The Preliminary Meeting and Hearings due to be held 24 – 26 March 2020 at Snape Maltings have been postponed in light of the current public health situation surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19). A revised timeline has not yet been released.

Please see the Examining Authority’s (ExA’s) procedural decision to postpone the Preliminary Meeting (PM) and Hearings for further information.


In January Scottish Power Renewables submitted its Development Consent Order application for 2 new windfarms off the Suffolk coast. SPS is concerned over the on shore impacts of the infrastructure required to support these including the vast substations at Friston and the 7km cable route through the AONB and has registered as an interested party.