LionLink consultation materials | National Grid Group

Welcome to our consultation materials page, where you can download, view, or save all the materials we’ve shared to date. You can also complete our digital feedback form or download a hardcopy to send back to us.

You can find the form and all downloadable materials towards the bottom of this page.

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Please find downloadable PDF versions of all our consultation materials here.

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LionLink feedback form - hardcopy
LionLink exhibition banners
LionLink briefing pack
LionLink consultation leaflet
LionLink FAQ's
Map 1 - Overview
Map 2 - Siting and Routing Options
Map 3 - Shortlisted Landfall Locations
Map 4 - Shortlisted Converter Station Sites
Map 5 - Heritage Sites
Map 6 - Landscape Ecology
Map 7 - Marine Environmental Information
Map 8 - Alternative Cable Corridor Option and Landfall Location

Have your say on our proposals

The deadline for the submission of feedback is Friday 3 November 2023, when this consultation will officially close.

Please note, this feedback form is separated into two main sections:

Section One (Q4 – Q9) contains new questions that focus on the alternative landfall and onshore cable corridor options. 
Section Two (Q10 – Q22) contains questions about the project as a whole and the other elements of the infrastructure (these questions were asked during the 2022 non-statutory consultation).

If you have previously responded to the 2022 non-statutory consultation, we welcome you to focus your responses on the new questions in Section One (Q4 – Q9).  

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Q1) I confirm I wish to be kept updated with news about this project via email and/or post. Your details will used solely for the purpose of this application and will not be forwarded to any third parties.

Q2) Please tick Yes or No if you responded to the 2022 non-statutory consultation.

Q3) How would you describe your interest in LionLink? Please select all that apply.

Local interest group member (if so, please name):

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Section one

Q4) With 1 being the highest preference and 5 being the lowest preference, please rank 1- 5 your preferred landfall site options, including the newly identified alternative landfall site (Landfall option G2).

Landfall Aldeburgh (option E)

Landfall Southwold (option F)

Landfall Walberswick original (option G)

Landfall Walberwick alternative (option G2)

Landfall Dunwich (option H)

Q5) We have identified broad underground, onshore cable corridor options, including an alternative option north of Southwold. What are your views on the original options and the new option north of Southwold? Please include any local knowledge or evidence you think would be helpful here. (Map 2 shows expanded sections of the cable corridors, including the new alternative options, whilst Map 8 shows an overview of the alternative option north of Southwold)

Q6) We have identified landfall options, including an alternative Walberswick option (G2). What are your views on the original landfall options and the alternative Walberswick (G2) option? Please include any local knowledge or evidence you think would be helpful here. (Map 3 shows all the landfall options, including the alternative Walberswick (G2) option, whilst Map 8 focuses on the alternative Walberswick (G2) option.)

Q7) Have you visited our virtual exhibition and/or in-person exhibition to view information about LionLink for this supplementary non-statutory consultation? Please select one of the following options.

Virtual exhibition

In-person exhibition

Online webinar

No (please access our virtual exhibition space at: www.nationalgrid.com/LionLink )

(please access our virtual exhibition space at: www.nationalgrid.com/LionLink)

Q8) How informative did you find our virtual exhibition and/or our consultation materials? Please select one of the following options.

Q9) How did you find out about this consultation? Please select all that apply.

Section two

For each of the following statements, please tell us whether you agree or disagree with them:

Q10) Delivering the energy infrastructure required to deliver net zero and reduce carbon emissions should continue to be a national priority?

Q11) The UK needs to improve its energy security to protect against fluctuations in supply and demand?

Q12) Energy infrastructure should be delivered if it will help keep energy prices down

Project specific feedback

To answer these questions, you should view information on LionLink via one of our public exhibition events or our virtual exhibition, which can be accessed at: www.nationalgrid.com/LionLink.

Q13) To what extent do you think that the Aldeburgh landfall site option E could be a shared by up to three projects as a joint landfall site and underground cable corridor?

Q14) To what extent should the proposed converter station sites enable co-location of up to three converter stations?

Q15) National Grid Ventures’ (NGV) commitment to working with other developers in East Suffolk is a welcome step in improving coordination in the region?

Q16) In your view, what more could NGV and other developers in the region do to improve coordination between projects?

Q17) With 1 being your highest preference and 4 being your lowest preference, please order these converter station sites.

Converter station option 1

Converter station option 3

Converter station option 4

Converter station option 5

Q18) Are you supportive of the overall concept of the proposed LionLink project? Please select one of the following options.

Q19) Do you think there are any additional criteria and evidence that we should consider in identifying the final preferred options for onshore infrastructure? Please select one of the following options.

If you selected ‘Yes’, please let us know any further criteria you think should be considered in the box below.

Q20) What are your views on the options identified for the converter station search areas? (See Map 4 for reference). Please include any local knowledge or evidence you think would be helpful here.

Q21) Do you have any comments on our offshore study area, which is presented on Map 7? Please include any local knowledge or evidence you think would be helpful here.

Q22) Do you have any further comments on our proposals for LionLink?