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Ørsted finalising consent application for Hornsea Four

4C Offshore | Bridget Randall-Smith
By: Bridget Randall-Smith 10/06/2020 Orsted
Ørsted isworking to refine plans for Hornsea Four as it prepares to submit the Development Consent Order (DCO) application.

Ørsted is investigating an offshore area of up to 600 km2  in the North Sea, approximately 65 km off Flamborough Head on the Yorkshire Coast, where up to 180 wind turbines could be located for the
Hornsea Four offshore wind farm.

Feedback, received throughout the consultation process, has helped shape and refine the project design. After considering responses from the phase two consultation in August-September 2019, Ørsted made minor amendments to the onshore footprint, including onshore export cable corridor, operational access rights and temporary logistics compounds and held a targeted consultation in February-March 2020. A detailed summary of all the responses received during the whole consultation phase and how comments have been regarded will be included in the final Consultation Report to be submitted alongside the DCO.


Over the coming months, Ørsted  will be continuing to engage with stakeholders on final details for the project. This will include engagement with landowners and established working groups. The Environmental Statement and DCO application documents will then be finalised this Summer with submission to the Planning Inspectorate anticipated this Autumn.


After submitting the DCO application, the Planning Inspectorate has 28 days to accept the application and decide if it can proceed to the examination stage. If the application is accepted, people wishing to be involved in the examination will be invited to register their interest and asked to submit their views on the proposals. The Planning Inspectorate will hold a six-month examination period. Following this, the Planning Inspectorate has three months to make a recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The Secretary of State then has a further three months to make a final decision on whether to grant consent.


If approved, construction of
Hornsea Four could begin in 2024 and could be producing electricity by 2027. If built out to full capacity, the project could provide enough power to meet the average daily need of over one million UK homes.

Hornsea Four is the fourth project in the Hornsea Zone located to the west of the
Hornsea One and Two projects which are currently under construction. It will also be to the west of Hornsea Three which submitted its DCO application in May 2018. However, the Planning Inspectorate recently delayed the decision deadline until 1st July 2020.

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