The Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2026

Published: Thu 30th Apr 26

This Statutory Instrument introduces necessary corrections to the Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025, which originally granted development consent for the wind farm under the Planning Act 2008.

Made by the Secretary of State on April 23rd, 2026, the Order specifies textual amendments, referenced in a schedule, across various articles and requirements of the initial Order to rectify identified errors following a formal request by the applicant.

Arguments For

  • The Order rectifies documented errors in the original 2025 Development Consent Order, ensuring legal clarity and accuracy for a major infrastructure project.

  • Utilizing the correction mechanism provided under Schedule 4 of the Planning Act 2008 allows for minor administrative fixes without necessitating a full re-application process, speeding up administrative finality.

  • Corrections, such as amending incorrect article or section references, prevent future legal ambiguity regarding land acquisition, time limits, and technical specifications of the wind farm construction and operation.

Arguments Against

  • The necessity for a correction order implies a level of oversight failure in the initial drafting or examination of the primary 2025 Order, introducing delays and uncertainty.

  • While correcting errors, the process modifies legally binding provisions (like time limits for compulsory purchase), which could impact affected landowners or local authorities who had relied on the original text.

  • The extensive list of textual substitutions suggests the original Order contained significant drafting flaws, raising questions about the robustness of the original examination process under the Planning Act 2008.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2026 No. 465

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, ENGLAND

The Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2026

Made - - - -

23rd April 2026

Coming into force - -

24th April 2026

The Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025( 1 ), which granted development consent within the meaning of the Planning Act 2008 ('the Act')( 2 ) contains correctable errors within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Act.

In accordance with paragraph 1(5)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act, before the end of the relevant period (as defined in paragraph 1(6)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act), the Secretary of State received a written request from the applicant( 3 ) for the correction of errors in the Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025.

In accordance with paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 4 to the Act, the Secretary of State has informed Mid-Sussex District Council, Horsham District Council and South Downs National Park Authority as the relevant local planning authorities( 4 ), that the request has been received.

The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1(4) and (8) of Schedule 4 to the Act makes the following Order.

Citation and commencement

  1. This Order may be cited as the Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2026 and comes into force on 24th April 2026.

Corrections

  1. The Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025 is corrected as set out in the table in the Schedule to this Order, where-
  • (a) column 1 sets out where the correction is to be made;
  • (b) column 2 sets out how the correction is to be made; and
  • (c) column 3 sets out the text which is to be substituted, inserted or omitted.

( 1 ) S.I. 2025/468

( 2 ) 2008 c. 29. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 was amended by paragraph 70 of Schedule 13, and Part 20 of Schedule 25, to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and by paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23). There are other amendments to the Act which are not relevant to this Order.

( 3 ) As defined in paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Act.

( 4 ) As defined in paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Act.

| Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. |

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

23rd April 2026

John Wheadon Head of Energy Infrastructure Planning and Innovation Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Schedule

Corrections

| Where the correction is to be made | How the correction is to be made | Text to be substituted, inserted, or omitted | |----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Article 2 - definition of 'array area' | For 'Tables 2, 3 and 4 of Part 1' substitute | 'Tables 2 and 3 of Part 1' | | Article 12(2) | After 'unless the temporary' omit | 'part of the' | | Article 17(2) | After 'sub-paragraph (1) is' insert | 'to be' | | Article 23(1) | Omit paragraph (1) and substitute | '(1) The applicable period for the purposes of section 4 ( 5 )(time limit for giving notice to treat) of the 1965 Act and section 5A ( 6 ) (time limit for general vesting declaration) of the 1981 Act (as modified by this Order) is the period of seven years beginning on the day on which the Order is made.' | | Article 24(2) | For 'article 32' substitute | 'article 31' | | Article 27(5) | Omit paragraph (5) | | | Article 27(6)(b) | Omit sub-paragraph (b) and the 'and' before it | | | Article 27(10) | For 'article 28(3)' substitute | 'article 29(3)' | | Article 27(10) | After 'Rampion 2' insert | 'Offshore' | | Article 28(2) | After '(extension of time limit during challenge)' insert | 'for 'section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (application to High Court in respect of compulsory purchase order)' substitute 'section 118 of the Planning Act 2008 (legal challenges relating to applications for orders granting development consent)'.' | | Article 28(2)(a) | Omit sub-paragraph (a) | | | Article 28(4) | Omit paragraph (4) | | | Article 28(5)(a) | For 'article 31(3)' substitute | 'article 29(3)' |

| Article 36(3) | For 'stopped up' substitute For '(6) to (8)' substitute | 'closed' '(5) to (8)' |

| Article 55(1)(c) | | '(5) to (8)' |

| Schedule 1, paragraph 1, Work No.4 | After 'Work No. 5' insert | '(b)' | | Schedule 1, paragraph 1, Work No.6 | After 'Work No. 5' insert | '(b)' | | Schedule 1, paragraph 1, Work No.7 | After 'Work No. 8' insert | '(c)' | | Schedule 1, paragraph 1, Work No.8 | After 'Work No. 9' insert | '(a)' |

| Requirement 22(2) (Code of construction practice) | For 'construction code of practice' substitute | 'code of construction practice' |

| Requirement 42(4) (European protected species licence) | After 'Conservation of Species and Habitats Regulations 2017.' omit | 'Site-specific plan for the detailed design approval of the temporary construction compounds at Washington and Climping' | | Requirement 43 | Insert requirement heading | ' Site-specific plan for the detailed design approval of the temporary construction compounds at Washington and Climping ' | | Requirement 43(1) | After 'details of' insert | 'the following have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority following consultation with West Sussex County Council' | | Requirement 43(1)(e) | For ';' substitute | '.' | | Requirement 43(1)(f) | Omit sub-paragraph (f) | |

| Schedule 8, paragraph 4 | For 'article 23' substitute | 'article 24' | | Schedule 8, paragraph 5(5) | For 'article 28' substitute | 'article 22' | | Schedule 8, paragraph 5(7) | Omit | 'as modified by article 27(4) (application of the 1981 Act)' |

| Schedule 10, Part 3, Paragraph 10(3)(b) (Indemnity) | For 'Actor' substitute | 'Act or' | | Schedule 10, Part 4, Heading of Paragraph 4 (Apparatus of SSE in stopped up streets) | For 'Apparatus of SSE in stopped up streets' substitute | 'Apparatus of SSE in temporarily closed streets' | | Schedule 10, Part 4, Paragraph 4(2) | For 'stopped up' substitute | 'closed' |

| Schedule 10, Part 7, Paragraph 4 | Omit | 'Notwithstanding the limits of deviation permitted pursuant to this Order' | | Schedule 11 (Deemed Marine Licence), paragraph 1, definition of 'wind farm separation zones' | For '(generation)' substitute | '(transmission)' |

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order corrects errors identified in the Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025, which granted development consent under the Planning Act 2008, following a request under paragraph 1(5)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act.

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