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Installation Of High Voltage Direct Current (DC) Cables For The Viking Link Interconnector Project Between Proposed Landfall At Boygrift In East Lindsey To A Proposed Converter Station At North Ing Drove In South Holland;

Granted North Kesteven 21/0282/DISCON Discharge of Conditions

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

Proposal

Application to discharge condition 5 (Landscape Restoration) attached to planning permission 17/1200/FUL - Works to facilitate the Viking Link electrical interconnector with an approximate capacity of 1400 megawatts (MW) extending from Revsing, Jutland, (Denmark) to Bicker Fen, Lincolnshire (UK) comprising: - Installation of two (2) subsea high voltage direct current (DC) cables between Mean Low Water Springs (MLWS) and landfall at Boygrift in East Lindsey; - Installation of two (2) onshore DC cables between the landfall at Boygrift and the converter station at North Ing Drove in South Holland; - Construction of associated Temporary Construction Compounds (TCC) and Temporary Works Areas (TWA) and temporary vehicle access arrangements required for DC and AC cable installation; - Erection of converter station buildings together with the formation of internal roads, permanent access road from the A52, erection of security fencing, formation of landscaping with associated temporary construction compounds; - Installation of up to six (6) onshore high voltage alternating current (AC) cables between the converter station at North Ing Drove and the existing Bicker Fen 400 kilovolt (400kV) Substation owned and operated by National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc (NGET); - Installation of link pillars along the AC cable route for inspection and maintenance purposes, these will be contained within fenced areas; - Installation of two substation bays at Bicker Fen Substation to allow Viking Link to be connected to the National Grid electricity transmission system; - Installation of all associated drainage mitigation works; and - Installation of fibre-optic cable(s) with the high voltage AC and DC cables (A bay consists of switching equipment including circuit breakers, disconnector and measuring equipment. NGET will be providing Viking Link the space available to connect to Bicker Fen).

As published by the council, reference 21/0282/DISCON

Application record

Reference
21/0282/DISCON
Type
Discharge of Conditions
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
26 Feb 2021
Validated
26 Feb 2021
Decided
30 Jul 2021
Ward
Heighington And Washingborough
Parish
Great Hale
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Feb 2021

    Received by North Kesteven

  2. 30 Jul 2021

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 22 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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Atkins Ltd Agent, registered in Swansea

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8 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

North Kesteven granted permission on 30 July 2021, 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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