Consultation on proposed changes to the Sea Link DCO
Cliffsend Parish Council
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Earlier this year, National Grid submitted a development consent order application for Sea Link, a proposal to reinforce the electricity network between Suffolk and Kent via a new, primarily offshore cable link. The Planning Inspectorate has since agreed that our application meets the standard required to proceed through the planning process, and we are currently preparing for the start of the formal Examination of our proposals in November 2025.
Whilst our application has been submitted and accepted for Examination, we have continued to undertake technical and survey work, along with continued engagement with stakeholders. We have identified a series of small changes we propose to make to our plans. Despite these proposed amendments, the majority of our plans for Sea Link remain unchanged.
As some of these changes are relevant to your interests in Kent, we are inviting you to provide any comments you may have about them. A summary of the amendments is set out in a letter (please see 'announcements' on this website), with more detail available on our website at nationalgrid.com/sealink. You will receive a copy of this letter and plans in Kent via post.
If you have any comments on the changes, you can provide your feedback by responding to this email or by post to Freepost SEA LINK. The deadline for responses if 23:59 on Friday 7 November 2025.
Should you wish to give further feedback, please do not include comments that you may have given previously about other aspects of our proposals or the principle of the project as a whole. These comments have already been considered as part of the Consultation Report included in our development consent order application or will be addressed as part of our response to the relevant representations which have been previously received.
Only comments or feedback related to the proposed changes will be considered as part of this consultation. All feedback relating to the proposed changes received will be reported on in an addendum to our Consultation Report.
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