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This is a list of nationally significant infrastructure projects in England as designated under the Planning Act 2008.

Project name Region Date of decision Citation
1 East Midlands Gateway Phase 2 East Midlands [1]
2 Hinkley Point C New Nuclear Power Station South West 2013-03-19 [2][3]
3 Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Eastern 2013-05-24 [4]
4 Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm East Midlands 2013-07-11 [3]
5 Rookery South Energy from Waste Generating Station Eastern 2011-10-13 [3]
6 Port Blyth New Biomass Plant North East 2013-07-24 [3]
7 Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Yorkshire and the Humber 2015-02-17
8 Navitus Bay Wind Park South East 2015-09-11 [5]
9 East Anglia ONE Offshore Windfarm Eastern 2014-06-17 [6]
10 Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm North West 2014-09-26 [7]
11 Walney Wind Farm North West 2014-11-07 [8]
12 Hornsea Wind Farm Yorkshire and the Humber 2014-12-10 [9]
13 Kentish Flats Extension South East 2013-02-19 [10][3]
14 North Killingholme Power Project Yorkshire and the Humber 2014-09-11
15 Palm Paper 3 CCGT Power station Kings Lynn Eastern 2016-02-11
16 White Rose Carbon Capture and Storage Project Yorkshire and the Humber 2016-04-13 [11]
17 Knottingley Power Project Yorkshire and the Humber 2015-03-10 [12]
18 Dogger Bank Teesside A / Sofia Offshore Wind Farm (formerly Dogger Bank Teesside B) - Project previously known as Dogger Bank Teesside A&B Yorkshire and the Humber 2015-08-05
19 Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm (Zone 4) - Project Two Yorkshire and the Humber 2016-08-16
20 East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm Eastern 2017-08-07
21 Progress Power Station Eastern 2015-07-23 [13]
22 Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) Power Station Yorkshire and the Humber 2015-10-28
23 Meaford Energy Centre West Midlands 2016-07-19 [14]
24 Millbrook Power Eastern 2019-03-13
25 North London Heat and Power Project London 2017-02-24 [15]
26 Norfolk Vanguard Eastern 2022-02-11
27 Hornsea Project Three Offshore Wind Farm Eastern 2020-12-31 [16]
28 Eggborough CCGT Yorkshire and the Humber 2018-09-20 [17]
29 Tees CCPP North East 2019-04-05 [18]
30 Wheelabrator Kemsley Generating Station (K3) and Wheelabrator Kemsley North (WKN) Waste to Energy Facility South East 2021-02-19
31 Thanet Extension Offshore Wind Farm South East 2020-06-01
32 Cleve Hill Solar Park South East 2020-05-28 [19]
33 West Burton C power station North East 2020-10-21
34 Kemsley Paper Mill (K4) CHP Plant South East 2019-07-05
35 Drax Re-power Yorkshire and the Humber 2019-10-04
36 Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant South East 2022-02-16 [20]
37 Riverside Energy Park London 2020-04-09
38 Boston Alternative Energy Facility (BAEF) East Midlands 2023-07-06
39 VPI Immingham OCGT North East 2020-08-07
40 Little Crow Solar Park Yorkshire and the Humber 2022-04-05 [21]
41 Hinkley Point C New Nuclear Power Station Material Change 1 South West
42 The Net Zero Teesside Project North East 2024-02-16 [22]
43 South Humber Bank Energy Centre Yorkshire and the Humber 2021-11-10 [23]
44 Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station Yorkshire and the Humber 2022-12-07
45 Longfield Solar Farm Eastern 2023-06-26 [24]
46 Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Project Yorkshire and the Humber 2024-01-16
47 Heckington Fen Solar Park East Midlands 2025-01-24 [25]
48 Mallard Pass Solar Project East Midlands 2024-07-12 [26]
49 Slough Multifuel Extension Project South East 2023-11-28 [27]
50 Gate Burton Energy Park East Midlands 2024-07-12
51 Cottam Solar Project East Midlands 2024-09-05
52 East Park Energy Eastern
53 East Yorkshire Solar Farm Yorkshire and the Humber 2025-05-09 [28]
54 Dogger Bank D Wind Farm Yorkshire and the Humber
