Thanet (extension) offshore wind farm
Thanet (extension) is a 340 MW offshore wind farm with 34 turbines in English waters. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 1 June 2020; the record was last updated on 29 June 2020. Its REPD grid reference is 11 km from the nearest postcode on land (CT10 3PE, Thanet). It was consented under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 by the Secretary of State for energy (REPD: DECC, the energy department at the time).
Consent timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 June 2018 | Application submitted |
| 1 June 2020 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- offshore wind farm
- Capacity
- 340 MW
- Turbines
- 34
- Turbine capacity
- 10 MW
- Turbine height
- 210 m
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 29 June 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Vattenfall
- Consenting authority (REPD)
- DECC (S36)
- Application reference
- not recorded
- Nearest postcode on land
- CT10 3PE (Thanet), 11.2 km from the REPD grid reference
- Time to decision
- 101 weeks
- REPD reference
- 6299
Who decides
It was consented under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 by the Secretary of State for energy (REPD: DECC, the energy department at the time).
Postcode districts within 40 km
| District | km |
|---|---|
| Broadstairs (CT10) | 13.0 |
| Margate (CT9) | 14.7 |
| Ramsgate (CT11) | 15.6 |
| Ramsgate (CT12) | 17.8 |
| Westgate-on-Sea (CT8) | 18.3 |
| Birchington (CT7) | 21.4 |
| Sandwich (CT13) | 25.3 |
| Deal (CT14) | 26.9 |
| Canterbury (CT3) | 31.0 |
| Herne Bay (CT6) | 32.7 |
| Dover (CT15) | 35.0 |
| Dover (CT16) | 37.0 |
Straight-line distance from the centre of each postcode district to the REPD grid reference of the wind farm, which is a single point for the whole site.
Other offshore wind projects within 30 km
| Project | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanet | 300 | operational | 3.0 |
| London Array Phase 1 | 630 | operational | 23.3 |
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 (51.4206, 1.5927).