The 'King's Lynn B Connection Project' proposal has been given development consent by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

The development consent is for an overhead electric line, connecting the proposed King's Lynn B gas turbine power station to the transmission network.

The decision, follows an examination process by the Planning Inspectorate which met or exceeded all the statutory timescales laid down in the Planning Act 2008.


The application was submitted for consideration on 27 July 2012 and accepted to proceed to examination in accordance with section 55 of the Planning Act 2008, (as amended by the Localism Act 2011), on 21 August 2012.

Following a six month examination during which the public, statutory consultees and interested parties were given the opportunity to give evidence to the Examining Authority, a recommendation was made to the Energy Secretary on 10 October 2013.

Planning Inspectorate's Chief Executive, Sir Michael Pitt, said: "A major priority for us over the course of the examination was to ensure that communities who might be affected by this proposal had the opportunity to put forward their views.

"The examination of the application was completed within the timescales prescribed in the Planning Act and a recommendation made to the Energy Secretary."

(CD/JP)