Residents near Beverley are being invited to have their say on the design of an onshore converter station that will support the world’s biggest offshore wind farm
A consultation will take place around an onshore converter station near Beverley(Image: Submitted)
The public will have a chance to wade in on proposals for buildings planned to support the world’s biggest offshore windfarm – and help influence its design. The engagement will invite feedback on design concepts for the onshore converter station, near Beverley. The area to the south of Beverley was chosen due to having “minimised environmental impacts and disruption to residents”, according to the team delivering Dogger Bank D project.
Ground investigation works and trial trenching have been underway at the site and are now complete. The consultation will allow the Dogger Bank D team to give an update on the proposed station and to engage with the public. The consultation began yesterday and runs until Monday, August 3, 2026. The project team will also host two in-person events in Beverley and an online webinar in early July.
The onshore site will be part of the proposed fourth phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the 3.6GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm currently in construction in the North Sea. A fourth Dogger Bank phase aims to unlock 1.5GW in renewable electricity capacity at the Dogger Bank site and would make the world’s biggest offshore wind farm even larger.
Dogger Bank D is being developed by 50:50 joint venture partners SSE and Equinor. The project would be 210km off the Yorkshire coast and would comprise up to 113 installed offshore wind turbines on fixed bottom foundations as well as an offshore substation platform at the 262km2 seabed site. An associated export and inter-array subsea cabling connecting with onshore infrastructure near Hull for transmission of the electricity generated by the wind farm to Britain’s national grid is also proposed.
In April 2026, Dogger Bank D chose a zone to the south of Beverley as the preferred location for the development of the project’s onshore converter station. The area was chosen because it was deemed a safe place to construct and operate the station. The firm claims it will have “minimal disruption to residents”. The zone has a connecting cable corridor which has been previously described as E1 or the northern corridor in project proposals.
The public will have an opportunity to learn more about how the onshore converter station location has been selected and refined. This consultation will also ask residents for ideas about how the facility will be designed. All documents are available to view online now at www.doggerbankd.com/ocs-consultation .
The consultation materials outline important factors for the development of the onshore converter station such as technical and environmental assessments alongside coexistence with existing and potential future development, safety, landscape considerations and opportunities for planting and screening. The public is invited to give feedback on the onshore converter station’s roof forms, materials, colour palettes, landscape planting and ways the project could contribute to the local area.
Sophie Large, Senior Project Manager for Dogger Bank D, said: “During our statutory consultation phase in 2025, individuals and stakeholders told Dogger Bank D that they wanted more detail on the development of the onshore converter station. This consultation outlines our progress to date and shares more detail about the Project’s commitment to design development. The team are looking forward to welcoming the public to our consultation events and continuing the valuable conversations that inform and shape our proposals ahead of our planned Development Consent Order application in June 2027.” The delivery of Dogger Bank D is subject to the project securing a Development Consent Order as well as a final investment decision by joint venture partners SSE Renewables and Equinor.
The in-person consultations will take place on Thursday, July 2, from 2pm to 6pm at Toll Gavel Church, 27 Toll Gavel, Beverley, HU17 9AA, and on Saturday, July 4, from 10am to 2pm at Beverlay Memorial Hall, 72-75 Lairgate, Beverley, HU17 8HN. There will be a webinar and Q&A session online on Wednesday, July 8 from 7pm to 8pm. Sign up at: https://www.doggerbankd.com/ocs-consultation/
Those interested can pick up key printed documents about the onshore converter station consultation until 3 August 2026 at the locations below (please check opening times before visiting):
- Beverley Customer Service Centre, Champney Treasure House, Champney Road, Beverley, HU17 8HE.
Opening times: Mon to Weds 9:30am to 4:30pm; Fri 9:30am to 4:30pm; Thurs, Sat and Sun closed.
- Cottingham Library and Customer Service Centre, Market Green, Cottingham, HU16 5QG.
Opening times: Mon and Tues 9:30am to 4:30pm; Thurs 9:30am to 6:30pm; Fri 9:30am to 1:00pm; Sat 9:30am to 12:30pm; Weds and Sun closed.
Consultation materials will also be available at Leven Library during its Wednesday opening times until 29 July 2026 (please check opening times before visiting):
- Leven Library, 74 East Street, Leven, HU17 5NG.
Opening times: Weds 10:30am to 12:30pm, 3:30pm to 7:00pm; other days closed.
For more information on Dogger Bank D, including how to engage with the consultation or request consultation materials via post or in alternative formats, please visit www.doggerbankd.com, call the freephone number on 0800 254 5029, or email contact@doggerbankd.com.
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