Connecting to the Grid
The Cable Route Corridor (CRC) runs between the 10 sites (where the solar arrays and associated works will be), and the BESS site (where the battery storage works will be) within which the underground cables will be laid, interconnecting between the Sites and Sub-Sites. The CRC covers an area of approximately 158.9 ha of land.
The cables within the CRC that connects the Sites to each other and the proposed new National Grid Substation would be underground.
The new National Grid Substation would connect to the existing 400kV overhead line (the Scheme’s Point of Connection). Underground and/or overhead lines including new pylons between the National Grid Substation and the Point of Connection will be located within Sub-Sites 1A - 1D.
We refined the CRC to minimise impacts on environmental features wherever practicable. While certain constraints, such as listed buildings, scheduled monuments, and railways, were not relevant along this section, we focused on reducing interaction with sensitive features where they did occur.
We have also undertaken initial geophysical surveys, and further work will confirm whether the route successfully avoids any archaeological remains.
What is a route corridor?
A route corridor is a broad ribbon of land through which an electrical connection could be routed. The corridor may vary in width depending on a range of factors including the location of:
Built up areas where people live
Infrastructure including roads and railway lines.
Physical landscape features as well as other features that may be sensitive in terms of ecology, heritage or landscape
Protected sites including nature conservation areas
