Transmission line · Dover, England, United Kingdom
Richborough Connection Project
Richborough Connection Project is a permitted transmission line in Dover, England, United Kingdom, operated by National Grid.
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 | Dover (coordinates), England (South East) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Richborough to Canterbury | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 3 Aug 2017 (permit EN020017, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Jan 2016 (reference EN020017, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Aug 2017 (granted, reference EN020017, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | National Grid (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Interconnector | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 400 kV | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 1,595 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3112, 1.2426 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares by area
Richborough Connection Project is the 15th-largest of 22 transmission lines in England and the 17th-largest of 27 in the United Kingdom by area, with 1,595 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 | 15th of 22 |
| United Kingdom | 17th of 27 |
How its operator compares
National Grid operates 5 of the 31 transmission lines in the United Kingdom in our data with a named owner; 1 owner has more. 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: 154 power plants (58 operating, 2,457 MW) and 4 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Wind Farm | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 1.7 km |
| Marley Lane Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 4.3 km |
| Grain Harvesters Ltd | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| The Bunker - South East Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 48 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.