Overhead power line plan on Shropshire border takes next step
The next step has been taken in the building of a controversial £13 million overhead power line on the Shropshire border.
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A planning application has been lodged to bury or divert a section of the current line to make way for the construction of a new 132kv overhead line between Oswestry and the Legacy power station, near Wrexham.
Permission for the line was given to SP Manweb this year after a three-week public inquiry in 2012. It came despite fears from councils on both sides of the border that the line would be detrimental to the countryside and tourism.
The firm has now submitted an application to Shropshire Council planners to "underground" or divert a section of the existing 33kv line at Lower House Farm, Pen-y-Bryn, St Martins.
