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Document library

On this page you can find all the materials we have produced for Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, including our Stage 1 consultation materials and webinar recordings. 

We are committed to making project information accessible to all users. If you need any information or documents in an alternative format, or if you would like a paper copy of any of our consultation or technical documents, please get in touch at [email protected] or calling 0800 138 9191

Please note there may be a charge for printed copies of technical documents. 

You may notice some changes to the way our consultation materials look and are presented. These updates reflect changes introduced through the Government's Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025, which aims to create a more streamlined and proportionate approach to consultation for major infrastructure projects. Although some consultation requirements have changed, we remain committed to engaging with local communities and stakeholders, sharing information in clear and accessible ways, and carefully considering all feedback received. For more information, please see our Stage 2 Consultation Strategy.

Interactive Map

You can use our interactive map to enter your postcode and explore the proposals near you, including our more detailed route and indicative pylon locations. 

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    Stage 2 Consultation documents
      Stage 2 Consultation Document

      Stage 2 Consultation Document

      This document provides an overview of the project, details our proposals and how the project has developed following the Stage 1 Consultation. It also explains how we are consulting and includes a short summary of environmental information. 

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      WMEL Stage 2 Consultation Document
      In Your Area leaflets

      In Your Area leaflets

      Targeted leaflets focused on specific locations along the proposed new overhead line route, including areas near the proposed new substations. They include information on the proposals in the area, maps, a summary of relevant environmental information, and how the proposals have developed since Stage 1 Consultation. 

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      WMEL In Your Area: Weston, Surfleet, Pinchbeck and surrounding areas
      WMEL In Your Area: Haconby, Dunsby, Stainfield and surrounding areas
      WMEL In Your Area: Corby Glen, Burton-le-Coggles, Swayfield and surrounding areas
      WMEL In Your Area: Ab Kettleby, Wartnaby and surrounding areas
      Feedback Form

      Feedback Form

      Share your views on our proposals. You can print a copy of the feedback form and send it to the team at FREEPOST WM TO EL (no stamp or further details needed). You can also pick a copy up at one of our consultation events listed on the 'Have Your Say' page. 

       

      If you’d prefer not to print a form, or can’t attend an event, you are also very welcome to send us an email via [email protected], send us a letter or your notes to FREEPOST WM TO EL or give us a call on 0800 138 9191.

       

      We are trying to make it as easy as possible to share feedback, so if there’s anything we can do to help you, please let us know.  

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      WMEL - Feedback Form
      Strategic Options Report update (SOR)

      Strategic Options Report update (SOR)

      This technical document explains the need for the project and the options being considered to meet that need. It is an update on the Strategic Options Report shared during our Stage 1 Consultation in 2025 and reflects how the project and proposals have developed since then.

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      WMEL - Strategic Options Report Update
      Technical maps and plans

      Technical maps and plans

      Maps and plans showing the extent of the project.

      Maps showing the environmental constraints we have considered while developing the project. 

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      WMEL - Route Section 1 South Holland
      WMEL - Route Section 2 South Kesteven
      WMEL - Route Section 3 Melton
      WMEL - Route Section 4 Harborough
      WMEL - Route Section 5 Northamptonshire
      WMEL Constraints map - Route Section 1
      WMEL Constraints map - Route Section 2
      WMEL Constraints map - Route Section 3 new overhead line
      WMEL Constraints map - Route section 3 reconductoring
      WMEL Constraints map - Route Section 4
      WMEL Constraints map - Route Section 5
      Stage 2 Consultation Strategy

      Stage 2 Consultation Strategy

      This sets out how we are consulting.

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      WMEL - Stage 2 Consultation Strategy

       

      Stage 2 Consultation fly-through videos, photomontages and construction animations

      Here you can see what the project could look like while it is being built and when it is operational.  

      Fly-through videos – Operational

      Route Section 1 – South Holland

      Route Section 2 – South Kesteven

      Route Section 3 – Melton  

       

      Photomontages

      Wood's Lane, Surfleet

      River Welland Embankment, The Chase

      Crossgate, Pinchbeck

      Gosberton Clough

      Dunsby

      Hanthorpe

      Corby Glen, West of Musson's Close

      Burton-Le-Coggles

      South Witham

      Viking Way, Sewstern

      Coston

      Stapleford Heights, Melton Mowbray

      Ab Kettleby

      Saxelby Pastures

       

      Construction animations

      Pylon construction animation

      Haul road construction animation

      Bellmouth construction animation

      Conductor stringing animation

      Reinstatement animation 

       

        Draft Environmental Statement
          Draft Environmental Statement

          Draft Environmental Statement

          This document contains a preliminary assessment of the likely significant environmental effects based on the initial information available. It also sets out how we propose to reduce these effects.

          We will continue to update this and present a full Environmental Statement with our DCO application. 

