When developing our proposals for network upgrades, we need to understand who has a legal interest in the land in and around the areas being considered as part of the project. In the DCO process, anyone with a legal interest in land is known as a person with an interest in land (PIL). If you are identified as a PIL, we will contact you directly.

Whilst much of the information we need to confirm a legal interest is available on public registers, we have appointed land referencing firm Ardent to contact individual landowners to verify the publicly available information and ensure that we have made best efforts to identify any potentially impacted parties. 

Ardent provides land and consenting advice to support the promotion and delivery of major projects in the UK. Ardent will also assist with contacting landowners and occupiers to arrange access for non-intrusive and intrusive surveys which we plan to carry out whilst we develop the proposals and prepare the application for a development consent order.

If you are a landowner and believe your property may be affected by our proposals, and want to talk to our lands team, please email [email protected] or call 0203 105 0989 or write to: EGL 5, Ardent, 31 Temple Street, Birmingham, B2 5DB. More information regarding National Grid’s land rights and payment schedules, can be found here.