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Land To The South Of National Grids Electrical Substation For New Cable Tunnel Fort Road Tilbury Essex

Granted Thurrock 23/01502/FUL Full Planning Permission Application

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

Proposal

Proposed construction a new cable tunnel beneath the River Thames between Tilbury and Gravesend to provide additional transmission capacity. Above-ground infrastructure in the form of a new Cable Sealing End compound and a new head house building along with associated electricity infrastructure, access, parking, boundary treatment and two overhead gantry structures for future overhead lines. Temporary compound for the duration of the project to provide parking, staff welfare facilities, delivery vehicle parking, and equipment and machinery storage, including boundary treatment and lighting.

As published by the council, reference 23/01502/FUL

Application record

Reference
23/01502/FUL
Type
Full Planning Permission Application
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
22 Dec 2023
Validated
24 Jan 2024
Decided
24 Jan 2025
Ward
OLD Tilbury Riverside And Thurrock Park
Decision by
Chief Planning Officer Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Thurrock register

This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00509/CONDC Granted

    Land To The South Of National Grids Electrical Substation For New Cable Tunnel Fort Road Tilbury Essex

    Application for the approval of details reserved by condition no. 16 (Barge Movements) of planning permission ref 25/01480/CV (Application for the variation of condition no. 16 (Barge Movements) of planning permission ref. 25/00746/CV (Application for the variation of condition nos. 16 (Spoil Removal) and 17 (Barge Movements) of planning permission ref. 23/01502/FUL.)

    Decided 8 Jul 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Dec 2023

    Received by Thurrock

  2. 24 Jan 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Jan 2025

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 8 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

National Grid PLC Agent, registered in London

Active · incorporated 2000 · London

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Documents

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

204 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Thurrock granted permission on 24 January 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.

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