Chatteris windfarm

Vattenfall is proposing a new windfarm project in the electoral divisions of Sutton, Chatteris, and March South and Rural, closely neighbouring Somersham and Earith. The scheme would therefore be situated within the districts of East Cambridgeshire and Fenland, and will be determined by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.

The project falls into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process defined through the Planning Act 2008 (as amended). The proposed development would have a generating capacity exceeding 100 megawatt (MW) and therefore falls within the nationally significant infrastructure regime, in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025 (SI 2025/694).

Responsibility for accepting and examining the NSIP application rests with the Secretary of State and not the local authorities, who are identified as statutory consultees, or ‘host’ authorities, in the NSIP process. There are three ‘host’ authorities (Cambridgeshire County Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, and Fenland District Council) involved in this NSIP project. The ‘host’ planning authorities will work together as far as possible to ensure full scrutiny of this project is undertaken.

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It is important to note that as the ‘host’ planning authorities are not the determining authorities, any correspondence in relation to this matter needs to be directed to Vattenfall in the first instance and then the Planning Inspectorate.

As part of Vattenfall's public launch, they are holding the following drop in events:

More information can be found on Vattenfall’s website for this project, and on the Planning Inspectorate’s webpage for this project.