Objective PD-Ob2

Seek opportunities to reduce and remove existing overhead power and telecommunications lines via the Ofgem Undergrounding and other programmes in order to reduce landscape and visual impact.  

Where/if the overhead cables are in proximity to a Habitats site that there may be a potential impact pathway through direct land take if the undergrounding route were to transit through the Habitats site. A project-level HRA screening at application stage may therefore be necessary