Description
Transmission upgrade consent and programme assurance
A transmission owner needed development consent and habitats assessment for a line upgrade while keeping security of supply. We curated planning counsel, environmental specialists and an independent programme assurance lead.

Blocker
Complex consent pathway with potential challenge risk, land access issues and tight outage windows.

Mandate
Deliver a regulator ready consent strategy, complete environmental assessments and run independent programme assurance to protect schedule and cost.

What we did

Mapped consenting route and stakeholders, aligned land rights strategy and engagement plan.

Introduced planning and environmental advisers to prepare evidence based submissions and a habitats regulations assessment.

Set up programme governance with stage gates, risk registers and independent assurance reports for the board.

Coordinated mitigation and construction method statements to satisfy conditions.

Outcome
Consent granted with manageable conditions, land agreements executed and the upgrade delivered within the outage window. Independent assurance noted on time, on budget performance.

Keywords
regulatory assurance, development consent, habitats assessment, regulator ready plan, independent assurance, programme governance, land rights strategy, stakeholder engagement, transmission upgrade compliance, evidence based submissions