A summary explaining the current Targeted Consultation on Section 1, can be viewed by clicking on the map below.
As this is a targeted consultation on Section 1, we are currently looking for feedback on this section only. A statutory consultation with full plans for the whole route is expected later in 2026 where there will be opportunity to give feedback on the entire proposal.
Following the first stage of consultation in 2023 we re-examined our preferred route from an environmental, technical and economic perspective to see if we could make changes based on the feedback received and our own further assessments and site visits.
We looked at where we could make changes to the route. Following this work, we identified a draft route alignment (including preferred pole positions) guided by the reviewed preferred route and this was presented at our consultation in 2024.
All feedback from these two consultations has been considered, including specific suggestions for design changes, together with the findings of ongoing environmental and engineering surveys.
This process identified places where updates could be made to our proposals including moving the route alignment outside the previous consultation corridor between the collector substation near Cefn Coch and Clatter.
As this was a change, we held a targeted consultation on this specific section in February and March 2026 so that the community could have its say before the statutory consultation on the whole route later in 2026.