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Land Adjacent To Dunbar Landfill Site Oxwell Mains Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1SW

Granted East Lothian 22/00852/PPM Planning Permission Principle

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Planning permission in principle for a converter station and associated development including a landfall at Thorntonloch and connecting buried cabling, all in association with the Scottish Power Eastern Link 1 project, for a new subsea High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) link

As published by the council, reference 22/00852/PPM

Application record

Reference
22/00852/PPM
Type
Planning Permission Principle
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Granted Permission
Received
29 Jul 2022
Validated
16 Sep 2022
Decided
2 May 2023
Ward
Dunbar
Parish
East Lammermuir Community Council
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
EH42 1SW

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Lothian register

This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/00083/AMM Granted

    Land Adjacent To Dunbar Landfill Site Oxwell Mains Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1SW

    Approval of matters specified in condition 2 of planning permission in principle 22/00852/PPM

    Decided 19 Aug 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Jul 2022

    Received by East Lothian

  2. 16 Sep 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 2 May 2023

    Decision issued: Granted Permission

  4. 3 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 25/00083/AMM Granted

    Land Adjacent To Dunbar Landfill Site Oxwell Mains Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1SW

    Approval of matters specified in condition 2 of planning permission in principle 22/00852/PPM

    Decided 19 Aug 2025 Conditions

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

94 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

East Lothian granted permission on 2 May 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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