Galloper offshore wind farm

Galloper Wind Farm is a 353 MW offshore wind farm with 56 turbines in English waters. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 30 March 2018; the record was last updated on 2 October 2019. Its REPD grid reference is 42 km from the nearest postcode on land (IP12 2NY, East Suffolk). As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State responsible for energy at the time on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate (EN010003).

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Data: REPD July 2026 extract · calculated 7 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

353 MWoffshore wind farm

operationalstatus in REPD

2 October 2019record last updated

42 km from land (East Suffolk)REPD location

Consent timeline

Date	Stage
21 November 2011	Application submitted
24 May 2013	Development consent granted (Secretary of State)
29 July 2016	Construction started
30 March 2018	Operational

Project details

Technology: offshore wind farm
Capacity: 353 MW
Turbines: 56
Turbine capacity: 6.3 MW
Status (REPD): operational
Record last updated: 2 October 2019
Operator or applicant: RWE Npower Renewables
Consenting authority (REPD): The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
Application reference: EN010003
Nearest postcode on land: IP12 2NY (East Suffolk), 41.6 km from the REPD grid reference
Time to decision: 79 weeks
REPD reference: 2526

Official project record at the Planning Inspectorate

Who decides

As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State responsible for energy at the time on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate (EN010003). All Energy Secretary decisions on solar and wind farms.

Other offshore wind projects within 30 km

Project	MW	Status	km
Greater Gabbard Wind Farm	504	operational	8.7
East Anglia 1 North (EA 4)	800	approved, not built	30.0
East Anglia 1 (EA 1)	714	operational	30.0
East Anglia 3 (EA 3)	1,400	under construction	30.0

All offshore wind farms in UK waters

Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database can lag behind consent decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.88, 2.04).

Galloper and Greater Gabbard lie 8.7 km apart off East Suffolk, but they are two separate projects with different turbines and different approval routes. Galloper's REPD point sits 42 km from the IP12 2NY postcode, and there are no postcode districts within 40 km.

How Galloper differs from its neighbour

Galloper has 56 turbines of 6.3 MW each, Greater Gabbard 140 of 3.6 MW: fewer machines, each one more powerful, 353 MW in total against 504. Its neighbour received Section 36 consent in 2007. Galloper, applied for by RWE Npower Renewables on 21 November 2011, went through examination by the Planning Inspectorate (EN010003) and on 24 May 2013 was granted consent as a nationally significant infrastructure project (DCO): 79 weeks against a median of 84.4. Construction ran from 29 July 2016 to 30 March 2018. Within 30 km, East Anglia 1 is operational (714 MW) and East Anglia 3 is under construction (1,400 MW). The Galloper record was last updated on 2 October 2019; the data come from the July 2026 extract.