CityScope · Planning Updates
Application HLD/26/04120/PAN
SSE Fasnakyle Switching Station Cannich
Proposed new 132kV overhead line section, removal of 440m of OHL, access track upgrades, and temporary construction compound.
The record
- Reference
- HLD/26/04120/PAN
- Address
- SSE Fasnakyle Switching Station Cannich
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Category
- New-Build & Major Development
- Impact scale
- 6/10
- Authority
- The Highland Council
Timeline
- Received
- Validated
- Last scraped
- Record created
Additional application data
- Latitude
- 57.34712599999999
- Longitude
- -4.7630259
What is proposed
Plain-language summary
Proposed new 132kV overhead line section, removal of 440m of OHL, access track upgrades, and temporary construction compound.
As filed with the council
Fasnakyle to Bingally 132kV connection - Construction and operation of a new section of OHL between the existing Tower 201 and the proposed new Tower 200R, within the proposed new CSE compound. Removal of approximately 440m of OHL at the Beauly-Denny tie in between Tower 201 and Tower 64. Upgrades to the existing access track, the use of temporary working areas around the proposed Cable Sealing End compound and the towers, and the establishment of a temporary construction compound.
Supporting documents(1)
City Scope Journal
Fasnakyle–Bingally power link will need a full environmental assessment
A September pre-application notice sets out overhead-line work near Cannich. Scottish Ministers have already said a future consent application for the link must include a full environmental assessment.
Read the Journal article →