May 2025 update – stage 1 consultation
We are now sharing our early proposals for EGL 5 and seeking your feedback through a stage 1 (non-statutory) consultation. This consultation opened at 12pm noon Tuesday 13 May and will close at 11:59pm Monday 23 June 2025.
On this website you can find out more about our proposals and download copies of our consultation materials from our Document ibrary.
We are also holding a series of in-person public information events and online webinars where you can hear more about our plans from members of our team, which you can find details of on our Have your say page.
To find out more about the project and our consultation, visit the Our proposals page.
Share your feedback by completing our online feedback form. The deadline for providing feedback is 11:59pm Monday 23 June 2025.
Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL 3) and Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL 4)
EGL 3 and EGL 4 are separate NGET projects which are holding their joint stage 2 consultation on their proposals from 12pm noon Tuesday 13 May to 11:59pm Monday 23 June 2025, at the same time as EGL 5’s stage 1 consultation. We will be holding joint consultation events in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. Please see EGL 3 and 4’s website for more information on the projects.
Contact us
Please get in touch if you have any questions or comments about the EGL 5 project by emailing [email protected] or calling 0800 358 4817.
You can also write to us (no stamp required) to: Freepost EGL 5
Landowners
If you are a landowner or occupier who is affected by our project, or you think you may be, please visit our landowner page.
About Eastern Green Link 5 (EGL 5)
Eastern Green Link 5 (EGL 5) is a new primarily offshore high voltage electricity link, with associated onshore infrastructure, between Scotland and England.
EGL 5’s subsea offshore cables would run from Scotland and make landfall on the Lincolnshire coastline at Anderby Creek.
Once onshore, the underground high voltage direct current (HVDC) cables would route to a single proposed converter station located either to the north-east of Bilsby or to the north-west of Huttoft, within East Lindsey.
From the converter station, the high voltage alternating current (HVAC) underground cables would route to and connect into a proposed Lincolnshire Connection Substation-B (LCS-B) near Bilsby, East Lindsey that is being proposed as part of NGET’s separate Grimsby to Walpole project.
You can read more about our proposals here. You can also view our onshore proposals on our Interactive map.
Why we are proposing EGL 5
EGL 5 would transport enough clean energy from Scotland to power up to two million homes in parts of the Midlands and South of England.
By doing so, it would play an important role in building a more secure and resilient future energy system.
EGL 5 is a key project in The Great Grid Upgrade, which will future proof the Grid for years to come, facilitating the transition to a clean and maffordable energy future.
Seeking consent
The EGL 5 project is in its early stage of development, and we intend to seek consent for the English onshore elements via an application to the Planning Inspectorate for a Development Consent Order (DCO). We also intend to consent the marine elements of the project within English waters as part of the DCO.
This will require a direction from the Secretary of State pursuant to s.35 of the Planning Act 2008. The project has requested this direction from the Secretary of State (SoS) for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). If approved, we will then submit an application to the Planning Inspectorate for a DCO to build and operate EGL 5.
We are jointly developing EGL 5 with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN Transmission). SSEN Transmission is responsible for obtaining the relevant consents in Scotland and in Scottish waters.
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Our stage 1 consultation
This stage 1 consultation is designed to introduce our early proposals and gain your feedback.
This stage is called a ‘non-statutory’ consultation which is an optional stage of the DCO process. However, local knowledge plays an important part in the development of our proposals, and seeking feedback from local communities as soon as we have enough detail about the project allows people to have an opportunity to influence our proposals.
Stage 2 consultation, or ‘statutory consultation’ is a required stage of the DCO process and takes place when the project proposals are more defined. We expect this to take place for EGL 5 in 2026.
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