Online information session for landowners impacted by pylons scheme

What the free online information session will cover:

1. The legal framework applicable to Development Consent Orders (DCOs). Including discussing:
   • Legal stages through which the scheme must yet progress.
   • Key stages providing opportunity for interested parties to engage in the process.
2. Treatment of 'Online' and 'Offline' property and land. Including discussing:
   • What is 'Online'/'Offline'?
   • How do potential legal options differ for 'Online'/'Offline' property and land?
3. Different ways in which National Grid may impose rights.
4. Compensation schemes. Including discussing:
5. What is known about National Grid's existing compensation schemes.
   • Opportunities for maximising settlements.
   • Rights of business owners.
   • Rights in respect of agricultural holdings.

Question & answer:

From our experience speaking at the events organised by the Pylons East Anglia group, we expect many land and property owners will have questions they would like to ask a specialist solicitor; if not before hearing our talk and session, then certainly afterwards.

There will be an opportunity for questions at the end of the online information session.

Not able to watch live?

If you are not able to watch the information session live, on the date and at the time specified, you should still register. Registering means that following the event you will receive an email with a link to a recording of the session, which you can then watch at your convenience, still for free.

Not able to watch online at all?

If you are not able to watch the online information session live, or as a recorded webinar, or perhaps you would rather simply have a conversation with a solicitor about your specific circumstances, you can call us on 01206 593933 and speak with one of our specialist in our Compulsory Purchase and Development Consent Division.

About Holmes & Hills Solicitors:

Holmes & Hills Solicitors is a large regional law firm with over 200 legal industry professionals across seven offices. Its team includes a specialist Compulsory Purchase and Development Consent Division made up of four lawyers specialising in planning law matters surrounding Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs), such as the Norwich to Tilbury pylons scheme. Holmes & Hills is one of only a small number of law firms in the country providing advice and representation to land and property owners on such matters.

The Compulsory Purchase and Development Consent Division is part of Holmes & Hills' Planning Law Department which is recognised as one of the largest such departments in the country by Planning Magazine. Holmes & Hills' Planning Law Department is also recognised a leading source of planning law advice by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners - two independent directories of the UK's top law firms.

Holmes & Hills advises land and property owners across the country in respect of national infrastructure projects related to energy, road, railway and regeneration schemes.

Holmes & Hills' expertise in this area of the law meant that the firm was recently contact by the Pylons East Anglia community action group and asked to deliver two in-person talks to members of the group's online forums. These took place in Essex and Suffolk in May 2024.