55 Tween Bridge Solar Farm Yorkshire and the Humber [29]
56 Lighthouse Green Fuels Project North East [30]
57 Beacon Fen Energy Park East Midlands [31]
58 Fenwick Solar Farm Yorkshire and the Humber [32]
59 Frodsham Solar Project North West [33]
60 Fosse Green Energy East Midlands [31]
61 Dean Moor Solar Farm North West [34]
62 Peartree Hill Solar Farm Yorkshire and the Humber [35]
63 Rosefield Solar Farm Eastern [36]
64 One Earth Solar Farm East Midlands [37]
65 Stallingborough Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) generating plant and Carbon Capture Plant (CCP) Yorkshire and the Humber
66 Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park East Midlands
67 Steeple Renewables Project East Midlands [38]
68 Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project South West [39]
69 Kingsway Solar Farm Eastern [40][41]
70 Lime Down Solar Project South West
71 Meridian Solar Farm Eastern [42]
72 Green Hill Solar Farm East Midlands [43]
73 The Keadby Next Generation Power Station Project Yorkshire and the Humber
74 Mylen Leah Solar Farm Yorkshire and the Humber
75 White Elm Solar Farm Eastern [44]
76 Lostrigg Solar North West [45]
77 Mersey Tidal Power Project North West [46]
78 Stanlow Hydrogen Ready Modular Combined Heat and Power Project North West
79 Theddlethorpe Flexible Generation Project East Midlands [31]
80 Walpole Flexible Generation Project Eastern
81 High Grove Solar Eastern [47]
82 Ferrybridge Next Generation Power Station Yorkshire and the Humber
83 Light Valley Solar Yorkshire and the Humber [48]
84 The Droves Solar Farm Eastern
85 East Pye Solar Eastern [49]
86 Leoda Solar Farm East Midlands
87 Kingfisher Solar Farm Yorkshire and the Humber [50]
88 EcoPower Suffolk Solar Eastern [51]
89 Whitestone Solar Farm Yorkshire and the Humber [52]
90 Hedgehog Grove Solar Farm Eastern [53]
91 Hinkley Point C Connection South West 2016-01-19
92 Kings Lynn B Connection Project Eastern 2013-12-18
93 North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement London 2014-04-16
94 Richborough Connection Project South East 2017-08-03
95 Triton Knoll Electrical System East Midlands 2016-09-03
96 Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network West Midlands 2020-03-20
97 Yorkshire GREEN Yorkshire and the Humber 2024-03-14 [54]
98 Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector Yorkshire and the Humber
99 Sea Link South East [55]
100 Norwich to Tilbury Eastern [56]
101 LionLink Interconnector Eastern [6]
102 North Humber to High Marnham Yorkshire and the Humber
103 Grimsby to Walpole East Midlands [31]
104 Chesterfield to Willington East Midlands [57]
105 Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 Eastern
106 Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change South West
107 Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project North East
108 Ossian Transmission Infrastructure East Midlands [58]
109 Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage North West 2015-07-17 [59]
110 Keuper Gas Storage Project North West 2017-03-15 [60]
111 Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage Yorkshire and the Humber [61]
112 Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 North West
113 Willington C Gas Pipeline West Midlands 2014-12-17 [62]
114 River Humber Gas Pipeline Replacement Project Yorkshire and the Humber 2016-08-25 [63]
115 Hynet North West Hydrogen Pipeline North West [64]
116 Yorkshire and Humber CCS Cross Country Pipeline Yorkshire and the Humber 2017-01-11
117 Thorpe Marsh Gas Pipeline Yorkshire and the Humber 2016-03-03 [65]
118 Southampton to London Pipeline Project South East 2020-10-07
119 Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline North West [66]
120 Ferrybridge Carbon Capture and Storage Yorkshire and the Humber
121 Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline Yorkshire and the Humber
