Transmission line · England, United Kingdom
Eastern Green Link 5
Eastern Green Link 5 is a planned transmission line in England, United Kingdom, operated by National Grid Electricity Transmission plc.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The Eastern Green Link 5 project is a predominantly marine and subsea cable high voltage electricity transmission reinforcement link, with associated onshore infrastructure, between Scotland and England. The project comprises subsea offshore cables that would run from a landfall in Scotland, to a landfall on the Lincolnshire coastline at Anderby Creek, England. Onshore underground cables would route to a converter station and subsequent connection point to the electricity network in Lincolnshire, England. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Jul 2027 (ref. EN0210010, The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, between July and September 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | National Grid Electricity Transmission plc | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 87,173 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.2464, 0.2992 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares by area
Eastern Green Link 5 is the 4th-largest of 22 transmission lines in England and the 4th-largest of 27 in the United Kingdom by area, with 87,173 ha. It reports no undefined, so it is ranked by area among the transmission lines in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 4th of 22 |
| United Kingdom | 4th of 27 |
How its operator compares
National Grid Electricity Transmission plc operates 12 of the 31 transmission lines in the United Kingdom in our data with a named owner; the most of any owner. Counts cover the transmission lines in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United Kingdom | Rank | Transmission lines | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Grid Electricity Transmission plc | 1st | 12 | 39% |
| National Grid | 2nd | 5 | 16% |
| SP Manweb | 3rd | 3 | 9.7% |
| Aquind Limited | 4th | 1 | 3.2% |
| Green Gen Cymru | 4th | 1 | 3.2% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this transmission line: 13 power plants (3 operating, 61 MW), 12 grid connections (8 operating, 76.6 MW) and 8 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martongate | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
| Brett Street | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Solar 1.162 MW grid connection at Brett Street | Grid connection | 1.16 MW | Operating | 38 km |
| Carnaby | Power plant | 6 MW | Permitted | 40 km |
| Waste 1.71 MW grid connection at Brett Street | Grid connection | 1.71 MW | Operating | 40 km |
| Fraisthorpe Wind Farm | Power plant | 29.7 MW | Operating | 41 km |
| Hunmanby | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
| Wind 30.6 MW grid connection at Fraisthorpe Windfarm | Grid connection | 30.6 MW | Operating | 42 km |
| Old Chalk Pit, West Back Side - Three Oaks Renewable Park | Power plant | 39 MW | Permitted | 43 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.