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

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

• 22/00852/PPM Granted

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

  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

  Decided 2 May 2023 Full applications

1. 29 Jan 2025

   Received by East Lothian

2. 3 Apr 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 19 Aug 2025

   Decision issued: Application Permitted

4. 30 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

• 22/00852/PPM Granted

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

  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

  Decided 2 May 2023 Full applications

East Lothian granted permission on 19 August 2025, 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.

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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

  22/00852/PPM Submitted 29 Jul 2022 50 yards away

  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

  Granted Full applications 94 docs

• 26/00007/OBL Status unknown

  Meadow House Jim Bush Drive Prestonpans EH32 9SX

  Discharge of the Planning Obligation on planning permission 15/00487/P

  Received 3 Sep, published by the council 10 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 26/00696/AMM Status unknown

  Land Located To The South And East Of Wallyford And At Dolphingstone East Lothian

  Approval of matters specified in conditions (1 a to i & k, 2(ii), 8, 24, 27 & 29) of planning permission in principle 15/00537/PPM - Erection of 126 houses, 33 flats and associated works

  Received 25 Jun, published by the council 18 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 26/00304/AMM Granted

  Land Between Skateraw And Branxton

  Approval of matters specified in condition 2 of planning permission 23/00162/PPM - in respect of the Substation Development Area including the Substation Enabling Works (Part of Development Zone 4a) and the Substation (Zone 4b)

  Received 24 Mar, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 26/00003/OBL Status unknown

  Land At Blindwells Tranent East Lothian

  Modification of the planning obligation on planning permission in principle 14/00768/PPM and planning permisson 20/01030/PM and 21/01580/PM

  Received 3 Jun, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 26/00334/AMC Granted

  Land At Windygoul South Tranent East Lothian

  Approval of matters specified in conditions 1 and 5 of planning permission in principle 18/00937/PPM - Erection of 6 houses, acoustic fencing and associated works

  Received 31 Mar, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Conditions