Purpose

Tarchon Energy has undertaken non-statutory
consultation on a proposal for an undersea interconnector cable
between the UK and Germany. The proposal seeks to make landfall on
land South of Harwich and then run unground cables inland to a
Converter Station south of Manningtree – somewhere around
Horsley Cross and Lt Bromley, in the vicinity of the East Anglian
Connection Node proposed by National Grid.
As a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, Tendring
District Council is a consultee only and the planning process and
decision is one for central government, administered through the
Development Consent Order (DCO) process.
Authority for Delegated Decision:
Part 3, Schedule 3 – Responsibility for Executive Functions
delegated to Officers paragraph 4.3 (1) – the Corporate
Director has delegated authority to discharge executive functions
within their respective service areas (Part 3.38). All delegations
are subject to consultation where considered appropriate in the
circumstances (paragraph 4.3 (4(ii) – Part 3.39).

Content

Option 3 - Write in objection to the proposal
setting out local concerns.