Have your say on community benefits for your area
In 2025, the Government published new guidance that sets out how projects like ours can deliver a lasting positive legacy through community benefit funding.
This guidance could unlock millions of pounds of funding to benefit local communities and the wider area, including £200,000 of funding for every kilometre of new overhead line built.
Any funding would be available after the project is granted development consent and construction work has started. In the meantime, we have developed a community benefits survey to ask for your views on how any future funding could be spent. The community benefit fund on North Humber to High Marnham could be in the region of around £18 million.
We want to understand what is important to you, and where funding could deliver long-lasting benefits, including through community grant schemes and investment in community groups or via regional partnerships.
You can share your views by completing our community benefit survey via the link below. The survey takes just a few minutes to complete and will help us shape a community benefit programme that works for your area.
Complete the survey
If someone you know needs a paper copy of the survey, this can be requested by emailing us at [email protected] or by calling us on 0808 189 1346. Completed paper surveys can be sent free of charge to Freepost NH TO HM.
The survey will close on 23 March 2026, after which the project team will review the feedback received.
What's happening with electricity bill discounts?
Separate to the community benefit guidance, the Government has announced plans for an electricity bill discount scheme for nearby households. This could include bill discounts of up to £2,500 over 10 years for those living within 500 metres of our project. The mechanism for delivering this funding has been secured as part of the recent Planning and Infrastructure Act. We will share further details as they emerge.