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It is all over for the £20bn project to build a new nuclear power plant on Anglesey, after developers dropped their planning bid.
Horizon Nuclear Power has pulled a request to approve reactor designs at Wylfa, blaming UK government funding options as one reason.
Another firm has since unveiled plans for a smaller hybrid nuclear and wind plant on a separate site at Wylfa.
The Development Consent Order (DCO) process, which is the name given to planning applications for major UK infrastructure projects such as Wylfa, has been under consideration since June 2018.
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The council has deferred its decision to award planning consent for the nuclear power plant scheme on Anglesey for a second time while its developer winds up operations at the site after pulling out of the project.
Horizon Nuclear Power, the subsidiary of Japan’s Hitachi that works to advance nuclear development in the UK, was to build the £20bn Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant, along with a smaller plant at Oldbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire.
However, it halted works on both projects in January 2019 and concluded last September that it was unable to progress the schemes for viability reasons. It said it would take steps for the “orderly closing down” of all its development activities at the two sites.
Positive Wylfa Newydd talks sees planning decision date extended
BEIS Secretary of State Alok Sharma delays the Development Consent Order decision date until April
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Wylfa Newydd s planning decision has been delayed for another four months for talks with potential new investors to continue.