122 H2NorthEast (H2NE) North East
123 Humber Hydrogen Pipeline Yorkshire and the Humber [67]
124 A556 Knutsford to Bowdon Scheme North West 2014-08-28 [68]
125 M20 Junction 10A South East 2017-12-01 [68]
126 A160 - A180 Port of Immingham Improvement Yorkshire and the Humber 2015-02-04 [68]
127 Heysham to M6 Link Road North West 2013-03-19 [3]
128 M1 Junction 10a Grade Separation - Luton Eastern 2013-10-30 [68]
129 Morpeth Northern Bypass North East 2015-01-12 [68]
130 Woodside Link Houghton Regis Bedfordshire Eastern 2014-09-30 [68]
131 A30 Temple to Higher Carblake Improvement South West 2015-02-05 [68]
132 Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NDR) Eastern 2015-06-02 [69]
133 A63 Castle Street Improvement-Hull Yorkshire and the Humber 2020-05-28 [68]
134 A19/A1058 Coast Road Junction Improvement North East 2016-01-28 [68]
135 A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Eastern 2016-05-11 [68]
136 M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway South East 2016-09-02 [68]
137 A19 / A184 Testos Junction Improvement North East 2018-09-12 [68]
138 Silvertown Tunnel London 2018-05-10 [70]
139 A38 Derby Junctions East Midlands 2023-08-17 [57]
140 Lake Lothing Third Crossing Eastern 2020-04-30 [68]
141 A19 Downhill Lane Junction Improvement North East 2020-07-16 [68]
142 A303 Stonehenge South West 2023-07-14 [71]
143 A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross Scheme South West 2020-02-06 [68]
144 M42 Junction 6 Improvement West Midlands 2020-05-21 [68]
145 M25 junction 28 improvements South East 2022-05-16 [72][68]
146 M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange improvement South East 2022-05-12 [68]
147 A1 Birtley to Coal House Improvement Scheme North East 2021-01-19 [73]
148 A57 Link Roads (previously known as Trans Pennine Upgrade Programme) North West 2022-11-16 [74]
149 A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool Improvement Scheme North West 2020-04-09
150 A303 Sparkford to Ilchester Dualling South West 2021-01-29 [75]
151 A47 - A11 Thickthorn Junction Eastern 2022-10-14 [76]
152 A47 North Tuddenham to Easton Eastern 2022-08-12 [77]
153 A47 Wansford to Sutton Eastern 2023-02-17
154 A47 Blofield to North Burlingham Eastern 2022-06-22
155 Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing Eastern 2020-09-24
156 A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Road Improvement scheme Eastern 2022-08-18
157 M54 to M6 Link Road West Midlands 2022-04-21 [78]
158 M3 Junction 9 Improvement South East 2024-05-16
159 A417 Missing Link South West 2022-11-16 [79]
160 A1 in Northumberland - Morpeth to Ellingham North East 2024-05-24
161 A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Scheme Eastern 2024-01-12 [80]
162 A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Project North West 2024-03-07 [81]
163 A46 Coventry Junctions (Walsgrave) West Midlands [82]
164 Able Marine Energy Park Yorkshire and the Humber 2013-12-18 [3]
165 York Potash Harbour Facilities Order North East 2016-07-20 [83]
167 Tilbury2 South East 2019-02-20 [84]
168 Able Marine Energy Park Material Change 2 Yorkshire and the Humber 2022-07-16
169 Immingham Eastern Ro-Ro Terminal Yorkshire and the Humber 2024-10-04 [26]
170 Able Marine Energy Park Material Change 3 Yorkshire and the Humber
171 North Doncaster Rail Chord (near Shaftholme) Yorkshire and the Humber 2012-10-16 [3]
172 Ipswich Rail Chord Eastern 2012-09-05 [3]
173 Stafford Area Improvements - Norton Bridge Railway West Midlands 2014-03-31
174 Redditch Branch Enhancement Scheme West Midlands 2013-10-31 [85]
175 Portishead Branch Line - MetroWest Phase 1 South West 2022-11-14
176 East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements Eastern [41]
177 Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal East Midlands 2014-07-03 [86]
