The list below is a record of advice the Planning Inspectorate has provided in respect of the Planning Act 2008 process.
There is a statutory duty under section 51 of the Planning Act 2008 to record the advice that is given in relation to an application or a potential application and to make this publicly available. Advice we have provided is recorded below together with the name of the person or organisation who asked for the advice and the project it relates to. The privacy of any other personal information will be protected in accordance with our Information Charter which you should view before sending information to the Planning Inspectorate.
Note that after a project page has been created for a particular application, any advice provided that relates to it will also be published under the ‘s51 advice’ tab on the relevant project page.
Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived. View the archived advice.
General
Enquiry
Query regarding National Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) thresholds for electrical line schemes. Would a scheme over 2km long, with a nominal voltage of 33kv, meet the desired thresholds for an NSIP?
Advice given
The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) advised that section 16 of the Planning Act 2008 sets out the criteria for an electric line scheme to qualify as an NSIP. Section 16(3) states that an above ground electric line scheme must have a minimum nominal voltage of132 kilovolts or more and be 2 kilmeteres or more in length. PINS advised that as the scheme only meets one of these critiera, it would not qualify to be an NSIP.
The Planning Inspectorate also advises it is prudent to seek your own legal advice when deciding if a scheme qualifies to be an NSIP.
