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General Vesting Declaration (GVD)

We’re committed to maintaining successful working relationships with all stakeholders and want to keep them informed of important changes affecting their land.

To ensure that the Hinkley Connection Project apparatus can be retained on the land, accessed and maintained into the future, National Grid, working in partnership with National Grid Electricity Distribution, need to secure rights through what is known as a General Vesting Declaration (GVD).

This formal legal procedure gives the Hinkley Connection Project the authority to establish rights or take ownership over a property. A number of GVDs have been or will be completed dependent on the nature of rights taken or the stage of the project. The GVD sets out the rights that are acquired in each case for each plot of land.

GVD documents

As an alternative and in keeping with Government Covid-19 guidance the current GVDs are available to view electronically in the library of documents below.

Stage 1.2 (East of Churchill Substation)

Name
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 1.2

Stage 2 (Underground cable Webbington to Sandford)

Name
Newspaper - Section 3 Notice - Stage 2
Stage 2 plans - Section 3 Notice - all plots
Stage 2 General Vesting Declaration

Stage 4 (Underground cable Nailsea to Portishead)

Name
Newspaper - Section 3 Notice - Stage 4
Stage 4 plans – Section 3 Notice – all plots
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 4

Disused Railway Land at Portbury (Stage 4)

Name
General Vesting Declaration – Disused Railway Land at Portbury (Stage 4)

Stage 5 (Underground cable Avonmouth)

Name
Stage 5 plans - Section 3 Notice - all plots
Newspaper - Section 3 Notice - Stage 5
Stage 5 - General Vesting Declaration 18th April 2023

Stage 7 LD line (Batch 1) Hinkley Connection

Name
Stage 7 Section 3 Notice - Plot plots
Stage 7 Section 3 Notice - Newspaper notice
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 7 Batch 1

Stage 7 LD Line (Batch 2) Hinkley Connection Overhead Line

Name
Stage 7 (2) - Section 3 Notice - Plot plans
Stage 7 (2) - Section 3 Notice - Newspaper notice
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 7 Batch 2

Stage 7 LD Line (Batch 3) Hinkley Connection

Name
Stage 7 (3) Section 3 Notice - Newspaper Notice
Stage 7(3) Section 3 Notice - Plot plans
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 7 Batch 3

Stage 7 LD Line (Batch 4) Hinkley Connection

Name
Stage 7 (4) Section 3 Notice - Newspaper Notice
Stage 7(4) Section 3 Notice - Plot plans
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 7 Batch 4

Stage 7 (ZGA) Hinkley Connection

Name
Stage 7 (ZGA) - Newspaper Notice
Stage 7 (ZGA) - Plot Plans
Stage 7 ZGA General Vesting Declaration

Stage 7 LD Line (Batch 5) Hinkley Connection

Name
Stage 7 (5) Section 3 Notice - Newspaper Notice
Stage 7(5) Section 3 Notice - Plot plans
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 7 Batch 5

Disused Railway Land at Portbury (Stage 10)

Name
General Vesting Declaration – Disused Railway Land at Portbury (Stage 10)

Stage 10 - Network Rail

Name
Stage 10 Section 3 - Newspaper notice
Stage 10 Section 3 - Plot plan
NR GVD Stage 10 5 September 2023

Stage 11 (Shurton line entries)

Name
Stage 11 plot plans
Stage 11 Newspaper notice
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 11

Stage 8 & 14 AT Route

Name
Stages 8 and 14 Section 3 Notice
NST 7th June
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 8 and 14

Stage 10A Batch 1 (Avonmouth)

Name
Stage 10A Batch 1 (Avonmouth) - Newspaper notice
Stage 10A Batch 1 (Avonmouth) - Plot plans
General Vesting Decleration - Stage 10A Batch 1

Stage 10R Batch 1

Name
Stage 10R Batch 1 - Newspaper notice
Stage 10R Batch 1 - Plot plans
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 10 Batch 1

Stage 10R Batch 2

Name
Stage 10R Batch 2 - Newspaper notice
Stage 10R Batch 2 - Newspaper notice page 2
Stage 10R Batch 2 - Plot plans
General Vesting Decleration - Stage 10R Batch 2

Stage 10R Batch 4

Name
Stage 10R Batch 4 - Newspaper notice
Stage 10R Batch 4 Plot plans
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 10 Batch 4

Stage 10R Batch 3

Name
Stage 10R Batch 3 Newspaper notice page 1
Stage 10R Batch 3 Newspaper notice page 2
Stage 10R Batch 3 Plot plans
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 10 Batch 3

Stage 10R - Batch 5

Name
Stage 10R Batch 5 - Plot plans
Stage 10R Batch 5 - Newspaper Notice
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 10 Batch 5

Stage 13

Name
Stage 13 - Plot plans
Stage 13 - Newspaper Notice
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 13

Stage 10A Batch 2 (Avonmouth)

Name
Stage 10A Batch 2 - Plot Plans
Stage 10A Batch 2 - Newspaper Notice
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 10A B2 NPI (Avonmouth South)
General Vesting Decleration - Stage 10A Batch 2 PI

Stage 3 & 9

Name
Stage 3 and 9 Plot Plans
Stage 3 and 9 - Newspaper notice
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 3 and 9
General Vesting Declaration - Stage 3 and 9 PI

NGET North SUGVD

Name
NGET North SUGVD - Plot plans
NGET North SUGVD - Newspaper Notice
General Vesting Declaration - NGET SU North

NGET South SUGVD

Name
NGET South SUGVD - Plot plans
NGET South SUGVD - Newspaper Notice
General Vesting Declaration - NGET SU South

M&M SUGVD NGED (WPD) (S4&MW)

Name
M and M SUGVD NGED (WPD) (S4 and MW) - Newspaper Article
M and M SUGVD NGED (WPD) (S4 and MW) - Plot Plans
General Vesting Declaration - M and M SUGVD NGED (WPD) (S4 and MW)

M&M SUGVD NGED (WPD) (S5)

Name
M and M SUGVD NGED (WPD) (S5) - Newspaper Article
M and M SUGVD NGED (WPD) (S5) - Plot Plans
General Vesting Declaration - M and M SUGVD NGED (WPD) (S5)