Decision details

A report was presented on the County Council's interim response to the consultation by National Grid on its North West Coast Connections project.

The Committee was informed that this was a nationally significant infrastructure project, linking the proposed new nuclear power station at Moorside in Cumbria to the national distribution network in Carlisle and in Heysham.

The report included details of a number of concerns raised by the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services and officers in relation to the project.

Resolved: That theCounty Council's interim response to the consultation and the concerns raised by the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services, be noted.