What does the Consultation cover, and why has it been launched?
On 8 July 2025, the government launched a consultation seeking views on its proposed reforms to consents, land rights and access processes for building and maintaining electricity network infrastructure.
In support of the government's wider Net Zero and Clean Power by 2030 aims, these reforms seek to enable the rapid deployment of new transmission and distribution network infrastructure, and future network connections, while ensuring that the rights of landowners and the environment are respected. The need for streamlining is clear: NESO has said that twice as much new transmission network infrastructure will be needed by 2030 as has been delivered in the past decade. The government's analysis also suggests between 210,000 km and 460,000 km of additional distribution network cabling may be required by 2050.
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