Whitecross offshore wind farm
Whitecross - Offshore Wind Farm is a 100 MW offshore wind farm with 8 turbines in English waters. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 16 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 22 September 2025. REPD gives a grid reference on the coast (EX31 3EZ, North Devon), not the position of the turbines, so the distance out to sea is not known from REPD. REPD names the Marine Management Organisation as the consenting authority.
Consent timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 March 2023 | Application submitted |
| 16 July 2025 | Consent granted (Marine Management Organisation) |
| 16 July 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- offshore wind farm
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Turbines
- 8
- Turbine capacity
- 12.5 MW
- Turbine height
- 284 m
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 22 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Flotation Energy / Cobra Instalaciones Servicios
- Consenting authority (REPD)
- Marine Management Organisation
- Application reference
- MLA/2023/00113
- Nearest postcode on land
- EX31 3EZ (North Devon), 0.1 km from the REPD grid reference
- Time to decision
- 122 weeks
- REPD reference
- 11852
Who decides
REPD names the Marine Management Organisation as the consenting authority.
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 (51.0689, -4.168), which is on the coast rather than at the turbines.