December 2018

The Examination Timetable (Rule 8 letter) has been sent to Interested Parties.

Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting.

11 December 2018

Preliminary Meeting takes place

11 December 2018

Examination begins

9 November 2018

The notification of Preliminary Meeting (Rule 6 letter) has been sent.

The letter also includes the draft Examination Timetable and Initial Assessment of Principal Issues.

21 September 2018

Relevant representations published on the website

12 September 2018

Registration of interested parties closes

1 August 2018

Registration of interested parties begins

23 July 2018

The application has been accepted for examination

29 June 2018

This application was received by the Planning Inspectorate on 27 June 2018.

The application documents will be made available if the application is accepted for examination.

It is for the applicant to decide whether or not application documents can be published upon submission (see MHCLG pre-application guidance).

27 June 2018

Application received by the Planning Inspectorate