Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Provides general guidance to electricity companies (holders of an electricity licence) who propose applying to the Secretary of State for the grant of a necessary wayleave for the installation of new electric lines or retention of existing electric lines or for a Felling and Lopping of Trees Order; and/or owners and/or occupiers in England and Wales whose land is or may be the subject of such applications.
Subjects
- Other planning disciplines
- Power supply/energy
- Planning and development
- Planning control
- Wayleaves
- Energy generation and supply
Publisher History
The Department brings together much of the Climate Change Group, previously housed within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with the Energy Group from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). From July 2016, DECC became part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).