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SELZG2026/0037/DOC - Discharge of Conditions Approved

Proposal

Discharge of conditions 39 (permanent water course crossing infrastructure), 40 (construction scheme) and 41 (installation details) of approval Hybrid Planning Application comprising two parts: (Part 1) Outline planning application (all matters reserved) for the construction of a converter station at Drax, Selby; (Part 2) full planning application for the installation of high voltage direct current (HVDC) underground cables from the River Ouse to the converter station and high voltage alternating current (HVAC) underground cables from the converter station to the existing Drax Substation as well as all associated temporary works including compounds, accesses and bellmouths as part of the construction of Scotland-England Green Link 2 (SEGL2), a two gigawatt (GW) reinforcement of the electricity transmission system between Peterhead, Scotland and Drax, England. [Installation of underground HVDC cables from Mean Low Water Springs (MLWS) at Fraisthorpe, East Riding to the River Ouse and associated temporary works relating to land in an adjoining authority] Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Jan 2026
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Consultation
8 Apr 2026
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Approved
12 Aug 2026

Approved on 12 Aug 2026 · Chief Planner · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Associated applications 8

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
National infrastructure project: East Yorkshire Solar Farm
The site is inside the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Project (decided, the site is inside its boundary); White Rose Carbon Capture and Storage Project (decided, the site is inside its boundary); Yorkshire and Humber CCS Cross Country Pipeline (decided, the site is inside its boundary); Drax Re-power (decided, 72 m); Helios Renewable Energy Project (decided, 667 m); Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline (at pre-application, 148 m); East Coast Hydrogen Humber Pipeline (at pre-application, 1431 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Barlow built-up area; Priority habitat 42 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Selby
Application type
Discharge of Conditions
Postcode
YO8 8FP
Received
15 Jan 2026
Validated
15 Jan 2026
Ward
Camblesforth & Carlton
Parish
Long Drax
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Mar 2026
Decision
Confirmation of discharge of conditions
Decision date
12 Aug 2026
Decision level
Chief Planner
Agent
Prysmian Powerlink S.r.l

Public comments

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Last counted 25 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14624091
Planning Portal ref
PP-14624091
Consultation
8 Apr 2026
Comments by
27 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No