Morecambe - Off-Shore Windfarm Planning Application
What is planned?
MORGAN OFFSHORE WIND LIMITED AND MORECAMBE OFFSHORE WINDFARM
LTD: PLANNING INSPECTORATE REFERENCE: EN020028
NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER
APPLICATION
An application for a Development Consent Order (“DCO”) was submitted by Morgan Offshore Wind Limited (“Morgan OWL”) and Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Ltd (“Morecambe OWL”), (together, “the Applicants”), of Chertsey Road, Sunbury On Thames, UK, TW16 7BP and 4th Floor, 115 George Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, EH2 4JN under the Planning Act 2008 to the Secretary of State, C/O the Planning Inspectorate on 21/10/2024 and was accepted for examination on 18/11/2024 (“the Application”).
Notice is hereby given that the Applicants made a request to amend the Application on 8 August 2025 (“the Change Request”). The representation period for the Change Request will run until 17:00 on 12 September 2025. This notice explains the Change Request and how you can respond.
Summary of the Application
The Application is for development consent to construct, operate and maintain, and decommission the Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms: Transmission Assets (hereafter, “the Project”), comprising two electrically separate transmission systems connecting two nationally significant infrastructure projects - the Morgan Offshore Wind Project: Generation Assets and the Morecambe Offshore Windfarm: Generation Assets (together, the “Generation Assets”), in the east Irish Sea, approximately 30 kilometres from the northwest coast of England to the national grid, at Penwortham, Lancashire. Two separate development consent applications have been made in respect of the Generation Assets.
The Project comprises onshore and offshore infrastructure. The offshore elements of the Project are located in the east Irish Sea within English offshore waters (beyond 12 nautical miles (nm) from the English coast) and inshore waters (within 12nm) from the English coast). The onshore elements of the Project are located within the local authority areas of Fylde Council, Blackpool Council, South Ribble Borough Council, Preston City Council and Lancashire County Council.
The DCO would also authorise the compulsory acquisition of land, interests in land and rights over land, and the powers to use land permanently and temporarily for the construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of an offshore wind farm.
Summary of the Change Request
The proposed change request is being prepared in response to (i) a change in the B5410 road alignment affecting a proposed construction access and a proposed operational access and (ii) a reduction in the Order Limits as part of ongoing engagement with Blackpool Airport Operations Limited (‘BAOL’) and Blackpool Airport Properties Limited (‘BAPL) (through Blackpool Borough Council as the main shareholder of BAPL) and with Lytham Town Trust, Fylde Borough Council and St Anne’s Football Club in relation to the use of Blackpool Road Recreation Ground. In summary the proposed changes are:
1. Relocation of Access TAT_MGMC_9 for both Morgan OWL and Morecambe OWL, Relocation of access OAR_MGMC_10 for Morgan OWL and the provision of an WORK\77320801\v.1 additional construction accessTAT_MGMC_9B for both Morgan OWL and Morecambe OWL;
2. Identification of Blackpool Airport operational access alignment through Work Nos. 10A10B, 12A12B and 14A14B;
3. Removal of operational access OAR_MGMC_3 from Squires Gate Lane into Blackpool Airport; and
4. Reduction to Order limits within Blackpool Airport (Work No. 13A13B), Blackpool Road Recreation Ground (Work Nos. 15A15B, 53A53B and 54A54B) and to the east of the Queensway (Work Nos. 16A16B), and the relocation of Access TAT_MGMC_7 for both Morgan OWL and Morecambe OWL, and the removal of operational access OAR_MGMC_6.
Viewing the Change Request application
The Change Request documents, which include the Change Request Report, Change Request DCO, Change Request Works Plans, Change Request Land Plan, Change Request Book of Reference and further supporting information relating to the Change Request as detailed in the Change Request Report, can be viewed and downloaded free of charge from the Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms: Transmission Assets project website
www.morecambeandmorgan.com/transmission.
The Change Request documents will be available to view online until at least 12 September 2025.
You may also access the documents online free-of-charge at the below locations, until at least 12 September 2025. Please check directly with the facilities to confirm their opening hours, as well as any bookings or registrations that might be required to access the documents digitally through the computers available at the respective locations.
Venue
Opening Times
Contact Number
St Annes Library
254 Clifton Drive South, Lytham
St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 1NR
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm,
Thursday 9am-7pm. Sunday –
closed.
0300 123 6703
Ansdell Library
59 Commonside, Ansdell,
Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire,
FY8 4DJ
Monday 9am-7pm, Tuesday 9am-
5pm, Thursday 9am-1pm, Friday
9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-1pm,
Wednesday and Sunday-closed.
0300 123 6703
Palatine Library
St Annes Road, Blackpool, FY4
2AP
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am-
4pm. Wednesday and
Sunday–closed.
01253 478050
A copy of the Change Request Report and full suite of supporting documents can be made available in hard copy format on request at a cost of £250. For any bespoke document requests please contact the Applicants (using the Project team contact details above) who will provide the cost.
If you have any questions about the Change Request or want to find out more, you can visit the Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms: Transmission Assets project website at
www.morecambeandmorgan.com/transmission.
Alternatively, you can contact the Project team at 0800 915 2493 (option 3) or email
.
How to respond to the Change Request
Please note that all representations must be received by 17:00 on 12 September 2025.
Feedback can be submitted in via email:
or in
writing to: FREEPOST MORECAMBE AND MORGAN.
Any comments or responses will be shared with the Planning Inspectorate. Please note that all responses submitted will be published on the Planning Inspectorate’s website and will be subject to their privacy policy, found online here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/planning-inspectorate-privacy-notices
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