The Planning Inspectorate announced on 14 September 2026 that development consent had been granted for the transmission assets associated with the Morgan Offshore Wind Project and the Morecambe Offshore Windfarm. According to the release, the consent was granted by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

The assets covered by the application included offshore export cables, onshore landfall infrastructure, onshore export cables, onshore substations, onshore grid connection cables and circuit breaker compounds, along with other related onshore infrastructure. The application was submitted by Morgan Offshore Wind Limited and Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Limited on 21 October 2024 and accepted for examination on 18 November 2024, with recommendations made to the Secretary of State on 29 January 2026.

The Planning Inspectorate said this was the 113th energy application out of 181 examined to date, and that it was completed within the statutory timescale set by the Planning Act 2008. It said the decision was made by Baroness Curran on behalf of the Energy Secretary's legal authority.