E.ON Climate & Renewableshanded in its application for Rampion in December – several months later thanoriginally envisaged – but quickly pulled it back, explaining that it needed toconsult with “more distant” neighbouring authorities, such as Surrey.

E.ON intends to buildRampion, a Round 3 project originally known as Hastings, some 13km off thecoast of Sussex, southern England.

Rather than simply amendingits existing application, the German utility was forced to withdraw it and thenresubmit a new, more complete version.