Selby And East Riding In Yorkshire - Compulsory Purchase Of Land And New Rights

THE NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC (SCOTLAND TO ENGLAND GREEN LINK 2) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2023
COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF LAND AND NEW RIGHTS IN SELBY AND EAST RIDING IN YORKSHIRE
ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981

Notice is hereby given that National Grid Electricity Transmission plc has made The National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (Scotland to England Green Link 2) Compulsory Purchase Order 2023 under section 10 and Schedule 3 to the Electricity Act 1989. It is about to submit this order to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero for confirmation, and if confirmed, the order will authorise National Grid Electricity Transmission plc to purchase compulsorily the land and new rights described below for the purpose of carrying on the activities authorised by its transmission licence under the 1989 Act and, in particular the construction, use and maintenance of an electricity transmission link comprising underground cables, convertor station and associated development as part of the wider Scotland to England Green Link 2 project to allow the transfer of electrical power between the English and Scottish national electricity transmission system.
A copy of the order and of the map referred to therein have been deposited at the following locations and may be seen at all reasonable hours:-

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Electronic copies of the order, the order map and the statement of reasons will be provided on request. Please contact the Land Referencing Team at Carter Jonas LLP (email: land.referencing@carterjonas.co.uk) to request copies.
Any objection to the order must be made in writing to in writing to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to John McKennaat John.McKenna@energysecurity.gov.uk or at John McKenna, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Level 3, Orchard 2, 1 Victoria Street, Westminster, London SW1H 0ET before Tuesday 10th October 2023 and should state the title of the order, the grounds of objection and the objector’s address and interests in the land.
DESCRIPTION OF LAND AND THE NEW RIGHTS
Permanent acquisition of (a) 84636.63 square metres of agricultural land, hedgerow and overhead electricity lines, lying east of New Road and west of Woodcock Wood, in the parishes of Long Drax and Drax, (b) 17.61 square metres of hedgerow, lying north of Wren Hall Lane and east of New Road in the parish of Long Drax, (c) 15318.87 square metres of agricultural land, hedgerow and trees, lying south of Wren Hall and east of Wren Hall Lane, in the parish of Drax, (d) 5940.94 square metres of trees and dismantled railway, lying east of Wren Hall Lane and south of Wren Hall, in the parish of Drax, (e) 33510.19 square metres of agricultural land and hedgerow, lying south of Wren Hall and west of The Laurels, in the parish of Drax.
The acquisition of the following rights between Fraisthorpe and Drax:
Access Rights: All rights necessary to access the Order Land and adjoining land;
Electricity Infrastructure Construction Rights: All rights necessary for the purposes of or incidental to the construction and commissioning of the electricity infrastructure (electricity infrastructure meaning the underground cables (including wires, earth wires, fibre optic cables and other communication cables, pipes, coatings and ducts), connections, cable draw pits, cable joints, cable marker posts, cable terminals, earth bonding and tape, drains, culverts, fibre optic pits, inspection boxes, trenches, marking bands, protective boards or tiles, jointing pits, link boxes, manholes, monitoring equipment, apparatus, conductors, supports, plant, equipment, pillars, warning tape, sheaths and other underground or overground equipment and apparatus associated with or ancillary to such underground cables);
Construction Compound Rights: All rights necessary for the purposes of or incidental to the establishment, use and removal of works compounds;
Drainage Rights: All rights necessary for the purposes of or incidental to the carrying out of de-watering and drainage works and to install, alter, use, maintain, reinstate or remove drainage systems;
HVAC Rights: All rights necessary for the purposes of or incidental to the retention, commissioning, operation, protection, maintenance, surveying, repair, renewal, replacement, removal and decommissioning of the electricity infrastructure;
HVDC Rights: All rights necessary for the purposes of or incidental to the retention, commissioning, operation, protection, maintenance, surveying, repair, renewal, replacement, removal and decommissioning of the electricity infrastructure;
Landfall Rights: All rights necessary for the purposes of or incidental to the construction, retention, commissioning, operation, protection, maintenance, surveying, repair, renewal, replacement, removal and decommissioning of the electricity infrastructure;
Landscaping Rights: All rights necessary for the purposes of or incidental to the installation, inspection, retention, operation, protection, maintenance, repair, renewal, replanting and replacement of landscaping, ecological and/or environmental measures;
Temporary Access Rights: All rights necessary to access the land and adjoining land during construction and commissioning.
Dated 12th September 2023

Richard Gott
Senior Project Manager
on behalf of National Grid