Development Consent Order application submitted

Western Power Distribution (WPD) submitted a Development Consent Order (DCO) application to build the proposed Brechfa Forest electricity connection, to the Planning Inspectorate on Friday, 29 May 2015.  

The Planning Inspectorate has 28 days to review the application and decide if the application has met the required standards including whether our pre-application consultation has been adequate.

What happens next?

The Planning Inspectorate will publish all the application documents on its website in the next few days and if the application is accepted it will provide information on how interested parties can be involved in the examination, which is the next stage in the process.

More details of the examination process, timetable and what happens next can be found on the Planning Inspectorate website by clicking on this link.

WPD’s ongoing commitment

If the DCO application is accepted by the Planning Inspectorate, we will:

• publicise in the local press that the application has been accepted;
• publicise the arrangements for making representations; and
• publish information on the Brechfa Forest Connection Project website on how the public can get involved in the examination process.

All correspondence relating to this project must now be sent directly to the Planning Inspectorate, who can be contacted by email at BrechfaConnection@pins.gsi.gov.uk or by phone on 0303 444 5000.  Any correspondence should quote the application reference number EN020016