Whether dealing with Severn Trent, National Grid, highways or any other organisation wanting access over your land it is never recommended to allow them onto your land without written agreement. These organisations have codes of practise which should protect farmers when they take access, but we are increasingly seeing bad practise leading to farmland being […]
Posted on September 12th, 2024 by Matilde Spyvee
Carver Knowles have been made aware that National Grid Electricity are in the early viability stages of removing some of the existing 400kV Electricity Pylons running through the Cotswold AONB and re-laying them underground. The project is part of National Grids Visual Impact Provision (VIP), which aims to reduce the impact of existing transition lines […]
Posted on November 18th, 2021 by Andrew Troughton
As the renewable energy industry matures and slows, there are a range of new power generation opportunities emerging for farmers. The rapid growth in renewables has created a problem to the National Grid in terms of supply, consistency and quality. Added to this national demand for power is very close to outstripping supply which […]
Posted on August 3rd, 2016 by Andrew Troughton