178 East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange East Midlands 2016-01-12 [87]
179 West Midlands Interchange West Midlands 2020-05-04 [88]
180 Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange East Midlands 2019-10-09 [89]
181 Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange South East
182 Intermodal Logistics Park North North West [90]
183 East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Material Change East Midlands
184 Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project South East
185 Lincolnshire Reservoir East Midlands [31]
186 Fens Reservoir Eastern [41]
187 South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO) South East [91]
188 Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) London
189 River Thames Scheme South East [92]
190 The Grand Union Canal Transfer East Midlands, Eastern, West Midlands [93]
191 East Northants Resource Management Facility East Midlands 2013-07-11
192 Whitemoss Landfill Western Extension North West 2015-05-21
193 East Northants Resource Management Facility Western Extension East Midlands 2023-01-23
194 Thames Tideway Tunnel London 2014-09-12 [94]
195 Manston Airport South East 2022-08-18 [95]
196 The Sizewell C Project Eastern 2022-07-20 [96]
197 Bramford to Twinstead Eastern 2024-09-12 [26]
198 Rampion Offshore Wind Farm South East 2014-07-16
199 East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm Eastern 2022-03-31
200 East Anglia TWO Offshore Windfarm Eastern 2022-03-31
201 Norfolk Boreas Eastern 2021-12-10 [97]
202 Lower Thames Crossing South East 2025-03-25 [98][26]
203 Expansion of Heathrow Airport (Third Runway) London [99]
204 Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange East Midlands 2025-03-10 [100][26]
205 Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Eastern 2025-04-08 [41]
206 Hornsea Project Four Offshore Wind Farm Yorkshire and the Humber 2023-07-12
207 AQUIND Interconnector South East [101]
208 Sheringham and Dudgeon Extension Projects Eastern 2024-04-17 [102]
209 Sunnica Energy Farm Eastern 2024-07-12 [103][26]
210 London Luton Airport Expansion Eastern 2025-04-03 [104][26]
211 Gatwick Airport Northern Runway South East [105]
212 Medworth Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power Facility Eastern 2024-02-20
213 North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park Yorkshire and the Humber 2025-03-13 [106]
214 Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm South East 2025-04-04 [107]
215 Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Eastern
216 North Falls Offshore Wind Farm Eastern [108]
217 M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme South West [109]
218 M60/M62/M66 Simister Island North West [110]
219 Oaklands Farm Solar Park East Midlands [57]
220 Rivenhall IWMF and Energy Centre Eastern 2024-12-19
221 West Burton Solar Project East Midlands 2025-01-24 [111]
222 Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms Yorkshire and the Humber
223 Viking CCS Pipeline Yorkshire and the Humber 2025-04-09 [112]
224 Stonestreet Green Solar South East [113]
225 Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Generation Assets North West
226 Morgan Offshore Wind Project Generation Assets North West
227 Cory Decarbonisation Project South East [114]
228 Immingham Green Energy Terminal Yorkshire and the Humber 2025-02-06 [115]
229 Helios Renewable Energy Project Yorkshire and the Humber
230 Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind (Generating Station) East Midlands [31]
231 A46 Newark Bypass East Midlands [116]
232 Tillbridge Solar Project East Midlands [31]
233 Byers Gill Solar North East [117]
234 Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets North West
235 Springwell Solar Farm East Midlands [118][31]
236 H2Teesside North East [119]
237 Botley West Solar Farm South East [120]

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