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          Chapter 1 Introduction
          Chapter 1 Figures
          Chapter 1 Appendix 1A Competency Expert Statement
          Chapter 1 Appendix 1B Glossary and Abbreviations
          Chapter 2 Regulatory and Planning Policy Context
          Chapter 2 Appendices 2A-2C Legislation, National, Regional, and Local Policy
          Chapter 3 Main Alternatives Considered
          Chapter 3 Figures
          Chapter 4 Description of the Project
          Chapter 4 Figures (1 of 2)
          Chapter 4 Figures (2 of 2)
          Chapter 4 Appendix 4A Draft Outline Code of Consutruction Practice
          Chapter 4 Appendix 4B Draft Outline Materials and Waste Management Plan
          Chapter 5 EIA Approach and Methodology
          Chapter 5 Appendix 5A EIA Scoping Report (1 of 4)
          Chapter 5 Appendix 5A EIA Scoping Report (2 of 4)
          Chapter 5 Appendix 5A EIA Scoping Report (3 of 4)
          Chapter 5 Appendix 5A EIA Scoping Report (4 of 4)
          Chapter 5 Appendix 5B Scoping Opinion
          Chapter 5 Appendix 5C Preliminary Scoping Opinion Responses
          Chapter 6 Landscape
          Chapter 6 Figures (1 of 2)
          Chapter 6 Figures (2 of 2)
          Chapter 6 Appendix 6A Landscape Assessment Methodology
          Chapter 6 Appendix 6B Preliminary Landscape Baseline and Assessment
          Chapter 6 Appendix 6C Draft Outline Landscape and Ecological Management Plan
          Chapter 7 Visual
          Chapter 7 Figures (1 of 2)
          Chapter 7 Figures (2 of 2)
          Chapter 7 Appendix 7A Visual Assessment Methodology
          Chapter 7 Appendix 7B Preliminary Visual Baseline and Assessment
          Chapter 8 Ecology and Biodiversity
          Chapter 8 Figures (1 of 3)
          Chapter 8 Figures (2 of 3)
          Chapter 8 Figures (3 of 3)
          Chapter 8 Appendix 8A Habitats Regulations Assessment Stage 1 Screening Report
          Chapter 9 Cultural Heritage
          Chapter 9 Figures (1 of 3)
          Chapter 9 Figures (2 of 3)
          Chapter 9 Figures (3 of 3)
          Chapter 9 Appendix 9A Historic Environment Baseline Report
          Chapter 9 Appendix 9B Heritage Asset Gazetteers
          Chapter 9 Appendix 9C Heritage Impact Assessment Screening
          Chapter 10 Water Environment
          Chapter 10 Water Environment Figures (1 of 3)
          Chapter 10 Water Environment Figures (2 of 3)
          Chapter 10 Water Environment Figures (3 of 3)
          Chapter 10 Appendix 10A Water Environment Baseline Report
          Chapter 10 Appendix 10B Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment
          Chapter 10 Appendix 10C Preliminary Water Environment Regulations Assessment
          Chapter 10 Appendix 10D Surface Water Environment Walkover Summary
          Chapter 11 Geology and Hydrogeology
          Chapter 11 - Figures
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (1 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (2 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (3 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (4 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (5 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (6 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (7 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (8 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (9 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (10 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (11 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11A Phase 1 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Desktop Studies (12 of 12)
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11B Mineral Safeguarding Assessment
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11B Mineral Safeguarding Assessment Figures
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11C Walkover Site Visit Records
          Chapter 11 Appendix 11D List of Hydrogeological Receptors
          Chapter 12 Agriculture and Soils
          Chapter 12 Figures
          Chapter 12 Appendix 12A Soil Management Plan
          Chapter 13 Traffic and Transport
          Chapter 13 Figures (1 of 5)
          Chapter 13 Figures (2 of 5)
          Chapter 13 Figures (3 of 5)
          Chapter 13 Figures (4 of 5)
          Chapter 13 Figures (5 of 5)
          Chapter 13 Appendix 13A Traffic and Transport Baseline
          Chapter 13 Appendix 13B Preliminary Construction Information
          Chapter 13 Appendix 13C Future Baseline and Impact Analysis
          Chapter 13 Appendix 13D Draft Outline Construction Traffic Management Plan
          Chapter 13 Appendix 13E Draft Outline Public Rights of Way Management Plan
          Chapter 14 Air Quality
          Chapter 14 Air Quality Figures
          Chapter 14 Appendix 14A Air Quality Assessment Methodology
          Chapter 14 Appendix 14B Air Quality Assessment Results
          Chapter 15 Noise and Vibration
          Chapter 15 Figures
          Chapter 15 Appendix 15A Baseline Sound Survey
          Chapter 15 Appendix 15B Operational Noise Assessment
          Chapter 16 Socio-Economics, Recreation and Tourism
          Chapter 16 Figures
          Chapter 17 Health and Wellbeing
          Chapter 17 Appendices 17A and 17B evidence review and baseline
          Chapter 17 Figures
          Chapter 18 Climate Change
          Chapter 19 Cumulative Effects
          Chapter 19 Appendices 19A and 19B preliminary long list of other developments and preliminary assessment of cumulative effects
          Chapter 19 Figures
            Project updates
              Project updates

              Project updates

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              Project update - December 2025
              Project update - April 2026
                Stage 1 Consultation documents
                  Stage 1 Consultation documents

                  Stage 1 Consultation documents

                   

                  • Interactive map – Shows the location of the preferred overhead line route and substations, and the location of the reconductoring.
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                  WMEL Stage 1 Consultation Document
                  WMEL Stage 1 Consultation Strategy
                  WMEL Stage 1 Consultation Community Newsletter
                  WMEL Stage 1 Consultation Community Newsletter Map
                  WMEL Stage 1 Consultation Feedback Form
                  WMEL Stage 1 Consultation Proposed New Overhead Line Route Sections and Substations Maps
                  WMEL Stage 1 Consultation Reconductoring Sections Maps
                  WMEL Corridor Preliminary Routeing and Siting Study (CPRSS)
                  WMEL Strategic Options Report (SOR) June 2025
                  WMEL Public Information Event banner - The Great Grid Upgrade in the region
                  WMEL Public Information Event Banner
                  WMEL Stage 1 Consultation Environmental Constraints Map
                  WMEL Proposed New Overhead Line Maps
                  WMEL Community Benefit Survey
                    Construction best practice
                      Construction best practice

                      Construction best practice

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                      WMEL Construction best practice for overhead line installation
                        Other documents
                          Programme Document

                          Programme Document

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                          WMEL Programme Document - August 2026
                          Section 46 notice

                          Section 46 notice

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                          WMEL - Section 46 notice