Planning application
Tilbury Power Station Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Adjacent Authority Application for an amendment to Development Consent Order for Norwich to Tilbury. It is proposed by National Grid to upgrade the electricity transmission system in East Anglia between Norwich and Tilbury. The Project includes a new 400 kilovolt (kv) electricity transmission connection of approximately 184 kilometres (km) in overall length from Norwich Main Substation and Tilbury Substation via Bramford Substation.
As published by the council, reference 20260376
Application record
- Reference
- 20260376
- Status
- Unknown
- Received
- 10 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 10 Apr 2026
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Apr 2026
Received by Gravesham
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Aug 2026
Status changed to Unknown
Previously Pending Consideration.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Gravesham took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with Gravesham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Gravesham's median decision took 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Gravesham's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.