UK plans overhaul of planning system for electricity infrastructure expansion

The government reportedly intends to revamp its planning system, enabling the construction of new electricity pylons and overhead cables without going through the local planning process

UK moves forward with underground ‘pylons’

Electricity pylons were pulled down in Dorset to be replaced with buried cables

Britain’s new pylons revealed

A new design for the UK’s electricity pylons has been decided. The Pylon Design competition was launched on 23 May and after being whittled down to six finalists, the Bystrup T-Pylon design was deemed most suitable for the UK landscape. Pylons in the UK haven’t changed in design since the 1920s, and with many more […]