Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan 2025 Online Version and Consultation

Support

Representation ID: 882

Received: 16/01/2026

Respondent: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) Plc (Statutory / General Consultation Body)

LPAs should respond each year to NGED’s DFES questionnaire so the electricity network forecasts reflect current growth ambitions.

Support

Representation ID: 883

Received: 16/01/2026

Respondent: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) Plc (Statutory / General Consultation Body)

For developments needing a connection within five years, the LPA should arrange an early ‘connections surgery’ with NGED to clarify timescales and costs.

Support

Representation ID: 884

Received: 16/01/2026

Respondent: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) Plc (Statutory / General Consultation Body)

Allocation policies should give priority to retaining high‑voltage overhead lines where feasible, embedding design principles that sensitively incorporate the lines and exploit the space beneath for green infrastructure, thereby reducing embodied carbon.

Support

Representation ID: 885

Received: 16/01/2026

Respondent: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) Plc (Statutory / General Consultation Body)

Where diversion or undergrounding of overhead lines is required, the LPA must engage with NGED early to assess viability and ensure allocation‑policy wording reflects agreed solutions.

Support

Representation ID: 886

Received: 16/01/2026

Respondent: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) Plc (Statutory / General Consultation Body)

Strategic sites with multiple pylons should be supported by early master‑planning and supplementary planning documents that set out capacity, retention/diversion principles and land for new substations.