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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Vanguard

NORFOLK VANGUARD WEST LIMITED at Necton 400kV Substation

Connection date
31 Dec 2027 +25 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
Planning consent
Granted 11 Feb 2022
Norfolk Vanguard (EN010079) · Source: Planning Inspectorate
Technology
Offshore wind
Total capacity
1,320 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
1,320 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-000459
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
1040040031 Dec 2027Gate 2Consents Approved
209201,3201 Apr 2028Gate 2Consents Approved

Change history

Every change to this project across 151 registers from 29 Jan 2021 to 5 Nov 2026.

  • 22 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (1,320 MW from 1 Dec 2025) to 2 stages (400 MW from 31 Dec 2027, 920 MW from 1 Apr 2028). First connection date +25 months
  • 27 Feb 2024 register
    Customer changed from NORFOLK VANGUARD LIMITED to NORFOLK VANGUARD WEST LIMITED
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Connection point changed from Vanguard West Offshore Platform to Necton 400kV Substation
  • 30 Mar 2022 register
    Capacity changed from 1,200 MW to 1,320 MW
  • 30 Mar 2022 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2025 to 1 Dec 2025 (+8 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 4 Jan 2025 to 1 Apr 2025 (+3 months)

Also at Necton 400kV Substation

Substation view

6 other projects, 5.2 GW still to connect at this substation in total.

Status definitions (NESO)

Scoping: NESO is not aware that a planning application has been made.

Awaiting Consents: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that a planning application has been made.

Consents Approved: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that the planning application has been approved.

Terminated: used by NESO only in its register of 30 April 2021, for two projects that left the register the next month.

These statuses are NESO’s, not QueueWatch’s, and NESO describes them as “as far as we are aware”, so a project may be further along than its status shows.

Source: NESO

Planning consent

The planning decision for this project, from the Planning Inspectorate. NESO’s status can lag behind planning decisions, so the two may differ.

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