Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) (Amendment) Bill 2014

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would require high-voltage electricity transmission lines— including 400-kilovolt lines and interconnectors—to be built underground wherever physically possible. Developers would have to show if underground construction was not feasible, while the Minister could set further rules on routes, construction and related matters; those rules could be overturned by either House of the Oireachtas. It was intended to reduce the impact of major electricity infrastructure on communities and the landscape.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for, in the interests of the common good, and in respect of certain proposed developments of strategic importance to the State, to make provision for the construction of high voltage electricity transmission cables underground where physically possible; and for the purpose of effecting certain other changes to the law of planning and development to amend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2004; to amend the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018