A wayleave is a legal agreement. It grants a service provider (usually electricity or telecommunications) the right to install and maintain infrastructure (overhead electricity lines, underground cables, and fibreoptic cables) on or within private land. Existing infrastructure covered by a legal agreement can ring alarm bells from a developer’s viewpoint, because at first glance, it might seem […]
The Race to Build the Future of Energy is On! Big news in the construction world! Top firms—including Balfour, Kier and Ferrovial—are competing for a ground breaking £20bn project: the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) facility. Unlike traditional nuclear fission, nuclear fusion offers immense potential as a low-carbon energy source. Recent breakthroughs are bringing […]
Happy New Year! 2025 is promising to be an interesting one with the announcement of the ‘New Town’ locations (expected by July), a new NPPF and increased support for renewables. Energy and infrastructure, that’s what we’re about. Get ahead this year and speak to our Surveyors, Planners and Engineers for advice. Pipelines and PADHI Zones […]
Energy and infrastructure, that’s what we’re about. Want to keep your finger on the pulse? Here’s our pick of the month’s top stories. Planners recognise grid capacity challenge This isn’t news to us; we’ve been helping developers with capacity concerns a lot these past few years. To some though, the grid capacity challenge comes as […]
Europe’s largest ever battery storage facility has commenced operating in Northern Scotland, The Times has reported. The site’s location, midway between Inverness and Aberdeen, was carefully selected by Zenobe to take full advantage of an area where huge amounts of wind power are fed into the National Grid from offshore wind farms. The project already […]
Check whether your site benefits from the new ‘Grey Belt’ definition. Development may no longer be deemed “inappropriate”. Ask your Planning advisor to assess your site’s potential against the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF, 2024). For an informal chat, please contact our team at BTS.
Construction News has reported that construction companies are currently competing to work on a new nuclear plant, to be known as the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) facility. The companies bidding include Balfour, Kier and Ferrovial and the new job could be worth up to £20bn, according to UK Industrial Fusion Solutions (UKIFS). For […]
The Times Newspaper has revealed that the much anticipated Sizewell C nuclear power plant is due to commence operating in 2035, if approved, although concerns are still being voiced about progress on Hinckley Point C. Despite a projected start date of late 2025, construction works on Hinckley Point C have been subject to costly delays, […]
An encouraging read for our energy and housebuilder clients. With only six years to implement, this is a call to action across the industry. Delivery will require fundamental changes to the planning system and new connections process. Click on the link to read all about it: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-power-2030-action-plan-assessment-of-the-clean-energy-skills-challenge
The long awaited diversion of a 975 metre 33kV overhead electricity line at Eastern Green, Coventry is almost complete. Diversion of the line, which was bisecting the site, will free up essential development land which was released from the green belt and allocated by Coventry City Council as a sustainable urban extension. BTS project managed […]
