Chesterfield to High Marham - Compulsory Purchase Order

THE NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC (CHESTERFIELD TO HIGH MARNHAM REFURBISHMENT PROJECT)
COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2026
Electricity Act 1989
The Acquisition of Land Act 1981
Compulsory Purchase of Land and New Rights in the counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

1. Notice is hereby given that National Grid Electricity Transmission plc has made the National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (Chesterfield to High Marnham Refurbishment Project) Compulsory Purchase Order 2026 (hereafter referred to as the “Order”) on 15th October 2026 under Section 10 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 of 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 the new rights described below for the purpose of constructing two new 400kV substations at Chesterfield and High Marnham,the uprating of the existing Chesterfield to High Marnham double-circuit overhead line from 275kV to 400kV, overhead line tie in works, removal of associated redundant infrastructure and overhead lines and associated infrastructure and connection works.
2. A copy of the Order and of the maps referred to therein have been deposited at the following locations and may be seen at the following times: Land and rights for the purpose of uprating the existing 275kV overhead electric line to 400kV between Chesterfield and High Marnham in the East Midlands region, constructing two new 400kV substations at Chesterfield and High Marnham, carrying out overhead line tie in works at the Chesterfield and High Marnham substations and removing associated redundant infrastructure and overhead lines.

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Calow Community Centre,
Allpits Road, Calow, Chesterfield, S44 5AT
Venue open on an ad-hoc basis. Please call 01246 201366 before you travel.
Bolsover Library,
Church Street, Bolsover S44 6HB
9:30am-5pm
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Shirebrook Library,
19 Patchwork Row, Shirebrook NG20 8AL
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& 2pm – 5pm
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Warsop Library, High Street,
Warsop, Mansfield NG20 0AG
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Edwinstowe Library,
4 High Street, Edwinstowe NG21 9QS
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9am – 12:30pm
9am – 5:30pm
10am – 1pm
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Ollerton Library,
Forest Road, New Ollerton NG22 9PL
9am – 5:30pm
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Tuxford Community Partnership Library
(Mobile Stop) - North Mobile, Landa Grove/ Welbeck Place, NG22 0DX
Venue open on an ad-hoc basis. Please call 01623 677200 before you travel
Tuxford Community Partnership Library (Mobile Stop) - West Mobile, Sun Inn car park
1 Newcastle Street Tuxford, Newark NG22 0LN
Venue open on an ad-hoc basis. Please call 01623 677200 before you travel
3. A copy of the Order, the accompanying maps and the Statement of Reasons and accompanying documents may be viewed online at:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/network-

and-infrastructure/infrastructure-projects/brinsworth-high-marnham-uprating .
Copies are available on reasonable request made in writing to "National Grid Community Relations Team, Freepost National Grid Projects (JBP)", by email to

Brinsworth-HighMarnham@nationalgrid.com

or by telephoning 0800 073 1047 (Monday to Friday from 9am to 5:30pm).
4. Any objection to the order must be made in writing to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero: Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Energy Infrastructure Planning Delivery Team, 3-8 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW and/or by e-mail to:

compulsorypurchaseorders@energysecurity.gov.uk

before 30 November 2026 and should state the title of the order, the grounds of objection, the objector's address and interests in the land.
DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND AND NEW RIGHTS
Land and rights for the purpose of uprating the existing 275kV overhead electric line to 400kV between Chesterfield and High Marnham in the East Midlands region, constructing two new 400kV substations at Chesterfield and High Marnham, carrying out overhead line tie in works at the Chesterfield and High Marnham substations and removing associated redundant infrastructure and overhead lines.
The land to be acquired comprises industrial premises, agricultural land, public right of way, a private track, unnamed tracks, verge, hedgerows, trees, woodland, shrubbery, pylons and overhead lines lying at and to the south of Chesterfield Substation, Calow Lane, Calow, North East Derbyshire, and at and around High Marnham Substation, Fledborough Road, High Marnham, Bassetlaw. The land includes the mines and minerals where so described in the Schedule to the Order. Any interests excluded as identified in the Order and the Schedule are not to be acquired.
The rights are described in more detail in the Order and Schedule and labelled as follows: "Access Rights", "Construction Compound Rights", "Drainage Rights", "Overhead Line Rights" and "Utilities Works Rights". These rights are sought in respect of the following land: a corridor of land, generally 50 metres in width, running from the existing Chesterfield Substation, south of Calow Lane, Calow, to High Marnham Substation, Fledborough Road, High Marnham. From Calow the line of route proceeds in a roughly south easterly direction, crossing the A617 and Hassocky Lane (B6425), through Temple Normanton and Sutton cum Duckmanton, and then crosses the M1 at Heath and Holmewood. The line of route continues in a generally south easterly direction through Scarcliffe, crossing the River Doe Lea, past Glapwell and through Pleasley and Shirebrook, crossing the Robin Hood Line, before reaching Warsop, where it crosses the River Meden, Sookholme Road (B6407) and Mansfield Road (B6417). From there the line of route proceeds in a generally easterly direction through Kings Clipstone, crossing the High Marnham Branch Line and the River Maun, and through Edwinstowe, crossing Clipstone Road (B6030), Edwinstowe Road (B6034) and Old Rufford Road (A614), before passing north of Rufford Lake through Ollerton and Boughton, Rufford and Wellow. It then reaches Ompton and Kneesall, crossing Newark Road (A616), and continues through Laxton and Moorhouse to Weston, crossing the A1, Great North Road (B1164) and the East Coast Main Line. At this point the line of route continues in a roughly easterly direction through Normanton on Trent and Marnham, before reaching High Marnham Substation and terminating west of the River Trent at Marnham and Fledborough. The new rights include where so described in the Schedule, rights to prevent, interfere with or restrict the working of mines and minerals. Any interests excluded as identified in the Order and the Schedule are not affected by the rights.
James Leeming
Project Director

On behalf of National Grid Electricity Transmission plc
Dated: 28 October 2026