Our public consultation closed on Friday 10 May 2024.
SPEN attaches great importance to the effect our work may have on the environment and local communities. We want to hear what local people think about our plans, to help us develop the project in the best way.
In this first round of consultation we asked for people’s views on our preferred route for the underground cables and our preferred sites for the converter station and landfall.
Following this first round of consultation we will develop a detailed design for the landfall, converter station and cable route, including locations for access routes and working areas. We will publish a report summarising the feedback received in this first round of consultation and how this has influenced our plans. We will then carry out a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and hold a second round of public consultation on the detailed designs.
What happens next?
Following this first round of consultation we will develop a detailed design for the landfall, converter station and cable route, including locations for access routes and working areas. We will publish a report summarising the feedback received in this first round of consultation and how this has influenced our plans. We will then carry out a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and hold a second round of public consultation on the detailed designs.
SP Energy Networks will be applying to Fife Council for planning permission in principle (PiP) under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 for the proposed converter station, and full planning permission for the DC underground cable from the Mean Low Water Springs (MLWS) at the landfall site to the converter station and for the AC underground cable from the converter station to Westfield Substation. The EIA Report will accompany the planning application to Fife Council.