The Great Grid Upgrade
Creyke Beck extension and new substation

Consultation feedback form

June-July 2023

Overview

The way we generate electricity in the UK is changing rapidly, and we are transitioning to cheaper, cleaner and more secure forms of energy like new offshore windfarms. We need to make changes to the network of overhead lines, pylons, cables and other infrastructure that transports electricity around the country, so that everyone has access to the clean electricity from these new renewable sources.

Our proposed substation works are needed to connect new offshore wind and interconnectors to the electricity transmission network in the area and reinforce the local network.

Our proposals are part of The Great Grid Upgrade – the largest overhaul of the grid in generations. The substation works in the Creyke Beck area will support the UK’s net zero target.

Your feedback

We are seeking your views on our proposals. Your feedback is important in helping us to develop our proposals and all feedback received will be recorded and considered as we further shape our plans.

You can provide feedback during this consultation by completing this hard copy feedback form or by filling it in online. You are welcome to answer all or only some of the questions in this feedback form, depending on the issues that are most important to you. There is also an opportunity to comment generally on the project and this consultation.

Further information

Further information about our proposals is available on our website nationalgrid.com/creyke-beck.

Please submit your response to this consultation by 11:59pm on 27 July 2023.

We cannot guarantee that responses received after this time will be considered. To return this feedback form free of charge, please write Freepost CREYKE BECK (no stamp or further address details are required) on an envelope.

About you

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How would you describe your interest in the Creyke Beck area?








Our proposals for the substation works in the Creyke Beck area

This map shows a high-level overview of our proposed substation works for the Creyke Beck area. Find out more by visiting our website or attending our public consultation event. These are indicative proposals and there will be ongoing environmental work to confirm the final design for the new substation.

Our proposals for the substation works in the Creyke Beck area - click to enlarge

1. Having reviewed the map and available information on the substation works in the Creyke Beck area, what are your views on the proposed siting of the new substation?

2. Do you have any comments on the proposed new access route directly off the A1079?

3. Do you have any general comments about these aspects at this stage that you would like to make us aware of (for example ecology)?

4. Is there anything we could do to reduce potential effects on the local area?

National Grid Electricity Transmission has a Community Grant Fund available to charitable and non-for-profit organisations to apply for funding for community-based initiatives in locations where our works are taking place. You can read more about that at nationalgrid.com/responsibility/community/community-grant-programme

5. In addition to our Community Grant Fund, are there other ways in which you would wish to see local communities benefit from hosting new electricity transmission infrastructure?

Our consultation

Please let us know your views on the quality of our (printed and online) consultation materials, our face-to face consultation event, how we have notified people about our proposals, and anything else related to this consultation.

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Do you have further comments about our consultation process or anything we can improve about our consultation?

Equality and diversity

National Grid would be grateful if you could answer the following inclusion and diversity questions. We will use the information we receive to help understand whether our consultation has been useful to people of different backgrounds and requirements.

We may publish a summary of the results, but no information about an individual would be revealed. The answers you provide to this question are defined as ‘special category data’. If you agree to provide Equality and Diversity information, you can withdraw your permission at any time.

To withdraw your details, please contact us via email at creykebeck@nationalgrid.com.

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2. Do you consider yourself a person with a disability?




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Further comments

Data privacy notice

National Grid is committed to protecting your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use it in line with all applicable laws concerning the protection of personal data, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

How will National Grid use the information we collect about you?

We will use your personal data collected via this consultation for a number of purposes, including:

  • to analyse your feedback to the consultation
  • to keep up-to-date records of our communications with individuals and organisations.

Any personal information you include in this form will be handled and used by (or made available to) the following recipients to record, analyse and report on the feedback we receive:

  • National Grid Electricity Transmission;
  • Local Planning Authority;
  • our legal advisers; and
  • consultants working on the substation works in the Creyke Beck area

What rights do I have over my personal data?

Under the terms of the UK GDPR you have certain rights over how your personal data is retained and used by National Grid Electricity Transmission. For more information, see our full data privacy statement: nationalgrid.com/privacy-policy

Contact us

By email: creykebeck@nationalgrid.com
By Freephone: 0800 051 4430 (open Monday to Friday 9.00am-5.30pm)
Visit our website: www.nationalgrid.com/creyke-beck

Please note our Freephone line is open Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:30pm; please leave a message outside of these times.