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- A Countryside Friendly Smart Grid
- This manifesto for the future of the national electricity grid has been issued by CPRE, in conjunction with a wider alliance of countryside campaigners. It calls for a smart grid that has a reduced impact on the landscape, and to reduce the need for new grid infrastructure in the longer term.
- Briefing
- A4, 7pp
- March 2009
- PDF (4.7Mb)
- Related campaigns:
- Electricity pylons and overhead wires
- New Draft National Policy Statement for Electricity Networks Infrastructure
CPRE's joint repsonse to the consultation
Detalied comments on the environmental impacts of proposed expansion of the electricity network. CPRE believes that there should be a wider consideration of alternatives to the proposed schemes and that more attention should be paid to the mitigation of impacts on landscapes through measures such as the 'undergrounding' of electricity cables.
This repsonse should be read in conjunction with our manifesto for the future of the electricity transmission network, A Countryside Friendly Smart Grid.
- Consultation response
- A4, 6pp
- February 2010
- PDF (360Kb)
- Related campaigns:
- Electricity pylons and overhead wires
- Power Connection - At What Cost to the Landscape
- In early 2009 plans began to emerge for major expansion of the National Grid. This map shows the current high voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales along with the locations where new lines are being proposed in protected areas of countryside.
- Map
- A4, 1pp
- March 2009
- PDF (507Kb)
- Related campaigns:
- Electricity pylons and overhead wires
- New Response to the DECC consultation on Energy NPSs
- The Campaign to Protect Rural England recognises the urgent need for low carbon energy infrastructure and the challenge climate change poses, but we believe that the proposed energy NPSs need substantial revision before they are designated. Our concerns focus on the establishment of unlimited national need for energy infrastructure which threatens to create a presumption in favour of energy development; the curtailment of consideration of reasonable alternatives; clarification on the role and impact of Local Impact Reports; and the need to adopt a more spatially-literate approach to development.
- Consultation response
- A4, 20pp
- February 2010
- PDF (193Kb)
- New The National Grid and designated landscapes, map
- Map showing the location of new electricity pylons which would cut through National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
- Map
- A4, 1pp
- November 2009
- PDF (680Kb)
- Related campaigns:
- Electricity pylons and overhead wires
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