List of nationally significant infrastructure projects in England

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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