Norwich-Tilbury pylons: read the CPRE Essex response to the National Grid consultation
CPRE Essex has submitted its response to the third and final public consultation on National Grid’s plans to place a line of pylons from Norwich to Tilbury.
The statutory consultation ended last week (Tuesday, July 23) and follows two non-statutory public consultations on the draft proposals, held in 2022 and 2023.
The National Grid plans entail upgrading the transmission network between the existing substations at Norwich Main in Norfolk, Bramford in Suffolk and Tilbury in Essex.
CPRE Essex has questioned the need for this destructive project and believes the full range of alternatives has been neither adequately assessed nor properly consulted on.
We appreciate that the UK has to reach net-zero targets and achieve greater energy security by increased use of renewable energy but say that the emphasis should be on technologies that will minimise adverse impact on productive farmland and the visual quality of tranquil and historic landscapes.
National Grid says it intends to submit its application for a Development Consent Order to the Planning Inspectorate in 2025.