Scottish Government - DPEA

Case Reference (type of case)

TRL-270-4 (Section 37 Transmission line)

Case URL

https://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=126873

Site address

Spittal To Beauly 400Kv Ohl

Case Detail

Application For Consent Under Section 37 Of The Electricity Act 1989 And Deemed Planning Permission Under S57(2) Of The Town And Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 To Install And Keep Installed The Spittal To Loch Buidhe To Beauly 400 Kv Overhead Line Connection Within The Highland Council Area.

Date of receipt to DPEA

21 May 2026

Authority (and reference)

Highland Council

Applicant

SSEN Transmission

How the case is to be decided

Inquiry

Jurisdiction Status

Report

Case Status

Allocated to reporter

Name of case owner (contact no. and e-mail)

Section 37 team , Spittal to to Beauly 400 kV (Email: DPEA-Spittal-to-Beauly400kVOHL@scot.gov.uk)

Name of reporter

Mrs Lorna McCallum

Other Reporters

Mr Keith Bray, David Liddell

Date of pre-examination meeting

11 Aug 2026

DPEA target date

06 May 2027

Case overview

**Case Update – 20/08/2026** The note of the pre-inquiry meeting (11/08/26), which sets out the procedures and timetable for the inquiry, is now available to view under the Pre-Examination Meeting tab on the case file. The webcast of that meeting can viewed at www.youtube.com/@DPEAScotGov. Parties who have opted in and wish to take part in the inquiry may wish to contact their local community council, or any of the other parties who took part in the meeting, with a view to joint participation in the inquiry procedures.

Case characteristics

Substation/Transmission Line/Pipeline,

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