Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, Planning Application

SECTION 47 PLANNING ACT 2008
Notice Publicising an Updated Statement of Community Consultation
Notice is hereby given that Rampion Extension Development Limited ("RED"), a joint venture company comprising RWE, a Macquarie-led consortium (comprising Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5, the Green Investment Group and the Universities Superannuation Scheme) and Enbridge, is promoting the development of an offshore wind farm project known as Rampion 2.
Rampion 2 is a proposed new offshore wind farm to be located adjacent to the existing Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, in the English Channel off the Sussex coast. The broad offshore area of search being reviewed for development, which is adjacent to the existing wind farm, was initially established by The Crown Estate who own and lease the seabed.
As part of the proposals RED has a duty to consult the local community pursuant to Section 47 of the Planning Act 2008. In July 2021 RED published the original Statement of Community Consultation (SoCC) setting out how it intended to consult people living in the vicinity of the land required for the onshore elements of the Proposed Development about its proposed application for a development consent order for Rampion 2. In considering the responses to the consultation, and further environmental assessment and engineering works, the Applicant has identified a number of possible alternative and modified cable route and additional access options which are located beyond or within the previously identified onshore cable corridor, and potential locations for new working areas and methods. The Applicant has now produced an Updated Statement of Community Consultation setting out how it proposes to consult people living and working in the vicinity of the proposed amended onshore cable corridor about the alternatives and modifications being considered.
The infrastructure being proposed as part of the development includes:
- The construction, operation and maintenance of up to 90 wind turbines and associated foundations, up to three offshore substations and an export cable search area to bring the power to shore at Climping Beach
- Underground electricity cables from the landfall at Climping Beach to a new project substation at the Oakendene site, near Cowfold in Horsham District;
- One new substation at the Oakendene site;
- Underground electricity cables between the new Oakendene substation site and the existing Bolney substation to connect the offshore wind farm to the national electricity transmission system.

About the Application process
Rampion 2 is classified as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) under the Planning Act 2008. This means that RED must apply to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for statutory powers to build and operate the project. RED will submit the DCO application to the Planning Inspectorate who will only accept the application on behalf of the Secretary of State for examination if it complies with the relevant statutory formalities and standards.
Rampion 2 is an EIA development for the purposes of The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017. This means that the proposed development requires an Environmental Impact Assessment and the proposed application for a DCO will therefore be accompanied by an Environmental Statement. Accordingly, the Applicant made preliminary environmental information available as part of the initial Statutory Consultation and is also making available supplementary environmental information as part of this further Statutory Consultation.
About the Updated Statement of Community Consultation (Updated SoCC)
The Updated Statement of Community Consultation (Updated SoCC) sets out how RED intends to consult with local communities within the vicinity of the onshore cable route about a number of possible design changes to that cable route, accesses and working areas and methods, including through drop-in events. The Updated SoCC sets out how the Applicant intends to publicise and consult on preliminary results of environmental assessments in respect of these changes through a Supplementary Information Report to the previously published Preliminary Environmental Information Report. It provides details on how information about the proposed changes can be accessed and how to respond to this public consultation.
Under Section 47 of the Planning Act 2008 RED has a statutory duty to consult the local community about its proposals in accordance with its Updated SoCC.
The Updated SoCC will be available for inspection on the project website

. Paper copies of the Updated SoCC are available for inspection or collection free of charge between 18th October and 29th November 2022 at the following publicly accessible facilities (subject to availability). Please check with libraries directly or via their website in case of changes to normal opening times:
Location_
Ferring Library
Littlehampton Library Bognor Regis Library Storrington Library Henfield Library Arundel Library Steyning Library
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The Street, Ferring, BN12 5HL
Maltravers Road, Littlehampton, BN17 5NA London Road, Bognor Regis, P021 1DE Ryecroft Lane, Storrington, RH20 4PA Off High Street, Henfield, BN5 9HN Surrey Street, Arundel, BN18 9DT Church Street, Steyning, BN44 3YB
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If you are unable to access the Updated SoCC as prescribed above or you require it in another language, large print, audio or braille format, please contact RED using the email address, telephone number or 'Contact us' form on the project website provided below:
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Freephone number: 0800 2800 886 Project website: